Comments on: Are You Guilty of This Freelance No-no? https://wordsonpageblog.com/2024/10/are-you-guilty-of-this-freelance-no-no.html a freelance writing resource. Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:22:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: lwidmer https://wordsonpageblog.com/2024/10/are-you-guilty-of-this-freelance-no-no.html#comment-33303 Mon, 21 Oct 2024 19:49:11 +0000 https://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=8816#comment-33303 In reply to Randy B Hecht.

The fact that she said she was “seasoned” was enough for me. I always envision a writer rolling around in Panko breadcrumbs.

Yep, I’m not reading “business reporting” in that, either. And taking you to task for it, I’m sure, had you reaching for the phone to personally apologize for not intuiting that her unrelated experience overqualified her …. yea, didn’t think so. 😉

]]> By: Randy B Hecht https://wordsonpageblog.com/2024/10/are-you-guilty-of-this-freelance-no-no.html#comment-33302 Mon, 21 Oct 2024 17:51:24 +0000 https://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=8816#comment-33302 I was putting a freelance team together for a multinational that needed writers who were bilingual in English and one or more of a dozen additional languages. The project involved researching and summarizing individual countries’ import, export, and Customs regulations and resources, and my posting stated that applicants had to have “experience in business reporting or in researching finance, global economics, or international trade.”

In response, I got a letter of interest from a freelancer who said, “I am a seasoned professional writer with a great deal of experience in writing newsletters, articles, press releases, direct mail pieces, and websites. I have written grant proposals for government agencies including DOD, NSF, and NIH.”

When I replied that, per the posting, applicants needed the experience I noted above, she lashed out: “I don’t think you read my letter. I AM experienced in business reporting.” Funny, then, that the phrase “business reporting” doesn’t appear in her laundry list of irrelevant experience. But my bad, I guess, for failing to realize that her unrelated experience just proved she was perfect for the assignment.

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