For Freelance Translators: How to Make Your Clients Use Your Translation Services Again and Again
The easiest way to keep your translation business profitable is to cultivate a core group of regular clients who will fill your inbox with translation projects, allowing you to spend your time working rather than looking for work. Implementing some of the tips below will help you keep a regular stream of work coming your way.1. Meet every deadline. If you can't consistently meet deadlines, you're not well-suited to being a freelance translator. Remember that your clients have deadlines too, and are sometimes waiting for your work as part of a larger project. As one experienced translator comments, "8:00 means 7:50, not 8:10."
2. Be easy to reach. Put your contact information in your email signature file, so that a client never has to look up your phone or fax number. Rea
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Snagging a Great Internship: 3 Resume-Writing Tips
It's not uncommon for an intern-hopeful to feel shocked after realizing that they need to create a resume in order to apply for a position. Because many on-campus jobs are obtainable without a resume, some students never assume they will need it to apply for an internship. They're wrong.The truth is many large companies require that their internship candidates submit resumes and cover letters just as job candidates are required to do. This can feel intimidating to the student who has no experiences to list. If you fall into this category, take a look at three ways that you can bring what experience you do have to life so that you can snag that great internship.
Tip #1: Think from the Employer's Perspective
The first tip to consider when writing your internship r
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For Freelance Translators: How to Raise Your Rates
Translators are generally paid by the word, with some variation in whether the word count is based on the source or target language, for a single word (most common in the U.S.) or per thousand words (most common in the U.K.), although payment is sometimes made by the line as well, with a line being comprised of a certain number of characters. For projects where charging by the word would result in a ridiculously low payment, for example translating an advertising slogan, translators are often paid by the hour. Translations of official documents such as birth certificates may be billed by the page.Many translators have a minimum charge for small projects, for example a flat fee for projects up to 250 words. It's also common for translators to add a premium for a rush project, or t
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SES Resume Writing
SES resume writing is an art form all of its own. Unlike any other application for a job, the federal government's Senior Executive Service application practically demands that it be prepared by a seasoned professional in order to even have a chance at the job you are interested in. The top reason qualified candidates are rejected is because they do not show how they are qualified for the position in question in their resume. In fact, many people try to do it on their own and after multiple attempts without an interview for jobs they are qualified for; they turn to professional SES resume writers.For anyone who wishes to be considered for an SES position, the SES resume and its accompanying documents are critical. In the private sector, a resume is much less important than when y
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How To Turn Any Old Junk Into A $10k A Month Online Business
How to turn your old junk into a $10k a month online business... Part 1.(A pauper's guide to getting started...)
Hi there, folks!
It's a simple but unavoidable fact that any new business, even an online business where overheads tend to be quite low, requires at least a small amount of initial "start-up" capital. However, if you don't have any assets to call upon, is there really any way to raise sufficient funds to get things moving in the right direction?
The answer, perhaps, lies in re-thinking our interpretation of the very word "asset". By expanding our concept of assets to include anything and everything currently in our possession that may have some intrinsic value to somebody, somewhere, if not to ourselves... then we very soon see that, in fact,
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