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Foo Thoughts » Blog Archive » Freelance Switch — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:05:19 +0000

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By: Erik

Erik — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:07:51 +0000

Thanks a lot for posting this, it really will help me, and I’m sure many others when it comes time to search for a new job. It’s all true, you should be yourself, not some fake person who is ‘perfect’ at everything.

Thanks!

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[…] How to Score a Job With a Web Magazine The author of this article shares some tips and hints about scoring a freelance position with a web magazine. These can be applied to almost any creative freelance job, and I recommend this article to fellow freelancers or people in the design/writing industry. A little advice never hurt anybody! […]

By: Veronica

Veronica — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:16:22 +0000

Practical tips. I really appreciate the one about “being human.” I really believe one of the reasons I have landed jobs I’ve wanted was because I wasn’t afraid to let my personality show through.
Thanks for the tips and thanks for a great blog!

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:21:54 +0000

Very good advice!

I especially liked the one about being human. Really, the interview is not about your past achievements or whatever, but about whether or not you’ll fit in with their company culture and whether you’ll be able to produce. You gotta get along with your coworkers and your boss!

And if you can ask a question that stumps the interviewer, then you can be sure that the interviewer will remember you!

Thanks for the post!

Amy
An Origami Paper Florist
http://www.floralorigami.com

By: Tamara

Tamara — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:47:47 +0000

Aha, proofread… ‘taught not to do…’ Sigh. Who here hasn’t been guilty of this, thus far

By: Tamara

Tamara — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:46:29 +0000

These points are well taken, but I’m a bit confused, since some of the folks here are commenting on your article as though you were referring to the interview stage. Are you not referring to the initial 1st contact, the application? So, calling you ‘Joel’ in the primary email contact, asking about pay and otherwise doing everything we were taught to do for mainstream job-apps is okay? I suppose one needs to take the cue from the tone of the initial advert. If it has a fairly stuffy or ‘professional’ then one would need to put one’s application into that context. We can only go by the cues given by the advert, and the kind of job we’re applying for. That’s just part of ‘reading’ the client.

By: VertigoSFX

VertigoSFX — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:32:38 +0000

This is a great article…really interesting read. There is although one thing I disagree with. You say to call you “Joel” and not “Mr. Falconer”. I sometimes find that to be untrue in many occurrences in jobs. I have friends that have told me that they’ve been looked down upon because the person called them by their first name instead of “Mr. so and so”. A lot of people get bugged by something like that and while I think it shouldn’t really matter, I’d personally rather be called by my first name then Mr. but some people think the other way.

So I think in a first interview it would be appropriate and still human to call someone “Mr.” or “Mrs.” to be professional and courteous for those that do get offended and then once you nail the job…then it’s probably safe to go by the first name.

But overall it just depends on the person, first impression to me is everything, my first impression with my boss now was that she wasn’t the type that wanted to be called “Mrs.” so I called her by her first name and I was right, she has respected me more for that I think…so it all comes down to who you’re dealing with.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:41:19 +0000

Great post, and interesting comments as well! As a freelance writer who has applied for about a jillion jobs via online postings, I can say that all these points are fair and accurate. I have to admit I was surprised at the “burning question” one, as I’ve been carrying around the notion that it might be unprofessional of me to ask questions right off the bat. But I do see how it might make a job-seeker look like they’re paying attention and showing interest; after all, isn’t that how interviews for non-freelance work end off with? “Now do you have any questions for me about the job…?” I will definitely be slipping the burning questions in now. Thanks!

PS: Michael, there is a punctuation error in your first post (computer’s) ;), another thing spell check doesn’t catch.