On Asking For a Job
September 12th, 2011 | No Comments »I got an email from a stranger the other day. Someone who wants to be a creative-type, found HistoricalTweets.com, and thought they’d reach out to me. A nice person, but one problem.
In their first sentence, they asked for a job. Didn’t beat around the bush. Didn’t ask about opportunities. Didn’t hint at the desire to work with/for me. Full-on asked for a job at McBeard.
I wrote a simple and kind reply, but the more I thought about it, I thought I might write a more thorough post on how to cold-pitch people for jobs or gigs or freelance work. I wish someone had written this to me when I was 22.
So, my advice:
