Personal Finance Content Development
Posted in job hunt, rant, Underemployment, Writing on Oct 12th, 2011
Some interesting jobs can be found on Craigslist, but often not ones that pay well. There are so many lousy paying jobs for writers on Craigslist and elsewhere that I could provide daily updates on the outlandish ones. I recently came across an ad for a website looking for comedy writers. I have a good [...]
Posted in job hunt, Underemployment, Unemployment, Walletpop on Apr 6th, 2011
For the second time in almost three years, I’ve been laid off. This time, however, it wasn’t due to the economy failing, but because it’s doing so well. AOL bought Huffington Post for $315 million, then decided to go with full-time writers and not freelancers such as myself for its website “content.” I’m still around, [...]
Posted in job hunt, Personal finance, Underemployment, Walletpop on Mar 28th, 2011
I’m taking meetings for the next two weeks as I try to decide if my career choice to be a journalist is a dying profession (photo above) or a thriving one. I think it’s a thriving one where storytellers are still needed. Instead of me going door to door, applying for jobs online or seeking [...]
