5 Common Mistakes This Proofreader Sees on CVs and Resumes

5 Common Mistakes This Proofreader Sees on CVs and Resumes

About Proofreading
When applying for a job, it is vital to make a good impression. Most openings have many applicants, so you need to stand out from the crowd. I proofread a lot of CVs, resumes and covering letters and, because I have hired staff, I also know what employers want to see. Here are some top tips to make sure your job applications stand out for the right reasons! Avoid spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors. It is really hard to proofread your own work - your brain reads what it thinks you wrote, rather than what you actually wrote. Having somebody else (e.g. me!!) proofread your work can help to make sure you don't send out your job application documents with any embarrassing typos. Think about the length of your documents…
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Sometimes you just need to hear something nice

About Proofreading
I read Show Your Work by Austin Kleon a few months ago but, despite my best intentions, I keep forgetting to actually show my work. I set up a Pinterest board for the purpose but it's sparse, to say the least. So today, as I was designing a flyer for my proofreading services, I remembered the concept and decided to show my work on Twitter. https://twitter.com/PhilippaWrites/status/525316396784558081 I was really pleased, then, to get the following tweets from a former proofreading client in response. https://twitter.com/_la_mysterieuse/status/525317236899459072 https://twitter.com/_la_mysterieuse/status/525317346958016512 I really like proofreading. I know a lot of freelance writers do it just because it's an extra skill they can offer, but they don't really value it much. However, I thoroughly enjoy having the opportunity to fix things and improve somebody's chances, so it's absolutely…
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Podcast Episode 19: How to Proofread Your Own Work

About Proofreading, Podcast
We ran out of storage space for our earliest episodes. But fear not, we have made these many, many hours of freelance writing goodness available for just £10. If you want access to them all, please click Add to Cart and buy through our e-junkie account for instant access. As a freelance writer, there are times when it is impractical or unrealistic to hire an external proofreader to check through everything you write. A full work of fiction or an entire book will, without question, require a professional proofreader and editor, but for 500 word articles or 700 word blog posts we need to be able to check and double-check our own writing to make sure that everything we submit is perfect. In this solo episode, I discuss numerous tactics…
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An Open Letter to @Joe_Eastwood

About Proofreading
I saw the call via your Twitter account for proofreaders and followed the link to find out more. I found that you are looking for people to proofread 50,000 words in a week, in exchange for an advance copy of the book. I can also see, with a quick amazon search that you are not giving away your other books for free, so if you are earning from them, it is only reasonable that you pay others for any work they do for you. My usual proofreading rate is £8 per 1,000 words. If you wanted 50,000 words in a week I would also have to add a rush fee, but even ignoring that, the fee I would request for 50,000 words is £400. Now, unless a copy of your upcoming…
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