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August 22, 2016
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Guest Post by Amy Huges
If you’re a freelancer, you really should have an updated freelance
writer resume with you at all times. But more than that, you really
should be armed with a quality freelance writer resume at all times.
After all, it’s this resume that’s pretty much your lifeblood as a
freelancer; it’s your workhorse, your foot through the next door. As you
search for new gigs each week, the best way of getting one is via
quality resume distribution.
So if you’re experiencing a bit of a lull in your freelance career, and
if the jobs have dried up and no one wants to touch you, it could well
be that it’s your freelance writer resume that’s letting you down. Take a
look at it. Go on. You don’t need to be embarrassed, it’s just us.
Is it jumping out at your with its mediocrity? Is it making you want to
cut it up into a million different pieces before throwing it out of
window like a load of mediocre confetti onto some stranger?
You could solve your problem by paying an online service to write you up
a resume. You could. OR you could take a look at our hints and tips on
what to include in a freelance writer resume.
Include Your Work Experience
As a freelancer, you’ve probably got a lot of work experience under your
belt. For this reason, you don’t have to include every job you’ve ever
done. Just include the best ones, the ones where you excelled at, and
the ones which are related to the work you’re now applying for.
Include Your Online Presence
Nowadays, more than ever, potential clients want to see some juicy
online presence. They want to see that you’ve given the online world a
shot - and you’re doing really well at it.
For this reason, we recommend including your website in your resume
distribution, as well as any social media accounts. A tip though; don’t
include social media accounts that will do no harm than good. You know,
if you’ve got a twitter account where you interact with ‘the lads’ over
football, cars and beer. This is a big no-no. If you have a professional
twitter account, stick it on your freelance writer resume. If not,
leave it out.
A website is huge eye-catcher because it says a lot about you as a
freelancer. It says that you’ve taken the time to get yourself
organized, and that you present yourself really well.
Include Samples!
A graphic designer can’t include samples in their resume because a
resume is text only. Neither can an artist or a web designer include
their samples. For them, life sucks.
For you, though, it’s great! Because a resume is text-based anyway, you
can nicely fit in one or two short samples of your writing - no more
than two - to give clients an idea of your style.
Include Any Side Specialties
Freelancers are often multi-talented individuals who have a few strings
to their bow. If, for example, you’re a writer who is also pretty darn
good at taking photographs, include it. I myself am a filmmaking
graduate who now works as a writer, and I include this on my resume. You
really do never know the opportunities that can arise! You’ve just got
to sell yourself.
Include Your Education
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