Good point. Thank you. I will work on those changes too.
Riva
Peter MacGregor wrote:
One tip I got when I first started on my own was to make sure that any
details of myself didn't indicate I was a one-man-band as some firms
wouldn't touch me with a barge pole. Things have changed a lot since
then from the point of view of the number that work from home these
days - it is generally no longer a problem.
But I do wonder about you describing yourself as "stay at home mother
of two". Might that not put off some that would think "She'll never
meet a deadline under those circumstances?" I have advised many dozens
of small firms while volunteering with a charity that helps young
people set up and we always told them "Make yourself look as big as
ZZZ (whoever was the biggest in their business) which is one of the
biggest benefits of the Internet - the little person can look just as
imposing as the multi-nationals."
Of course you will meet deadlines and do a fantastic job - but why
plant seeds of doubt that might swing the job away from you?
Self-employed working form home is fine - but your details.....????
I'd be more inclined to say "I can program in HTML, use XXX Databases
and YYY shopping carts.." and so on - show what technical abilities
you have that might be looked for by possible clients. They need to be
inspired as soon as the see your CV - not have doubts raised. If there
is another site they find that lists what they want, they'll got here
- not spend time calling you in case it turns out you don't have the
techie skills they need. You can also say you have a team of experts
available for you to call on for the more complex web development
work. (That's us in case you haven't twigged!) You are not saying
anything dishonest - just putting a "spin" on it - and look where that
gets Presidents and Prime Minsters !!
Just a couple of thoughts - I'll probably get shouted down, but what's
new? LOL
Peter MacGregor
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