Life as a freelance writer
In: Working
5 Mar 2009Today I opened my email to find this message:
Interested in contact information for this candidate for a position with a Toronto software company.
That’s it, no contact information, no nothing. I checked the headers from the email and it was sent through one of those job websites, so it’s possible this HR person didn’t realize that [...]
In: Writing
18 Feb 2009While searching the Internet for new freelancing opportunities, I came across an article that talked about the number 1 rule of freelancing: Find what makes you unique. If you don’t do that then customers aren’t going to want to hire you, because they can just hire anybody. If you’re the first freelancer they find, then [...]
I'm a freelance technical writer who's trying to make the transition from working for somebody else to working for me.