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Hello Fam! For everyone who has an idea on how to go about that, I mean the topic, please I need your contributions. I've got an article I need to write and submit by tomorrow and Google ain't helping matters at all. Please drop your comments below. Thank y'all in advance.

Cheers!

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uboma:
You have got to invest your heart, soul and mind into your job portal first before anyone will take notice of it. Regularly look out for recent and genuine job adverts and post same on your portal.

Companies will only reach out to you to advertise their products and services when you have a good number of steady clicks/views.


Yours is just 2 months old but you are already complaining. Success doesn't come easy bro.


I have something similar in the pipeline. it is still work in progress.

Thank you so much bro

How can I make my Job Board thrive and get Agencies to advertise job vacancies on my Board?

The above question has sure brought me sleepless nights.

I've got a job board. it's just two months old by the way. I set up the board with the mindset that in no time, with enough publicity of the existence of my Job Board, Agencies and Firms in Nigeria would use my platform as a means to advertise and publicize job openings within their ranks.

Every minute, I check my mail box to see if I've been contacted by any individual or agency interested in utilizing my services, but I get nothing from nobody, regardless of the fact that I let them know that I'm ready to offer my services for free. It kinda gets me confused.
Now the thing is this I set up this job board not to be a place of inactivity but a place where employers could post jobs and reach a vast number of Nigerians, and job seekers would also be able to visit, find jobs and be able to apply for jobs.

It's really wearing me out that nobody's interested in utilizing my platform and services, so, I thought I could come here(Nairaland) lay bare my plight on how best I could better my job board in terms of helping it gain acceptance, and hear what y'all would have to say to that.

Your opinions mean so much to me.

How can I make my Job Board thrive and get Agencies to advertise job vacancies on my Board?

The above question has sure brought me sleepless nights.

I've got a job board. it's just two months old by the way. I set up the board with the mindset that in no time, with enough publicity of the existence of my Job Board, Agencies and Firms in Nigeria would use my platform as a means to advertise and publicize job openings within their ranks.

Every minute, I check my mail box to see if I've been contacted by any individual or agency interested in utilizing my services, but I get nothing from nobody, regardless of the fact that I let them know that I'm ready to offer my services for free. It kinda gets me confused.

Now the thing is this I set up this job board not to be a place of inactivity but a place where employers could post jobs and reach a vast number of Nigerians, and job seekers would also be able to visit, find jobs and be able to apply for jobs.

It's really wearing me out that nobody's interested in utilizing my platform and services, so, I thought I could come here(Nairaland) lay bare my plight on how best I could better my job board in terms of helping it gain acceptance, and hear what y'all would have to say to that.

Your opinions mean so much to me.

Valkyr:
Op, there is no easy answer, no universal answer. Philosophy does not point you specifically in any direction like those professional disciplines. It bids us to GO into the world and make whatever we may out of ourselves using our mind and body.

The contributions of you fellas delights me. I wanted to write an article for freshers in my dept but dumped it halfway because the philosopherkings and queens I was banking on to share their experiences never replied my mail and I didn't want to write abstractions.


OP, Descartes' devil did trouble me with your question in my first year. Its voice began dying out but it remained. By July, I shall have graduated. I got a part time. I dont even know my cgpa sef but I am jobhunting when I am not doing coursework. But most jobs I see on job boards are located in Lag and I am in Nsukka, so I just do more of reading. I tested waters one day, and a certain firm located in Lag told me to notify them when I grad... If you wanna get certifications, count NIM out...

What does ur resume and covering letter look like philosopher? How well do you sell urself? It matters. If employer needs analytic thinker, you did logic. If they demand communication, Nwanne I did Communication and Information Ethics, if they need what else, bro I find a relevant course..

This is what we've been prepared for..
(Please dear philosophers, methinks we should all keep in touch. WhatsApp or any other means..)

Nice Idea. I think I should go ahead to create a Whatsapp group. if interested do drop ur whatsapp number so we all who studied Philosophy and those still studying Philosophy can connect.

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A cover letter is an important piece of job search document which you can use to impress an employer or a hiring manager before the interviewing process begins.

Very often, the way your cover letter is written could mean the difference between landing an interview and losing it. Therefore, you should always take cover letter writing very seriously and use it to stand out from the pack.

Given below are some of the top dos and don’ts that you should follow for writing a cover letter which sets you up for success.

Cover Letter Dos

Do Personalize Your Letter: Find out the name of the HR manager or the interviewer and address them by name in your cover letter. Write a new cover letter for each job that you want to apply for.

Do Mention the Job Position: Which job position are you interested in? Mention it in your cover letter and focus your writing around that specific job position. If the advertised job position has a code or a reference number, include it as well to remove any kind of confusion on the hiring manager’s part.

Do Make it Succinct: A cover letter has to be short and sweet. Make sure you use a simple language and tone and include only the real stuff.

Do Focus on the Audience: For each advertised job position, there are some specific skills that the employer is looking for. Find out what those key skills are and write your cover letter around the same. In short, put yourself in the hiring manager’s or the employer’s shoes while writing.

Do Proofread: Hiring managers don’t use a cover letter only to evaluate how skilled and qualified a job applicant you are, but they also use it to judge your communication skills. While writing the cover letter, make sure you communicate in a way that is both unique and impressive. After you have finished writing the cover letter for a specific job position, give it a recheck at least a couple of times so that it’s free from any kind of grammatical errors, spelling mistakes, typos etc.

We’ve highlighted the Dos, it’s now time we learnt about the Don’ts.

Don’t Make it Too Long: Don’t write a cover letter that is longer than one page. Three or four paragraphs (300-400 words) are enough to create a cover letter which immediately attracts the attention of the employer or the hiring manager. Longer cover letters turn off most employers.

Don’t Boast: No matter how much qualified or skilled you are, don’t make it look like you are arrogant. Instead, focus on the key accomplishments and tell the story behind them as briefly as you can.

Don’t Use Cliches: Too-obvious cliches make your cover letter look like a general one and that’s what most job applicants do. Avoid them at all cost.

Don’t Make False Claims: If you don’t have the skills the employer is looking for, it’s probably the wrong job for you. Don’t make false claims or pretend you have the required skills. The truth will come out sooner or later.

Don’t Be Negative: Your past job experiences may have been bad. But you should never talk negatively or sound negative in your cover letter. Employers want to hire candidates with a strong positive mindset.

What is your cover letter like? Take a closer look at your cover letter in the light of these dos and don’ts. If you think you lack the skills for writing an effective cover letter, hire an expert to do the job for you. There are multiple online service providers as well that you can use for cover letter writing. Always remember that a cover letter is a powerful tool which you can use to gain an extra edge over the competition and land a job interview before it’s too late.

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A cover letter is an important piece of job search document which you can use to impress an employer or a hiring manager before the interviewing process begins.

Very often, the way your cover letter is written could mean the difference between landing an interview and losing it. Therefore, you should always take cover letter writing very seriously and use it to stand out from the pack.

Given below are some of the top dos and don’ts that you should follow for writing a cover letter which sets you up for success.

Cover Letter Dos

Do Personalize Your Letter: Find out the name of the HR manager or the interviewer and address them by name in your cover letter. Write a new cover letter for each job that you want to apply for.

Do Mention the Job Position: Which job position are you interested in? Mention it in your cover letter and focus your writing around that specific job position. If the advertised job position has a code or a reference number, include it as well to remove any kind of confusion on the hiring manager’s part.

Do Make it Succinct: A cover letter has to be short and sweet. Make sure you use a simple language and tone and include only the real stuff.

Do Focus on the Audience: For each advertised job position, there are some specific skills that the employer is looking for. Find out what those key skills are and write your cover letter around the same. In short, put yourself in the hiring manager’s or the employer’s shoes while writing.

Do Proofread: Hiring managers don’t use a cover letter only to evaluate how skilled and qualified a job applicant you are, but they also use it to judge your communication skills. While writing the cover letter, make sure you communicate in a way that is both unique and impressive. After you have finished writing the cover letter for a specific job position, give it a recheck at least a couple of times so that it’s free from any kind of grammatical errors, spelling mistakes, typos etc.

We’ve highlighted the Dos, it’s now time we learnt about the Don’ts.

Don’t Make it Too Long: Don’t write a cover letter that is longer than one page. Three or four paragraphs (300-400 words) are enough to create a cover letter which immediately attracts the attention of the employer or the hiring manager. Longer cover letters turn off most employers.

Don’t Boast: No matter how much qualified or skilled you are, don’t make it look like you are arrogant. Instead, focus on the key accomplishments and tell the story behind them as briefly as you can.

Don’t Use Cliches: Too-obvious cliches make your cover letter look like a general one and that’s what most job applicants do. Avoid them at all cost.

Don’t Make False Claims: If you don’t have the skills the employer is looking for, it’s probably the wrong job for you. Don’t make false claims or pretend you have the required skills. The truth will come out sooner or later.

Don’t Be Negative: Your past job experiences may have been bad. But you should never talk negatively or sound negative in your cover letter. Employers want to hire candidates with a strong positive mindset.

What is your cover letter like? Take a closer look at your cover letter in the light of these dos and don’ts. If you think you lack the skills for writing an effective cover letter, hire an expert to do the job for you. There are multiple online service providers as well that you can use for cover letter writing. Always remember that a cover letter is a powerful tool which you can use to gain an extra edge over the competition and land a job interview before it’s too late.

In an ideal world, job seekers and hiring companies would magically find each other online at no cost. The Internet there to facilitate the whole process, there shouldn’t be a cause to break a sweat, but finding a user friendly and affordable job board that specializes in bridging the gap between both parties at no cost can be quite a Herculean task in this modern time.

As a result of this glitch, "Coloured Scribes" emerged to fix all that. We are an online agency that specialises in rendering such services as aiding organizations, agencies and individuals hire candidates for job openings. We do this by advertising all forms of legit job vacancies on our Job Board. You dont have to be a corporation to advertise a job opening, bloggers, and even freelance writers wishing to outsource can also advertise with us. It doesn’t end there though, as we also take it to another level by publicizing every validated job opening advertised on our board on our Twitter timeline in order to reach out to a wider Nigerian audience.

"Coloured Scribes" also has a unique approach to helping people get their dream jobs by asking them to submit their CVs in order to link them up with prospective employers.

For more enquiries reach us via:
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You can also check out our Job board here:
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In an ideal world, job seekers and hiring companies would magically find each other online at no cost. The Internet there to facilitate the whole process, there shouldn’t be a cause to break a sweat, but finding a user friendly and affordable job board that specializes in bridging the gap between both parties at no cost can be quite a Herculean task in this modern time.

As a result of this glitch, "Coloured Scribes" emerged to fix all that. We are an online agency that specialises in rendering such services as aiding organizations, agencies and individuals hire candidates for job openings. We do this by advertising all forms of legit job vacancies on our Job Board. You dont have to be a corporation to advertise a job opening, bloggers, and even freelance writers wishing to outsource can also advertise with us. It doesn’t end there though, as we also take it to another level by publicizing every validated job opening advertised on our board on our Twitter timeline in order to reach out to a wider Nigerian audience.

"Coloured Scribes" also has a unique approach to helping people get their dream jobs by asking them to submit their CVs in order to link them up with prospective employers.

For more enquiries reach us via:
writershub@colouredscribes.com

You can also check out our Job board here:
http://colouredscribes.com

In an ideal world, job seekers and hiring companies would magically find each other online at no cost. The Internet there to facilitate the whole process, there shouldn’t be a cause to break a sweat, but finding a user friendly and affordable job board that specializes in bridging the gap between both parties at no cost can be quite a Herculean task in this modern time.

As a result of this glitch, "Coloured Scribes" emerged to fix all that. We are an online agency that specialises in rendering such services as aiding organizations, agencies and individuals hire candidates for job openings. We do this by advertising all forms of legit job vacancies on our Job Board. You dont have to be a corporation to advertise a job opening, bloggers, and even freelance writers wishing to outsource can also advertise with us. It doesn’t end there though, as we also take it to another level by publicizing every validated job opening advertised on our board on our Twitter timeline in order to reach out to a wider Nigerian audience.

"Coloured Scribes" also has a unique approach to helping people get their dream jobs by asking them to submit their CVs in order to link them up with prospective employers.

For more enquiries reach us via:
writershub@colouredscribes.com

You can also check out our Job board here:
http://colouredscribes.com

Are you an outstanding Nigerian Writer well versed in writing Prose or Poetry? If yes, then this might just be your opportunity to receive that recognition and honour you rightly deserve.

It's a new year and the window of opportunity opens widely before our faces. Entries are hereby invited for the NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature for outstanding Nigerian writers.

Application Deadline: 7th April, 2017

Eligible Countries: Nigeria

To be taken at (country): Nigeria

About the Award: The yearly literary prize is sponsored by Nigeria LNG (NLNG) to honour the best book by a Nigerian author between the last 4 years. The prize rotates around four literary genres: Prose fiction, poetry, drama and children's literature.

Type: Contest

Eligibility:

*No book published before January 2013 will be accepted.

*An author will enter only one published work. More manuscripts will not be accepted.

*No book previously submitted for this competition may be re-submitted at a later date even if major revisions have been made or a new edition has been published.

*The prize will be rewarded for no other reason than excellence.

Selection: Winners will be announced in October and will be presented to the public on a later date.

Number of Awardees: 4

Requirements For Application:

*Ten copies of the entries and if available, an e-copy together with evidence of Nigerian citizenship (photocopy of Nigerian passport or I.D card) may be submitted either by authors or publishers in accordance with the genres in competition.

*Books should be submitted to Nigeria LNG’s External Relations Division, promoters of the prize, by the stipulated deadline.

*Complete contact information, including full contact address, phone number(s), email(s), and other relevant contact information will accompany every submission.

Entries shall be sent to:

The Nigeria Prize for Literature,
External Relations Division,
Nigeria LNG Limited,
Intels Aba Road Estate,
Km 16 Port-Harcourt-Aba Expressway,
P.M.B 5660 Port-Harcourt Rivers state

or

The Nigeria Prize for Literature,
External Relations Division,
Heron House,
10 Dean Farrar Street,
London, SW1H 0DX

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Freelance writing sure has attractive benefits. As a freelance writer you’ve got flexible working hours, location freedom, and the ability to earn a living doing something you are passionate about.

In this article I would be schooling you on necessary insights as regards becoming a successful Freelance writer.

First of all, let’s tackle these questions:
How does one become a Freelance writer?

What steps are to be taken in order to avoid common pitfalls as you build your writing business?

And how does one set his/herself apart from other writers in a market place saturated with writers, many of whom are willing to work at nominal rates?

For many aspiring writers these questions and fears can be overpowering. That’s why I’ve decided to share with y’all important lessons I’ve learned from 25 top freelance writing experts and put together a guide that will see you through the process of becoming a succesful freelance writer.

This guide will take you from frightened and confused about how to charge for your writing to feeling confident in your ability to find clients and then deliver great writing to them.

1. Choose a freelance writing niche: There are a variety of freelance writing opportunities out there. Step One to building your freelance writing business is deciding which of these opportunities you are going to pursue:

Copywriting — Copywriters create content intended to produce a specific action from the reader: make a purchase, book a consultation, opt-in to a mailing list, etc. These writing gigs can include sales pages, email marketing, landing pages, white papers, and more.

Content Writing — Content writers produce content meant to share valuable, relevant, and/or entertaining information in order to attract and retain a clearly-defined audience.

Professional Blogger — Professional bloggers make a living writing for their own website and then either selling something to the audience they’ve built via their blog or selling access to that audience via advertising or affiliate offers.

Ghostwriting — Ghostwriting is produced by one writer, but published under someone else’s by-line. This can include blog posts, articles, books, and more.

Journalism — Journalists write about news or other current events information. This type of writing traditionally includes newspaper articles, editorials, magazine articles, and interviews.

2. Don’t expect success to come overnight:
Building a successful freelance writing business that supports you full-time is absolutely possible, but it isn’t going to happen overnight. Building a business takes time and you need to go in understanding that fact.

“I freelanced in one capacity or another for over five years before I quit my day job. I had a respectable amount of money socked away when I finally resigned, but was unprepared for how long I’d have to wait between freelance checks sometimes. Even though I thought I’d responsibly prepared for whatever financial setbacks came my way, I wasn’t ready for how quickly my reserve would drain while I frantically re-invoiced clients.” ~ Lauren Hoffman

3. Create a blog that matters:
If you’re building a business, you need a website. And if you are building a writing-based business, you absolutely must have a blog.

In her Problogger article, Have You Got What it Takes to Become a Highly Paid Freelance Blogger? , freelance writer Marya Jan notes, “You need to have a successful blog. This one seems like stating the obvious, doesn’t it? If you don’t have a blog, how do you even know if you’d enjoy blogging for pay?”

In addition to being a source of content marketing for your business, building a successful blog is also an excellent opportunity to practice your craft. “If you want to become a writer, you need to get used to writing for others. You need to practice taking feedback and dealing with rejection. You also need to start earning some fans. You do this by publishing, publishing small and regularly,” notes Joe Bunting . Your blog is the perfect place to do just that. Just last year alone my blog fetched me several job offers. I only had to choose the most convenient job. As easy as that.

4. Build your portfolio:
While your blog will serve as one sample of your writing and will help to grow your audience, you’ll also want to begin to build a portfolio of pieces written for larger websites, publication, and early clients.
Guest blogging for high authority websites can be an excellent way to get your foot in the door and build your portfolio of articles.

5. Identify your ideal clients:
You’ll likely start off taking any work you can get, but, like all freelancers, you’ll soon realize not all clients are created equal. You’re going to want to identify your ideal clients, and focus your marketing efforts on them.

6. Get networking:
Wondering where to find your first few clients? Look no further than your existing network. “Social media continues to become a more and more important marketing channel, but the most effective marketing strategies for service-based businesses, including freelance writers, will always be networking and referrals.”

7. Learn to sell:
The ability to write is one skill, but the ability to sell yourself as a writer is something else entirely. If you are going to make a living in the highly competitive world of freelance writing, you must learn the art of sales.

“In the new digital arena, the ability to sell is a premium skill. “It is a skill you can’t do without to thrive. You should cultivate the ability to sell or you’ll not be able to acquire clients.”

8. Set value-based rates: Deciding what to charge can be one of the most intimidating decisions for new freelancers , so it’s important to familiarize yourself with industry standards and then determine where you are going to position yourself within them. As a freelance writer, you will NOT want to charge an hourly rate. Why not?

As Ed Gandia, host of the High-Income Business Writing podcast, explains “When you price by the hour, you make LESS money the faster/better you get. When you price by project, you make MORE money the faster/better you get.”

9. Provide massive value:
We’ve already discussed benefits-based selling and value-based rates. Now it’s time for you to prove that you are worth the money you’re charging. Producing high-quality contents for your clients isn’t just a goal you’ll strive for; it’s the entry level ticket into the game. If you can’t produce great work in a professional manner, all the marketing in the world won’t save you.

CONCLUSION:
Becoming a valued Freelance writer ain’t easy but if there are people who’ve achieved that status you too can. Just stick to the 9-step path outlined here, heed the advice and tips shared by other experts, and you’ll be well on your way today a successful career as a paid writer.

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