Education content development company seeks assessment writers for ongoing contract projects. Ideal candidates will be highly reliable, well organized, prompt in responding to communications, conscientious regarding meeting deadlines, and capable of working independently with minimal supervision. Attention to detail and production of timely, high-quality work products are a must.

This position requires prior experience with developing testing, assessment, or test preparation materials. For consideration, please submit cover letter, resume, and writing sample to the e-mail address above. In your cover letter, please include your hourly or per question rate. Your writing sample should contain examples of multiple choice assessment questions written for K-12 or college/adult level educational programs, in any subject area. Applications will only be reviewed if they contain all of the components requested.

Projects are paid on a project fee based on an hourly or per item rate. This position is open to U.S. residents only. Applications will be accepted through February 15, 2008, with responses sent only to those candidates selected for further consideration.

* Location: Telecommute
* Compensation: Project fee basis
* Telecommuting is ok.

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Everyone with a work at home blog has published an article that lists a plethora of work at home tips. Heck, I have probably written a few articles of a similar nature in the two years of my “make-money-online” blogging enterprise. While this article won’t portend to be the end-all and be-all for work at home tips, maybe I can shed some light on just what makes a work at home entrepreneur successful.

My first tip is to be passionate about your subject matter. Professional marketers understand that to sell the product, you need to convey the feeling that you, too, are excited to use the same product that you are “pumping”, even if that product is merely “informational” in nature.

One of the best examples of a passionate website owner is our friend Aaron Wall who publishes the SEO Book. We read Aaron’s blog most everyday. His daily posts have given us many ideas on how we might make our blog better.

Another tip, and the one I find most easy to implement, is consistency. It seems that I am able to find some subject to blog about everyday. The universe of making money online is full of wonderful stories about successful enterprises and folks that implement them.

Stay tuned, there will be more tips to come. Oh yeah, consider subscribing to this site’s RSS feed by clicking here. Doing so will give you the tips when they occur.

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We are currently seeking part-time and full time Curriculum & Lesson Plan developers.
Job Summary: Creating lesson plans in the form of stories and activities for children ages 4-8 years old on specific character development topics.
Hours:
We can take any level of commitment from hourly to full time depending on the qualifications and the commitment of the applicant.
No commute possibility; Work may be allowed to be done from your own place of home/office.
Requirements:
Kindergarten/Ist grade teaching experience a definite plus. A strong ability to write fiction/non fiction and editorial skills is a must. Passion for children and teaching, a Must!
Preferences:
We are looking for self motivated, creative and thorough applicants.
The ability to be creative and make the lesson plans entertaining and engaging for the children. Theatre, music background/experience a plus.
Potential:
We will consider hiring full time for curriculum writers? positions.
Please email your resume for consideration.

* Compensation: $21-$25/hr (based on experience and performance quality)
* Telecommuting is ok.

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Primarily because of modern technology, more and more Moms are choosing to stay at home, simultaneously working, raising the kids, and maintaining a household.

Omaha NB, Channel 6 News reports on one woman who has decided that a work from home lifestyle works for her.

Kimberly Chickinelli talks about just how much different the atmosphere from her 15-years in the banking world. Her focus changed after she and her husband had their first baby. Kimberly runs three successful businesses, Creative Memories Scrap-booking, Creative Memories Custom Framing and she also has a custom window treatments business. Read more »

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Are you a fashionista with a passion for beauty, follows the latest trends, and loves to tell others about them. An exciting internet company that is creating a whole new way for women to explore new looks and learn how to realize them seeks a beauty editor who will be responsible for the writing and editing of beauty/cosmetics related content for the web site.

- Should have deep understanding of what women want in beauty
and cosmetics
- Responsible for writing and syndicating features, articles, beauty tips,
trends, suggestions, etc
- Experience with web sites of beauty related brands, media, blogs
- Know what it takes to build online communities related to beauty
- Experience with interactive content, multimedia content, and
video a plus
- Degree in journalism or communications preferred, experience
in editorial of beauty required
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
- Strong interest in beauty industry and enthusiasm for online
communities, media
- Company is located in San Diego, CA but Beauty Editor can telecommute
- Please respond with resume and portfolio/samples of prior work

* Compensation: Per contract
* Telecommuting is ok.

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According to a recent study, office workers that continue to endure the normal nine to five environment, those that continue to battle traffic congestion and road rage, have less job satisfaction that their telecommuting counterparts. They are also more willing to leave the company than their teleworking colleagues.

Now, a telecommuting coalition disputes the findings, saying poor procedures, policies and processes can doom such initiatives.

The Washington-based The Telework Coalition points to the results of a 2006 TelCoa survey of approximately 70,000 employees from 13 large government and private-sector organizations. That survey indicated that there was no resentment of teleworkers in the home office — if anything, their concerns were about ‘Why do others get to telework and not me?”. Read more »

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We need a technical/business writer for a month-long on site contract. Candidate will update/edit training documentation in the MS Word-based documentation library of an enterprise software solution. Candidate will have access to enterprise software solution prior to contract start in order to become familiar with the project.

Our client has an on-going need for such work, so this opportunity could easily become a reoccurring contract at various client sites. If you are NOT available for the scheduled contract dates that follow (see Details), and are interested in similar contracts, please reply as requested (see Contact Us). We are developing a writer/editor pool for future opportunities and welcome your interest.

Details
Scheduled Contract Dates: February 18 to March 21, 2008
Projected Hours: 40 hours per week/160 hours total
Client Location: Downtown Sacramento, around I-5 and J Street. Note: All work to be performed on site. Telecommuting/off-site work is not an option.
Hourly Rate: $35 minimum
Contract Type: W-9 Independent Contractor (No Visa sponsorship, no agencies please)
Payment Terms: 30 days net

Qualifications
- Mid-level technical/business writer with 4-7 years of writing and editing experience
- Verifiable experience working on site with a variety of clients or employers
- Able to communicate with clients of various backgrounds and levels of experience, from subject matter experts to new users of enterprise software solution
- 4-7 years of experience working in MS Word
- Proven ability to self-direct, self-edit and produce work. Similar ability to work in group setting.
- Professional and effective manner that contributes to client?s goals
- Resume, portfolio, and work references to back it all up

Contact Us
Please reply by email WITHOUT attachments with the following:
- Brief cover letter style introduction (200 words or less)
- Work Experience/Resume
- Best method to contact you

Note: Due to security risks, replies sent with attachments will not be opened.

We look forward to hearing from you.

* Location: Sacramento
* Compensation: $35 per hour minimum

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Expenses related to the rent, purchase, maintenance and repair of a personal residence may not be deducted as a business expense. However, taxpayers who use a portion of their home for business purposes may be able to take a home office deduction if they meet certain requirements.

Homeowners that maintain a home office, or work from home may deduct their expenses including the business portion of their real estate taxes, mortgage interest, rent, utilities, insurance, painting, repairs and depreciation. The amount of depreciation deducted decreases the basis of your property (see your accountant for an explanation of “basis”).

According to the IRS web site

In order to claim a deduction for that part of a home used for business, taxpayers must use that part of the home:

* Exclusively and regularly as their principal place of business, as a place to meet or deal with patients, clients or customers in the normal course of their business, or in connection with their trade or business where there is a separate structure not attached to the home; or

* On a regular basis for certain storage use such as inventory or product samples, as rental property, or as a home daycare facility.

Yet, according to the WSJ article titled “Fear of the Home-Office Deduction”

Even as more Americans work at home, many of them appear to be missing out on valuable home-office tax deductions, an Internal Revenue Service official says.

That article mentions that

Years ago, Congress made changes that allowed more taxpayers to qualify for the home-office deduction. Under that law, your home office will qualify as your principal place of business if you use it exclusively and regularly for substantial administrative activities or management of your trade or business — and you have no other fixed place for your trade or business. Examples of these activities would be billing customers, clients or patients — or keeping books and records.

So, if you qualify for the deduction, by all means see what effect it has on your tax liability. With careful record keeping, using the deduction may trigger an IRS inquiry, not necessarily an audit. Most inquiries can be handled by responding to the IRS mailing.

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We need a technical/business writer for a month-long on site contract. Candidate will update/edit training documentation in the MS Word-based documentation library of an enterprise software solution. Candidate will have access to enterprise software solution prior to contract start in order to become familiar with the project.

Our client has an on-going need for such work, so this opportunity could easily become a reoccurring contract at various client sites. If you are NOT available for the scheduled contract dates that follow (see Details), and are interested in similar contracts, please reply as requested (see Contact Us). We are developing a writer/editor pool for future opportunities and welcome your interest.

Details
Scheduled Contract Dates: February 18 to March 21, 2008
Projected Hours: 40 hours per week/160 hours total
Client Location: Downtown Sacramento, around I-5 and J Street. Note: All work to be performed on site. Telecommuting/off-site work is not an option.
Hourly Rate: $35 minimum
Contract Type: W-9 Independent Contractor (No Visa sponsorship, no agencies please)
Payment Terms: 30 days net

Qualifications
- Mid-level technical/business writer with 4-7 years of writing and editing experience
- Verifiable experience working on site with a variety of clients or employers
- Able to communicate with clients of various backgrounds and levels of experience, from subject matter experts to new users of enterprise software solution
- 4-7 years of experience working in MS Word
- Proven ability to self-direct, self-edit and produce work. Similar ability to work in group setting.
- Professional and effective manner that contributes to client?s goals
- Resume, portfolio, and work references to back it all up

Contact Us
Please reply by email WITHOUT attachments with the following:
- Brief cover letter style introduction (200 words or less)
- Work Experience/Resume
- Best method to contact you

Note: Due to security risks, replies sent with attachments will not be opened.

We look forward to hearing from you.

* Location: Sacramento
* Compensation: $35 per hour minimum

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Six years after Hilton Reservations Worldwide call center opened in Streator, IL, it is closing. However, in an innovative and laudable move, the company is giving 170 employees the option of working out of their homes.

The company will provide $250 and an allowance for high-speed Internet service to allow employees to work from homes. The workers will be performing a similar service as they did when working within the normal office environment. Assignments will include making reservations for hotels in the chain and performing other customer service tasks.

The company would eventually like half of its 600 person reservation staff working at home. The savings in getting to work should offset the cost of any additional expenses that the work at home employees will occur for computers and broadband Internet access. The company has offered the same pay and incentives for working at home as available for office-bound workers.

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Creative Screenwriting Magazine seeks a freelance advertising copywriter for a number of jobs and projects.

IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED, PLEASE PROVIDE:

1. An individualized, personal response from an individual.
2. A resume.
3. At least three samples of advertising copy writing as either attachments or URLs of specific files.

Please do not refer us to a web site at which we will be required to fish around for the files you want us to view. Please identify the precise URL of each work sample you wish to have us view.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION:

We have ongoing needs for ad copywriting throughout the year. We seek to establish a long-term working relationship with a a freelance ad copywriter.

Currently, we have an urgent, need-it-now project to write convincing 120-word and 50-word ads for each of a number of new DVDs we are about to market.

The 120-word version would be used on a web site (using a page template we already have). The 50-word version would go into email blasts to permission lists.

The job requires the following steps for each DVD:

1. View the content of each DVD (90 minutes each)
2. Write a convincing 120 words of ad copy in our format and style.
3. Create the second, 50-word version for use in marketing emails.
4. Fetch the speaker?s biographical information from our web site.
5. Create a web page* using our page template. Insert the 120-world ad copy, the biography, and the image we will provide into the page template.

*If you cannot create web pages, we will still consider you if you can write good ad copy.

You can view a sample of what the end product should look like (an ad for a DVD we already sell) at this page:

http://creativescreenwriting.com/store/dvd005.htm

We may choose more than one copywriter. If chosen, you will be given one DVD to view and write ad copy for. If we work well together, we will give you more DVDs to work on.

You can do this job from any location in the world. However, excellent writing skills in American English are necessary.

* Location: Los Angeles–but can work from anywhere
* Compensation: Flat rate of $100 per DVD after the first one, including rewrites as requested. For the first DVD, $175 to allow time to familiarize yourself with our formats and style, working methods, and web sites. Pay is on an independent contractor basis.
* Telecommuting is ok.

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When people who work geographically apart need to meet, the lack of interaction can mean that something is lost in the translation. The inability to read body language or follow what’s being sketched out on a whiteboard can result in misunderstandings and lost productivity.

According to Jack Penkoske, director for manpower, personnel and security at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), staff had to be trained to know when they should be on-site for meetings and when phone conferencing would work. If it’s a standard type of meeting — where it’s a status report thing, where you’re updating on things — they’re very conducive to that e-collaboration type of setup.

If it’s a strategy discussion or you’re getting into a lot more dialogue on issues and concerns and brainstorming, sometimes you might find that you go back to wanting to have face-to-face meetings for those.

But then, in our opinion, that’s an advantage of working from home or telecommuting to work. Preparation for the meeting can be done in the quiet of your own home office. Productivity increases without the constant interruptions of working in an environment where office mates are forced to share inadequate space.
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The California Small Business Association is looking for someone who has a passion for both small businesses and technology to write a blog on technology for small businesses.

We are starting a website devoted to helping small business owners improve the way they purchase and use technology. The website will have several tools such as buying guides, original content, and listings of service providers, and one of the most important elements of the site will be a blog.

There are many blogs on technology for small businesses, and most of them are mediocre. They have no attitude, no strong human voice. They blog about technology in general instead of focusing ruthlessly on the needs of small businesses. They are afraid to take sides, name names, and be controversial. They aren?t really blogs but standard product reviews. Their posts have few comments because they are so bland.

We want to help small business owners become more comfortable with technology by viewing it through the filter of a unique human perspective. Our blog is not for people already proficient in technology but for small business owners who are forced to be their own part-time IT manager. Other parts of the site will help them gain the technical knowledge they need or to find professional help quickly. What we want the blog to do is put it all together ? not only inform our users, but entertain and provoke them, help them get in touch with their inner nerd. We want this to be the Car Talk of technology blogs.

Your samples don?t need to be published, since we believe that you could come from either the world of writing or the world of technology. We?ll be rating your samples by the following criteria:
? passion for small businesses
? passion for technology
? breadth of knowledge about small businesses
? depth of knowledge about small businesses
? breadth of knowledge about technology
? depth of knowledge about technology
? the ability to write about technical subjects for general audiences
? an understanding of what blogs are good for and what they?re not good for
? a sense of humor
? clear, professional, journalistic writing style

Compensation will be $75 per post, with a maximum of 10 posts per month.

To apply, send a letter and samples to writer at csba.com.

About the CSBA
The California Small Business Association is a volunteer-driven nonprofit organization that gives small businesses a voice in state and federal governments. Founded as a grassroots outgrowth of the 1980 White House Conference on Small Business, CSBA advocates on behalf of small businesses at the state and federal level, conducts research on issues, and helps develop policies that benefit small businesses. Its work includes supporting candidates friendly to small business, communicating information on government programs to its members, acting as a liaison between the legislature and members, and helping members grow their businesses. For more information, see http://www.csba.com/.

* Telecommuting is ok.
* This is a part-time job.

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As the millions of baby boomers retire, the United States economy will make a move focusing on leisure, according to writer and economist Linda Nazareth. Nazareth is the author of “The Leisure Economy,” a book about how changing demographics, economics, and generational attitudes will reshape lives and industries.

The Leisure Economy offers a provocative and insightful look at the coming sea change in the North American economy. As this exodus away from full-time employment, the U.S. and Canadian economies will be flooded with people who literally have time on their hands.

And in the workforce, the boomers will be replaced by generations with very different attitudes from the boomers. Gen X and Gen Y understand the worth of leisure time-and when they’re in charge, they just might demand some.

The shift away from an intense focus on work towards leisure will make for some profound shocks to our lives, industries and institutions. Lost in the day-to-day frenzy of the time-crunch economy, many have yet to consider what lies ahead and what these changes really mean.

For businesses, the shock will be the rudest, but whether you are an investor, a consumer, a business owner or a worker, you need to stay ahead of the curve. Read more »

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Are you a skilled, executive-level resume writer who is seeking additional assignments? If so, our company, a well-established organization, has an exceptional reputation.

This is NOT a position for someone interested in “learning.” Our company is a friendly and team-oriented organization that maintains very high standards.

Position requirements:

* Degree (Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree)

* 3 years of resume writing experience

* Ability to take direction

* Desire to work on a team, for the good of the company & client

* Demonstrated track record within an established organization/resume company

* Willingness to take at least two assignments per week

* Certification desirable, but not required

* Knowledge of branding and resume strategy

* Career coaching is also an asset (possible assignments)

Please reply with your resume and 3 samples of your work.

* Location: U.S.
* Compensation: $120 per project to start, with compensation revisited over time
* Telecommuting is ok.

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