Choosing the ‘Write’ One: Writing Samples 101

If you are interviewing for a writing job, it is a good idea to bring a variety of writing samples just in case a potential employer is interested.  Learn more in the following post.

Whenever I go on an interview, I carry a folder full of writing samples and copies of my resume. You’ve probably heard that employers often ask for writing samples during an interview even if they hadn’t asked you to bring or send them beforehand. I’ve been in this very

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Choosing the ‘Write’ One: Writing Samples 101

China Emerges as a Dominant Force in Written English

English teacher at the board writing. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock.

American students lag behind their global peers in a subject where they should have an advantage – written English.

Two billion people worldwide are learning English, from China especially. On track as the world’s largest English-speaking country, China demonstrates an unsurpassed intensity to learn the language of business and information.

China seems to recognize what the United States seems to have forgotten: English is the language of opportunity and must be mastered. Human beings are now part of a global conversation. English is the language of problem-solving; it represents hope for a better future. Continue Reading

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Characteristics to Look for when Hiring Professional Resume Writing Services

If you are going to hire a professional resume writing service to help you create a quality resume, there are certain factors you should consider.  Find out more in the following post.

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Recent Grads: 3 Reasons you lack confidence in your resume

Are you a recent college graduate who is ready to enter the workforce, but not confident about your resume?  If so, the following post tells you why this may be and what you can do about it.

I often meet with recent grads to review their resumes. Usually, they start with some kind of apology about how bad it is. Maybe it’s not THAT bad. But for whatever reason they lack confidence in the piece of paper they’re carrying around intended to convince someone to

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Selling Your Script to A Recruiter

As a job seeker, probably the most important thing standing between you and an interview is your resume.  It should represent you, yet display your qualifications for the position you’re applying for.  The following post offers suggestions on what to do and what not to do to create the resume that will reward you with an interview.

Selling Your Script to A Recruiter

How to Improve Your Writing Skills

With the recent focus on reviving the economy by nurturing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students, one might conclude there’s little economic value in honing a basic skill like writing.

Not true, say Stephanie Roberson Barnard and Deborah St James, authors of Listen. Write. Present.:The Elements for Communicating Science and Technology. They cite the American Society for Engineering Education in which researchers ranked technical writing No. 2 in a list of 38 necessary skills for engineers.

Engineers aren’t the only ones who need to write effectively in order to get ahead says Barnard, a communications consultant who specializes in training medical professionals to speak and write clearly and persuasively. A recent ad for a pharmacist read, “Clinical Pharmacist: Strong Writing Skills Required!” Basically every job in the science and technology fields today requires effective writing skills, she says. Continue Reading

Interview With a Writer

Depending on the market, my job title has been ‘writer,’ ‘contributor,’ and ‘author.’ I have worked in the speculative fiction industry as well as the romance industry, with five years of experience in the former and four in the latter.

For me, writing is a mix of sitting down to get the words out and looking around for the information that I need. Even when writing something set in the present day, I find that the more research I bring to the scene, the better it goes. One of the most common misunderstandings about my job is that it is a hobby, and not something I can do to pay the bills. Continue Reading

Are You There Job? It’s me, Jamie.

It’s been a couple of years now since graduation, and I’ll admit that I’ve not been the best at looking at something in my chosen field because, well, the money ain’t that great at the bottom. I’ve had mild financial successes, certainly, since then, and I’ve been fortunate enough that, since my recent return to Atlanta and my subsequent return to unemployment, I’m not quite so hard-pressed for money. I’ve had enough time to do the one thing I didn’t consider doing in college: look at the field and find a slow, sure way in.
There are ways in to writing, media, and publishing, though not the easiest things to find. Sure, every one of us wants to be a full-on writer and be recognized as such. But how do you get taken seriously? Where do you get your experience that every single employer seems to want? Freelance, my friends. There are a plethora of opportunities out there for sometimes editors, contributors, and ghostwriters. They may pay, they may pay a little, they may pay nothing at all. They are out there, though. Swallow the pride for a bit–my own, personal pride was easily the size of a basketball and went down about as well as a handful of fish hooks–but now I’m starting to get calls for projects, and things are looking up.

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Whew, it has been a long time since I posted. It is amazing how fast time goes by when you are not really doing anything. I heard back from a temp agency for a law office position and said I would take it, even though I was having regrets about even signing up to temp- given my dad’s offer to pay my way and let me write. But as fate would have it the law offer fell through- they decided they didn’t need a temp.

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