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Kristin R Community Member

Trying to find first job through upwork

I tried finding a work here long ago with no success, can anyone tell me how I can improve my personal portfolio (link below) for social media coordinator and other related roles? 

https://kayleesimms29.wixsite.com/my-site/blog

 

Also, how do you stay focused with no luck in getting an entry-level role?

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Anthony H Community Member

Kristin,

Your profile is not available. The link brought me to a list of captions with your byline and then some writing that looked like standard Internet fodder. (Don't take that wrong, I wrote plenty of fodder in my day.) But I didn't see any profile that has to do with social media coordinator.

 

It would seem to me if those jobs are slow in coming, that you try to stay busy with content writing jobs. There is no end to openings in that field. Half of Upwork's job listings for writers seems to me to be content writing.

 

Maybe you need help with proposals. Unfortunately, there isn't a proposal letter advice forum here, as far as I know. A friend and I are about to start a profile and proposal letter teaching business. 

 

I don't know if that's your issue, but proposal letters, especially for writers, should be very simple. I have a response rate of about 50 percent on my own proposals, but I'm very select, which is helpful, it turns out. (I only apply to high-paying writing gigs that are very recently posted.)

Anyway, I couldn't find your profile ... when it's made public try again. 

Good luck.

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Kristin R Community Member

Thank you for reviewing my portfolio and for your honesty. The sections that might look like footer images are thumbnails that should lead to specific examples of my work. Once you click on them, you'll find examples of blogs, SEO briefs, copywriting ads, and other relevant projects I worked on during my apprenticeship. You might have to dig a little to uncover everything, but each piece is linked to detailed work. I'm just trying to gain experience while building a personal portfolio displaying my apprenticeship.

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