Best Freelance Jobs in 2017

Best Freelance Jobs in 2017 With every year that passes, the more the freelancing community expands. As 2016 comes to a close, many are seeking to escape the nine-to-five routine and work independently. This gives people the opportunity to work wherever they desire, at home or abroad. Not being confined to an office and a desk has an appeal for many. Thanks to the internet and social media, freelancers can market themselves and find work easily. In 2016, the most popular freelance gigs included consultants, content marketers, virtual assistants and web developers. Now that 2017 is right around the corner, some of these jobs are still in demand, but others are on the rise as well. Here is a list of hot freelancing jobs to look out for in the upcoming year: Social Media Marketing You wouldn’t believe it, but businesses seek professionals to market their brand through social media. Using platforms like Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest and Facebook, companies can reach out to a broader audience. This access to new customers is attractive for any start-up, as well as established corporations, so many are creating accounts to tap into these markets. Therefore, a freelancer can utilize their skills in social media and help a business engage with customers and establish a wider network. Content Writing Text is everywhere. When you browse down the landing page of a website, someone was hired to write that content. More and more businesses seek freelance writers to work on one time projects. This makes sense as they don’t need to hire a full or part time employee for a job that can be done in less than eight hours. In addition, blogs continue to be a source of reading for a large portion of the population (anyone with access to the internet). Businesses have noticed and now include a blog on their website to better inform customers of their product/service. Finally, there is the option of a paper writing service. Students seek help with writing as well.  And if you are great at essay writing, this could be the ideal freelance job for you. Web Development From website design to handling the backend maintenance, web development is in high demand for businesses wanting to establish an online presence. Not only do businesses need a website for potential customers to refer to when considering buying a product, but they need a structured and easy to use ecommerce site for the customer to complete a transaction. Whether you are skilled in graphic design, search engine optimization, or computer science, you can find web development freelance work once you build your portfolio.   User Experience Designer It is one thing to have a website designed and developed, it is another to have the site be user friendly. Most customers can be turned off from a site if it is difficult to maneuver from page to page. A user experience designer will test the usability of a website and work to enhance the customer’s experience. Research has shown the effectiveness of user testing.  Many businesses are beginning to hire freelance user experience designers to improve the elements of their website. Technology has done wonders to improve our way of life, including the option for people to work away from the office. As long as you have a skill set that you can market and a company needs, you will find work. There are various freelancing websites to get you started and build your portfolio. Working independently has many benefits, but you must be willing to work hard to see the results. If you dedicate the time and give clients quality work, then you may never have to be trapped in an office cubicle again. . Image credits. Main.  At desk.

How to Write a Resume For Engineering and Computer Science

How to Write a Resume For Engineering and Computer ScienceWriting a resume for engineering and computer science or any other subject that requires you to have some prior academic work completed is going to be difficult if you have no work experience. It takes a lot of hard work to create a resume that will entice potential employers.There are several steps that you can take to enhance the resume. The first step in this process is to determine which skills would be most useful to your prospective employer. These skills should reflect the type of work that you are applying for.While you could easily write down all of your skills that you possess, it is much better to list only the skills that are necessary for the job. If you have a few specific things to offer the company, you can write down those skills. If, however, you know that there is little chance that they will hire someone with these skills, you should not include them on your resume. This allows you to focus on those things that are most important.There are some skills that are very desirable. It is the nature of human beings to try to compensate for a lack of skills by lying about how much knowledge they have. These people are the ones who are given the second chance of admission after they lie about their previous work experience.Your best bet is to focus on the most recent job experience that you have had. This will not give you the chance to exaggerate how much time and effort you have put into these activities. However, it will provide a very accurate indication of your skills and experience level.When you are evaluating resumes that are written for other fields, you will find samples of sample resumes. You can use these to give you ideas about what you can include in your own resume. Often, these samples include work experience only. If this is the case, try to place it as closely as possible to the time frame that you worked for the organization.Try to avoid trying to modify a resume that was cr eated for a different job. You do not want to add an experience that is not applicable to the position that you are applying for. It is much better to copy the resume of another job applicant and change the information that is relevant to your current job.All of these tips will help you be successful when writing a resume for engineering and computer science. Before you send out a resume, make sure that you consider the idea of modifying it to meet the needs of the prospective employer. This will help you ensure that your resume gets passed along to the appropriate personnel for consideration.

Modernizing your job search - Sterling Career Concepts

Modernizing your job search Modernizing your job search As a member of theCareer Collectiveblogging community of resume writers and career coaches, this post is one of many this month discussing job hunting rules to break or outdated job search beliefs. I encourage you to visit other members responses linked at the end of my post and follow our hashtag on Twitter: #careercollective.There are two ways you can accidentally sabotage your job search by usingoutdated job search documents orabiding by outdated job search beliefs. Ive talked before about ways to tell if you have aretro resumethat needs updating.Two of the most common offenses I see areleading off withan objective statement (please replace with a skills-based summary section) and writing responsibility-focused job descriptions (highlightaccomplishments and achievements to showstrongperformance) withhonorable mention for including the phrase References Available Upon Request (can beremoved asthis is assumed nowadays) and limiting your resume to one page (you are free to move onto a second page when necessary). But even the most well written resume cant succeed if youre operatingaccording to outdated job search beliefs. Todays job search is not the job search of 5 or 10 years ago. Some would argue that todays job search isnt even the same job search of 3 years ago.Online professional networking, personal branding, and the employment market has changed how both employers and candidates function. Some outdated rules that you should be breaking Its okay to be found online. It will not mean youre looking for a new job.Years ago, itwould have been a faux-pas for your profile or resume to be found online. Going online was only for those actively job searching and you didnt want your manager or colleagues to assume anything.This is no longer the case. Online professional networking sites such as LinkedIn, Plaxo, and Ryzehave made it no longer taboo for professionals to be connecting online. In fact, it can bedangerous now to not be found online as companies and recruiters alike aremining professional networking sites for passivejob candidates. Candidate names are alsoGoogled now more often than you might think and a list of positive search results is preferable tono results. Its okay to pick up the phone. Put the ball in your court. With the number of candidates applying for any one open position today, if youre not following up after an interview with a phone call or a thank you letter, someone else is. This also applies when submitting your resume for a position.Be creative, be persistent. If you feel strongly that you a solid fit for the position, submit your resume more than once. Send it first by email, and the second time, by hard copy in a full-size envelope. Call to follow up on your application or the next step of the process. Yourpersistence and confidencemay help your odds. Its a fine line though, please dont take this as permissionto be pushy and in-your-face. Keep it professional. Its okay for a thank you letter to say more thanjust thank you.In fact, I want you to say a lot more. Sending a thank youletter after your interview gives you a perfect opportunity to follow up where the conversation left off, to argue your candidacy, provide further information, suggest a solution to a problem mentioned during a conversation, forward a proposal for how you would solve a problem or approach a situation, resolve any outstanding issues, or readdress a poorly worded answer or another perceived negative that may have arisen duringtheinterview. If you send a short and sweet letter that merely says Thank you for your time. I look forward to hearing from you, you are missing out a superb opportunity to highlight your strengths and reiterate your interest in the position -all in your own words. This of course works best when you send the letter promptly, ideally within 24 hours of an interview. Time is of the essence. Read along for more advice frommy esteemed colleagues in the Career Collective. Find their posts here: Juice Up Your Job Search, @debrawheatman Its not your age, its old thinking, @GayleHoward Want a Job? Ignore these outdated job search beliefs @erinkennedycprw Job Search Then and Now, @MartinBuckland @EliteResumes Break the Rules or Change the Game? @WalterAkana The New: From The Employers-Eye View, @ResumeService Job Search: Breakable Rules and Outdated Beliefs, @KatCareerGal Job Hunting Rules to Break (Or Why and How to Crowd Your Shadow), @chandlee @StartWire, Shades of Gray, @DawnBugni 3 Rules That Are Worth Your Push-Back, @WorkWithIllness Your Photo on LinkedIn Breaking a Cardinal Job Search Rule? @KCCareerCoach How to find a job: stop competing and start excelling, @Keppie_Careers Be You-Nique: Resume Writing Rules to Break, @ValueIntoWords Dont Get Caught With an Old School Resume, @barbarasafani How Breaking the Rules Will Help You in Your Job Search, @expatcoachmegan Beat the Job-Search-Is-a-Numbers-Game Myth, @JobHuntOrg Modernizing your job search Modernizing your job search As a member of theCareer Collectiveblogging community of resume writers and career coaches, this post is one of many this month discussing job hunting rules to break or outdated job search beliefs. I encourage you to visit other members responses linked at the end of my post and follow our hashtag on Twitter: #careercollective.There are two ways you can accidentally sabotage your job search by usingoutdated job search documents orabiding by outdated job search beliefs. Ive talked before about ways to tell if you have aretro resumethat needs updating.Two of the most common offenses I see areleading off withan objective statement (please replace with a skills-based summary section) and writing responsibility-focused job descriptions (highlightaccomplishments and achievements to showstrongperformance) withhonorable mention for including the phrase References Available Upon Request (can beremoved asthis is assumed nowadays) and limiting your resume to one page (you are free to move onto a second page when necessary). But even the most well written resume cant succeed if youre operatingaccording to outdated job search beliefs. Todays job search is not the job search of 5 or 10 years ago. Some would argue that todays job search isnt even the same job search of 3 years ago.Online professional networking, personal branding, and the employment market has changed how both employers and candidates function. Some outdated rules that you should be breaking Its okay to be found online. It will not mean youre looking for a new job.Years ago, itwould have been a faux-pas for your profile or resume to be found online. Going online was only for those actively job searching and you didnt want your manager or colleagues to assume anything.This is no longer the case. Online professional networking sites such as LinkedIn, Plaxo, and Ryzehave made it no longer taboo for professionals to be connecting online. In fact, it can bedangerous now to not be found online as companies and recruiters alike aremining professional networking sites for passivejob candidates. Candidate names are alsoGoogled now more often than you might think and a list of positive search results is preferable tono results. Its okay to pick up the phone. Put the ball in your court. With the number of candidates applying for any one open position today, if youre not following up after an interview with a phone call or a thank you letter, someone else is. This also applies when submitting your resume for a position.Be creative, be persistent. If you feel strongly that you a solid fit for the position, submit your resume more than once. Send it first by email, and the second time, by hard copy in a full-size envelope. Call to follow up on your application or the next step of the process. Yourpersistence and confidencemay help your odds. Its a fine line though, please dont take this as permissionto be pushy and in-your-face. Keep it professional. Its okay for a thank you letter to say more thanjust thank you.In fact, I want you to say a lot more. Sending a thank youletter after your interview gives you a perfect opportunity to follow up where the conversation left off, to argue your candidacy, provide further information, suggest a solution to a problem mentioned during a conversation, forward a proposal for how you would solve a problem or approach a situation, resolve any outstanding issues, or readdress a poorly worded answer or another perceived negative that may have arisen duringtheinterview. If you send a short and sweet letter that merely says Thank you for your time. I look forward to hearing from you, you are missing out a superb opportunity to highlight your strengths and reiterate your interest in the position -all in your own words. This of course works best when you send the letter promptly, ideally within 24 hours of an interview. Time is of the essence. Read along for more advice frommy esteemed colleagues in the Career Collective. Find their posts here: Juice Up Your Job Search, @debrawheatman Its not your age, its old thinking, @GayleHoward Want a Job? Ignore these outdated job search beliefs @erinkennedycprw Job Search Then and Now, @MartinBuckland @EliteResumes Break the Rules or Change the Game? @WalterAkana The New: From The Employers-Eye View, @ResumeService Job Search: Breakable Rules and Outdated Beliefs, @KatCareerGal Job Hunting Rules to Break (Or Why and How to Crowd Your Shadow), @chandlee @StartWire, Shades of Gray, @DawnBugni 3 Rules That Are Worth Your Push-Back, @WorkWithIllness Your Photo on LinkedIn Breaking a Cardinal Job Search Rule? @KCCareerCoach How to find a job: stop competing and start excelling, @Keppie_Careers Be You-Nique: Resume Writing Rules to Break, @ValueIntoWords Dont Get Caught With an Old School Resume, @barbarasafani How Breaking the Rules Will Help You in Your Job Search, @expatcoachmegan Beat the Job-Search-Is-a-Numbers-Game Myth, @JobHuntOrg

Book review Turning to one another - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Book review Turning to one another - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog Margaret Wheatley has written another beautiful book, and this time the topic is conversation. Meg (as shes known) believes strongly in the power of conversation and dialogue to bring people together and to promote individual and shared development. She starts the book by explaining her reasons for writing it, and by explaining her view on conversation. She lists a set of principles, which must be emphasized to create deep, meaningul dialogue: We acknowledge each other as equals We try to stay curious about each other We recognize the we need each others help to become better listeners We slow down so we have time to think and reflect We remember the conversation is the natural way humans think together We expect it to be messy at times When I think of many of the discussions going on at work, they are diametrically opposite to this. They are fast and goal-oriented, and leave people little opportuniy to learn together. I think we can benefit greatly from learning to slow down and engage in deeper conversation. The book goes on to suggest a number of conversation topics. The idea is, that you get some people together, and discuss one or more of these topics. Each topic is accompanied by a mini-essay, that you could use to kick off the dialogue. There are ten topics in all for instance What is my faith in the future, What do I believe about other or Am I willing to reclaim time to think. Meg Wheatley is also involved in From the four directions, an initiative that promotes circles of conversation to allow people to learn about leadership. Circles of conversation would probably be a good way to think together about the books topics. Im part of such a circle here in Copenhagen, and Ive found it to be an excellent way of connecting with other people, and of learning more about myself and others. Like A simpler way, Turning to one another is an unconventional and beautiful book, that conveys its message through drawings, photos and poems as well as through standard text. I recommend it highly. Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related

Im Kari Chapins Creative Crush (oh my)!

Im Kari Chapins Creative Crush (oh my)! Does this book look familiar? If so, youre probably a craftonista just like its writer, Kari Chapin! You might remember Kari from this Grown-Up Gigs interview/Great Giveaway contest post, and now shes turned the tables interviewing me and pimping out my scholarship! Im starting off a new series on her blog called Creative Crush, and you can probably see me blushing from wherever you are. Head on over to hear why craftonistas could benefit from working with a creative career coach, my free time management tip, and what my first day of entrepreneurial freedom felt like!

A Secret Weapon for Speaking but Not Writing Languages on Resume

A Secret Weapon for Speaking but Not Writing Languages on Resume The Basic Facts of Speaking but Not Writing Languages on Resume Software programs are called Logiciels. Use the self-assessment tools to ascertain your level in every language you speak. After all, it isn't simple to lessen a whole language into a few easy categories. If a specific language is essential for a particular position, you can take a proper certification exam. After you have determined your language level, make sure you reference the scale together with the level descriptor. First thing you ought to keep in mind is there are no common patterns of writing a resume entry level, as it greatly depends upon the work offer, requirements of the employer not to mention the area of your interests. If language is a massive portion of the job requirements, put it toward the surface of your responsibility list. To provide the employer a better idea about your language knowledge, include what you've done utiliz ing the language in preceding jobs or associated experiences. As an English language learner, there are a number of things you need to do in order to make sure your resume really stands out. There are occasions when it might make sense to depart from your language skills off your CV. Most individuals think you must major in languages. Thus the start of the introduction of what is known as the Italic-Latin languages. Ok, I Think I Understand Speaking but Not Writing Languages on Resume, Now Tell Me About Speaking but Not Writing Languages on Resume! Employing a French resume builder is the very best approach to make sure you get a fully-formatted French CV, with all the perfect sections available to be personalized in accordance with your wants and permitting you to use French resume templates and expert recruiting tips which will help get your application through the next round. Writing an outstanding resume is essential to find that dream job. If you're searching for a lis t of resume skills, articles focused on hard skills or soft skills, or just a guide which discusses hard abilities vs soft abilities, you're on the incorrect page. As stated previously may also weave language training and experience into the distinctive abilities or private details list toward the base of your resume.

Choosing When Writing a Resume for Theater, Do You Write Theater Group or Director

Choosing When Writing a Resume for Theater, Do You Write Theater Group or Director Stylistically, a theater proposal is not any different from another type of proposal, such as, for instance, a business, novel or film proposal. Since your resume is your very first introduction to a prospective employer, it's important you make an excellent first impression. If you wish to develop into a theatre musician, you may use this template to compose your resume, and use it in order to hunt the job. A Startling Fact about when Writing a Resume for Theater, Do You Write Theater Group or Director Uncovered Monster job ads offer you a wide selection of monthly plans to pick from and you may cancel any moment. After you have placed an order, the degree of customer service seems to remain over the norm. Set clear boundaries for the time spent on applications and other components of your search. The post-by-fax service is particularly common. 5 Your resume should be as easy as possible to read. Many customers were surprised by how quickly they got their completed resumes, receiving their the very first draft in only a day or two. A simple method to produce a portfolio is to simply earn a PowerPoint with all your pictures. The Argument About when Writing a Resume for Theater, Do You Write Theater Group or Director It's well worth remembering, however, that this only applies to the total cost of the resume, not any extra documents that you may have ordered. Looking for work may be rigorous and exhausting procedure, but should you play the game right, you can land a good job. Many will willingly pay a bit more to acquire much better service. Becoming in a position to properly work and stick to schedules are also rather important matters. Furthermore, it can offer a room to highlight details of your experience and unique skills that may not be included in your resume. Special Skills This is the previous portion of your acting resume and the sole part at whic h you could add a little humor. Most people revolve around making the perfect resume when applying for work. when Writing a Resume for Theater, Do You Write Theater Group or Director Fundamentals Explained During an interview, an employer is most likely likely to ask you why you feel you're the very best for the job. Create My Resume Director Job Seeking Tips As is true anywhere in the United States of america, the best technique for landing an excellent job for a director is an effective resume. You may also see Proofreader Resume. Whether you employ the spelling theatre or theater will be contingent on where you hail from. Make sure that your work is suitable for the theater. Seek out the men and women that are writing and producing the type of theater you would like to do. If you really need to work with a specific theater, just continue sending them plays. The when Writing a Resume for Theater, Do You Write Theater Group or Director Stories Theater is also the most p redominant spelling online, statistically speaking, if that's your determining element. It's simpler than ever to learn the details about theaters throughout the planet, so do it. The same holds for movies and TV. Though a regular format is a good idea to use, there are liberties that may be taken to make it more you. So How About when Writing a Resume for Theater, Do You Write Theater Group or Director? Directors are the huge dogs of the theatre market. Productions where an applicant managed to carry out. 1 common complaint among the majority of these services is poor customer support. If you understand how to work with sound systems, employed as a theatre technician may be terrific chance for you.