As friends and colleagues transition into new careers or into new positions, I have started to see more organizations asking for original work samples during the interview process. This is disturbing on multiple levels. To be very clear, not only would I, as a hiring manager or an interviewer, never ask for this, but I … Continue reading Why Candidates Should Bill Organizations for Work Completed Before Hiring
Editor’s Note: Here at Dispatches, we are always looking for ways to help our readers do things. For some of our readers, that means helping navigate the working world, for others, it means assisting in the ever challenging question, “what’s for dinner?” For still others, it means figuring out how to balance family life with … Continue reading Essential Apps And Tools For Your Business Website
WordPress has changed and grown in the last seven years. One of the upgrades is the addition of Jetpack. When we upgraded from a WordPress hosted site to a self-hosted WordPress site, we knew we needed to make it more robust and able to handle the growth we experienced thanks in part to our posts on … Continue reading Jetpack or How to Protect Your WordPress Site
In college, I started freelancing to supplement my waitressing and college newspaper income. Very quickly, I learned that in order to be a successful freelancer you have to find good-paying markets and be willing to spend time sending out targeted pitches. That took a lot of time away from the writing part of the job … Continue reading Contena
Editor’s Note: Here at Dispatches, we are always looking for ways to help our readers do things. For some of our readers, that means helping navigate the working world, for others, it means assisting in the ever challenging question,“what’s for dinner?” For still others, it means figuring out how to balance family life with everything … Continue reading Marketing for Your Business