Do’s and Don’ts of Applying for a Staff Writing Job

Over the last two weeks, I've been looking to hire some staff writers for my sites, as I talked about in my April Income Report.  Since I'm transitioning to having a fuller publishing schedule on two of my sites, I really wanted to have some talented writers help me and provide awesome content to compliment the site and continue to improve the brand. As such, I put out a call for staff writers.  When my close contacts were exhausted and I still needed some writers, I went to the ProBlogger Job Board.  Needless to say, that was a great source of talent, but also a great source of resume spam.  Posting on a major job board really has made me appreciate the talented individuals that are out there, and I'm so happy for the couple that I've … [Read more...]