I had a great phone conversation yesterday with another writer, Sally. (Hi Sally!) In the course of the conversation, she and I covered everything from crazy former bosses to the current state of freelancing. One of the biggest topics we talked about was the proliferation of awful job postings on the Internet. As we lamented…
Tag: crap jobs
Fighting Words
From now on I’m taking Eileen’s approach to job listings – I’m not going there. For here’s what happened last week when I did. The ad was for a business article writer. The poster did write back. Let’s just say for once, price wasn’t the major issue. Here’s the response: “In most cases, you’d need…
The Denegration of Freelance Writing
Now I’m ticked. There are a few places in my online world where I think I’m safe from the crap offers, the low-balling freelance rates (and nonpaying posts), and writers competing to do a thankless job for exposure. Can I vomit now? It’s just creeped in to my LinkedIn experience. It was a post in…
Things I Won’t Do for Cash
Quick Twitter update – I’ve learned to be picky about following people who follow me. In a few cases, the followers were spewing out pitch-after-pitch on their businesses/websites, etc. In one case, the dude was begging, constantly, for people to republish his notes (or retweet, as it’s known) – so much so I quickly bored…
Here Comes the Shovel
No, not for snow – for the high levels of crap job postings that are increasing in frequency and ridiculousness. A sampling from this week: “…editing about 95 website reviews; each review is about 125 words and consists of the review, site name, URL, as well as a brief summary. Many reviews will require rewriting…
Lori’s Annual Reminder That You’re Worth More Than You Think
Welcome to a new economy and a new round of idiot job posters hoping to secure your writing talent for little-to-no money all by either sweet-talking you or convincing you you’re out of your mind to expect more than they’re offering. With our financial pictures fading to darkness nationally, don’t expect anything but an increase…