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Wordfirm seeks qualified freelance writers, editors, copyeditors, proofreaders, and indexers. We are now particularly interested in applicants with extensive experience working on books and in proofreaders working hours that allow us to turn work around overnight for American clients.
Applicants must be completely equipped to handle work through the Internet, working in a quiet, professional home office. We are only interested in professional, highly skilled writers and editors with at least three years of practical experience.
Apply by filling out our online application. You will be asked to provide the following information:
Your resume as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF file
Two professional references
Areas of technical expertise
Minimum hourly rate
For copyeditors and proofreaders: style manuals used and titles of publications copyedited
For substantive editors: citations to significant work
For writers: citations to all published work and links to samples on the Web, if available
Current Freelance Writing & Employment Opportunities
1. Freelance Admissions Essay Editors - EssayEdge.com; NOW AVAILABLE EssayEdge.com is seeking excellent freelance editors and writers educated at Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Columbia, and Princeton to complete freelance editing jobs for the company. As a freelance EssayEdge editor, you will provide tips on topic selection, rework clumsy sentences, reorganize rambling text, and proofread final essays. You receive your jobs via email and can work from your own computer and set your own hours. You are paid per completed editing job that you accept. There is no training; we are only interested in freelance editors who can manage their own quality and time. Please note: we do not reimburse freelance writers for any expenses related to completing freelance writing jobs. You must either have or purchase your own computer equipment, software, etc. to complete the freelance writing jobs. Also, you may complete available freelance jobs with EssayEdge while continuing to perform freelance services for other businesses or the general public.
If interested in these freelance opportunities, please submit your resume through the 'Submit Now!' link. You will then be contacted when more freelance editors are needed and can decide to submit the full freelance editor evaluation then. Freelance editors in the past have found the effective per job hourly rate to vary between $20 - $35 per hour, but this is dependent on the job you perform. SUBMIT NOW!
2. Freelance Resume Writers - ResumeEdge.com; NOW AVAILABLE ResumeEdge provides the resume writing services to thousands of sites, including The Wall Street Journal's CareerJournal, Lycos, SallieMae, and WetFeet. ResumeEdge freelance writers work from their own computers and offices from anywhere in the world via the Internet. You (and your staff if applicable) would complete jobs helping write and edit resumes and cover letters using existing resumes and cover letters and additional information (if available). You are paid per completed editing job. Jobs are accepted via electronic email contract.
Successful freelance writers will have a strong marketing and/or technical writing background and experience editing and writing resumes and cover letters. Past experience writing marketing / advertising copy is a plus. Certified Professional Resume Writers (CPRW) and Nationally Certified Resume Writers (NCRW) are preferred. Please do not express interest in these freelance opportunities unless you have a strong marketing and/or technical writing background and are an expert in Word. There is no training; we are only interested in freelance writers and editors who can manage their own quality and time. Please note: we do not reimburse freelance writers for any expenses related to completing freelance writing jobs. You must either have or purchase your own computer equipment, software, etc. to complete the freelance writing jobs.
Editors / Writers available to receive jobs on the weekends are preferred. Freelance editors in the past have found the effective per job hourly rate to vary between $25 - $40 per hour, but this is dependent on the time it takes you to perform the job. Also, you may complete available freelance jobs with ResumeEdge while continuing to perform freelance services for other businesses or the general public.
If interested in receiving freelance writing jobs, please submit your resume (in Word as an attachment), cover letter, and one "before" and "after" example of a resume you have edited or written (if available) using the link below. After we review your submission, we will email selected freelance writers with the full evaluation materials. Given the large number of freelance writers interested in these opportunities, we ask that you please not follow up by phone or email until you are selected to take the full evaluation. SUBMIT NOW!
3. Admissions Officers; NOW AVAILABLE We currently are looking for past or current admissions officers to serve on EssayEdge staff. EssayEdge pay is quite competitive. To apply, please submit your resume, two writing samples, and a cover letter explaining your interest in the position. APPLY NOW!
Are you a skilled editor, proofreader, writer? Looking for a job? We need you!
We need you because you are a skilled proofreader, editor, or writer. EditFast takes pride in the quality of the work we do and in the speed of our editors. We want the best!
This is a freelance opportunity. We cannot guarantee that there will be work available, but if you have the qualifications EditFast's clients are looking for, and if you are patient, there may be projects for you in the future. You should be aware, however, that EditFast has no obligation to provide work for you now or at any time in the future. Completing the registration process and passing the EditFast review does not necessarily mean you will receive projects. It simply means you are eligible to receive projects and your Web page is available for EditFast's clients to view and perhaps choose you as their editor. If you are selected for a project by a client or by the EditFast administration you will be notified and that project will be directed to you.
Only those editors whose Web pages have been enabled are eligible to receive New Project Notifications. For those who are not successful, all information connected to your email address will be deleted, and notification of this will be sent (This can take anywhere from one day to two weeks).
EditFast provides a free service to freelance editors. There are promotional tools provided to help the enabled editors promote their free Web pages and their skills and talents as editors. When new projects are received from clients by the EditFast administration these projects will be sent out to the best qualified editor taking into consideration the needs of the client and the needs of the document. Our goal is to provide fast, quality service to our clients and send work to as many editors as possible. However, at no time is EditFast under any obligation to provide work to any editor. You are a freelancer. You are free to search for opportunities wherever they might be. EditFast is one of those opportunities.
How the EditFast System Works
Registration and Enabling Your Web Page
To begin, all potential editors must register and complete the following steps
Resume Builder
Editing Tests
Non-disclosure agreement
Web Page Builder
Next, you must wait until I give your submitted information and your Web page a personal review.
If successful, you will be notified that your Web page and profile have been "enabled." (This can take anywhere from one day to two weeks)
Only those editors whose Web pages have been enabled are eligible to receive New Project Notifications.
For those who are not successful all profile and related information will be deleted and notification of this will be sent. (This can take anywhere from one day to two weeks)
Receiving New Project Notifications
All those who receive notification from the EditFast administration that their Web page has been enabled are then eligible to receive New Project Notifications. EditFast does not guarantee that you will receive a New Project Notification and these notifications are not a guarantee of work. They are simply a message sent to notify you that a client or the EditFast admin has requested communication with you about a project. If you have the required skills, software, and are available at that time then you will receive the project.
New Project Notifications can come from two sources:
1. New Project Notifications direct from potential clients.
If a client selects you as an editor, you will receive notification containing a link to the project description and the client's message. This notification will be sent to the email address you have registered with EditFast.
Download the document and look it over.
Click on "Create Estimate" on the project description page or in your project list and complete the estimate form.
The client will receive your estimate and either agree, decline, or submit a counter proposal. Continue until a decision has been made. Hopefully, an agreement will be reached.
It is entirely your responsibility to deal with clients and I will not interfere in the process unless you need help. I am always available for consultation on any matter.
2. New Project Notifications from the EditFast administration.
The process is similar to the above but in this case the projects will sometimes be offered at a set rate and sometimes require an estimate.
The "client" is EditFast.
Payment
Payments to editors will be made through PayPal.
Clients pay EditFast and EditFast pays the editors.
EditFast gets 30% of the final total project price whether the project comes directly from a client or from the EditFast administration.
Upon completion of a project the editor must submit a formal invoice to EditFast from the project description page.
EditFast pays all invoices on the last day of the month following the month of receipt of the invoice.
Restrictions
Direct contact with a client is expressly forbidden except through the EditFast Message Center.
For security reasons and to maintain our client base you must never include your email address, telephone number, last name, mailing address, or any personal contact information of any kind in any message sent to an EditFast client or potential client.
Anyone found trying to circumvent these restrictions will no longer be eligible for New Project Notifications and all information related to that editor's email address, name and profile will be deleted from the editor database.
Requirements
A degree from a recognized university
A wide variety of reading interests
A computer with an Internet connection
The usual word processing software
Past editing/proofreading experience
Computer/Internet savvy
Useful Qualifications
Professional editing experience
Courses in proofreading/editing
A degree in English
Experience with editing documents that have been translated by non-native speakers
Specialized knowledge for specific fields of writing such as:
Medical
Technical
Computing
Mechanical
Patents
Literary Works
Novels
Translated business documents
Scholarly journal articles
Telecommunications
Privacy of Your Information
EditFast does not give out, sell, or trade your name, address, email address, telephone number, or any of your personal information to anyone or any company.
Beginning the EditFast Resume Builder Process
To begin the EditFastResume Builder process, fill in your contact information (name & email address) in the short form immediately below.
Clicking "Submit" will register you with EditFast and you will immediately (usually within the hour) receive a password and confirmation link by email. You MUST click this confirmation link.
This verification step is necessary for two reasons:
It allows us to verify that your email address has been entered correctly. (If you do not receive a confirmation letter by email within the hour then check to make sure you have entered your email address correctly.)
It allows us to make sure that someone else is not registering you by entering your email address.
When you click on the confirmation link you will go directly to the next step in the EditFast Resume Builder .
Once you have registered with your name and email address below and confirmed by clicking the link in the confirmation email, you will be able to return and complete the forms or update your online resume at any time by logging in from any page on the Web site.
