Job Listings – May 8, 2007
A Small, Familiar Rant

The low-paying “employers” are becoming more creative. Here’s the ad I saw today – “Build your writing portfolio here – FREE!” Needless to say, it was just one more non-paying, sweat-your-arse-off-for-an-ungrateful-thief ad, but it was disturbing to see the ad framed in a way that may have made beginning writers think they were getting something special. Truth be told, we can build our writing careers in a better way – have someone pay us to do so. There’s a novel idea!

Beginning writers, listen up – if you want FREE EXPOSURE for your writing and the chance to build your portfolio for FREE, get a website and put your samples up there. It’s much more important that your potential clients see your work in one place than all over the web and exploited by strangers. As my writing chum Kathy Kehrli would say to these scam artists, Screw YOU!

I’m getting off my soapbox for now. Here are some potential clients who actually have the decency to pay you for your troubles:

Travel Writer
Script Writing
Write About Homeless Programs
Content Input for Website
Freelance Writing
Blogger
Technology Blogger
Medical/Technology Writer
Comedy Feature Film Writer
Ghostwriting
Telecom Editor
Business Plan Writer
Editor