Author: Jeff Maehre
4 Tips to Successfully Juggle School and Full-Time Work
Being able to devote your time solely to school was so twentieth century. These days, with ever-rising tuition costs, more people are working to put themselves through school. Also, it’s becoming increasingly common to continue one’s education to take careers to the next level. Whatever takes you to higher learning,Read More
How to Create a Resume When You’re Self-Employed (Part 3/3)
Dear Reader: This is the third in a series of posts on properly showcasing your freelance experience on a resume. In previous posts, we’ve established first that freelance work can be regarded with suspicion. We also learned it’s possible to combat this by demonstrating the skills you’ve developed during yourRead More
Wanna Be a Freelance Writer? Be a Brand Journalist
Companies once reached their audience by saying, “Buy Arco pancake mix. It makes good pancakes.” And then came television commercials that promoted a lifestyle. Then there was complex marketing research. By the time Web 2.0 came along, the marketing intelligentsia on various brands tended to feel that any traditional advertisingRead More
How to Create a Resume When You’re Self-Employed (Part 2/3)
In the first of our series on effectively relating freelance experience on resumes, we looked at some of the red flags employers see in such experience. One of the ideas we stressed was that you can get around these red flags. The way to do this is by assuring theRead More
How to Create a Resume When You’re Self-Employed (Part 1/3)
If you’re a freelancer thinking of crossing over into the world of traditional employment, or if you straddle both worlds, you have to think about presenting self-employment on your resume. One might be tempted to take an “it-is-what-it-is” approach, just plopping the experience into your resume. But because working atRead More
Don’t Buy Into the Dual-Monitor Productivity Myth
Dual-monitor envy is common and understandable. You’ve seen your buddy sitting there looking like an air-traffic controller — vast fields of spreadsheets that look to contain all the world’s information. Plus: two monitors. Two is better than one, right? But it may not be the case that you’ll get betterRead More
3 Tips for Writing Great Intros
This is the best introduction I’ve ever written. It’s surprising and unique. It’s concise. It doesn’t re-invent the wheel. And because I’m telling you that these are the traits of a great intro paragraphs, it sets up the discussion. I’m now ready to flesh out ways to write a greatRead More
5 Reasons Freelancers Should Cook
The quick pop of eggplant yielding to the knife; the warmth of steam ghosting from the colander; the joy of turning over a chicken breast to find it richly brown. What is more authentic and soul-stirring than cooking? And that’s what this post is all about — the need ofRead More