Skills And Experience

Want to boost your skills and gain more professional experience? Take a look at our insightful posts on developing the hard and soft skills needed for a variety of careers – including proofreading, editing, content writing, and copywriting.

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    5 Tips for Starting a Career in Editing with No Experience

    5 Tips for Starting a Career in Editing with No Experience

    Jan 04, 2023

    • Finding Work
    • How To Become A Freelancer
    • Skills And Experience

    If you’re thinking of starting a career in editing, don’t let lack of experience put you off. All you need to launch your new career is an interest in the English language and a desire to learn. With that in mind, we’ve got 5 tips to help get you on track to becoming an editor: […]

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    How to Use Resume Keywords and Phrases

    How to Use Resume Keywords and Phrases

    Dec 30, 2022

    • Finding Work
    • Freelance Tips
    • How To Become A Freelancer
    • Skills And Experience

    In this digital age, it’s more important than ever to effectively recognize and use keywords. This is especially true with your resume. So, if you’re currently applying for jobs, take a few moments to read about resume keywords and how you can use them to land your dream job. What Are Resume Keywords and Phrases? […]

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    How to Explain a Resume Gap

    Dec 24, 2022

    • Finding Work
    • Freelance Tips
    • How To Become A Freelancer
    • Skills And Experience

    If you’ve been out of the workforce for a while and have a gap in your resume, you may be wondering how it’ll affect your job search now that you’re ready to get back to work. Long breaks between jobs are usually nothing to worry about, though, if they are handled the right way. In […]

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    3 Communication Skills Every Freelancer Needs

    Nov 20, 2022

    • Clients
    • Freelance Tips
    • How To Become A Freelancer
    • Skills And Experience

    If you want to jump into freelancing, you’ll need to learn the best ways to communicate with your clients, especially in the digital age. In this post, we’ll look at the four types of communication and some skills every freelancer needs to be a successful communicator. Types of Communication There are four types of communication: […]

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    7 Tips for Effective Online Learning

    Oct 19, 2022

    • Freelance Tips
    • How To Become A Freelancer
    • Lifestyle Tips
    • Online Learning
    • Skills And Experience

    From saving you money to freeing up your schedule, online learning has many benefits. This makes it a great option for working professionals or anyone else who needs a more flexible way to study. Just like any other learning method, though, you’ll need to put in some work to make sure you get the most […]

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    What Are the Benefits of Online Learning?

    Oct 12, 2022

    • Freelance Tips
    • How To Become A Freelancer
    • Lifestyle Tips
    • Online Learning
    • Skills And Experience

    Online learning, also called elearning, is a type of distance learning that takes place over the internet.  In the last few years, the options for learning online have grown to include courses, webinars, and virtual training on just about any subject from proofreading and editing to embroidery. In this post, we look at seven benefits […]

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    A Guide to Continuing Professional Development for Freelancers

    Aug 13, 2022

    • Business Tips
    • Freelance Tips
    • Online Learning
    • Skills And Experience

    As a freelance proofreader or editor, taking part in continuing professional development will help you gain and maintain the skills you need to thrive. But working on your own can make this difficult, as you won’t have company training resources. Luckily, there are ways to take your professional development into your own hands. In this […]

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    5 Tips to Help You Proofread Well

    Dec 04, 2021

    • Proofreading Tips
    • Skills And Experience

    Being a freelance proofreader has many benefits, but it’s not easy. You can know all about spelling, grammar, punctuation, referencing styles, and so on, but that doesn’t necessarily make you a good proofreader. That’s why sometimes it can be useful to rethink your processes to help you work better. In this post, we’ll introduce five […]

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    How to Gain Experience as a New Proofreader

    How to Gain Experience as a New Proofreader

    Sep 18, 2021

    • Finding Work
    • Freelance Tips
    • How To Become A Freelancer
    • Skills And Experience

    It can be hard to get experience as a new proofreader. With many companies requesting former experience for full-time proofreaders, and some clients not wanting to take the risk of hiring someone with no experience, it can seem impossible to get your foot in the door. But becoming a freelance proofreader needn’t be so difficult. […]

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    How to Create a Proofreading Resume as a New Proofreader

    How to Create a Proofreading Resume as a New Proofreader

    Sep 09, 2021

    • Finding Work
    • Freelance Tips
    • How To Become A Freelancer
    • Skills And Experience

    If you’re looking for proofreading jobs, you’ll need an appropriate resume (usually referred to as a CV in UK English). But what if you’re a new proofreader with little or no work experience? In this post, we’ll share some tips on how to create a proofreading resume or CV that will help you stand out […]

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