Resume Target - paid

Intermediate Resume Writers

Type of Pay/Rate of Pay: Full Time Contract

Expected hours per week 40

**** All training provided in-house****

Currently searching for 1 more resume writer to our expanding in-house team. Experience writing for professionals and executives is an asset, but those with less than 2 years experience are encouraged to apply. All training will be provided in house on an ongoing basis, including shadowing a senior writer.

We are interested in hiring writers who can manage their own time while maintaining a high standard of quality and service level.  

Duties of the job - Working with our clientele to write individual resumes as per their career field, years of experience and anything related in giving the client a strong resume for success in their job search.

Skills and experience expected of a successful candidate: Attention to detail is the main key component and an ability to communicate well with our clients. Our clients expect a comprehensive phone consultation (about 35 Minutes to 1 hour) on average and the ability to converse and hold interviews over the phone or in person will play a big part in putting together a compelling resume.

If you are interested in becoming part of our team please submit your resume and cover letter (all as MS Word attachments) in confidence to: Amos Tayts - amos@resumetarget.com

Postmedia News - summer internship

Summer student internships, Postmedia News

Postmedia News seeks two talented, creative and high-energy students to join our Ottawa newsroom in the summer of 2013.

We coverpolitics, people and policy developments from the federal government in an environment that is fast-paced, demanding and where enterprise and exclusives are the expectation.

Successful candidates write stories that appear on both Postmedia  websites and in our newspapers across the country. We’re looking for applicants who can craft quick, accurate breaking-news hits, in keeping with the company’s digital-first philosophy, but who can also build these stories into thoughtful, analytical features for the next day’s newspapers.  Students are expected to be fully conversant with video, social media and use of a variety of digital elements to enhance their work. Proficiency in both official languages is an asset.

Postmedia News is the national news service for the Postmedia Network papers and websites, including the National Post, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Sun, Edmonton Journal and Calgary Herald, and for canada.com.

 
The deadline for applications is Jan. 14, 2013.

Please include a summary letter, resume and samples of your work. Please note, these are paid positions.

Applications may be emailed (put “summer job” in the subject line) to:

Christina Spencer
cspencer@postmedia.com

Or mailed to:

Christina Spencer
Managing Editor
Postmedia News
50 O’Connor St., Suite 1301
Ottawa, Ont.
K1P 6L2

MoneySense - honorarium

MoneySense, Canada's personal finance magazine, is looking for an editorial intern to help with our Charity 100 rating of the biggest charities in the country. There will also be opportunities to write stories for the magazine and website.

The successful candidate will have an interest in personal finance or demonstrate a willingness to learn about personal finance issues. The intern will help with phone calls and mail outs for the Charity 100. Attention to detail and a professional phone manner are essential. The intern will be an active participant in story meetings and have a chance to learn about the magazine production process.

This would be good opportunity for a current student or someone who recently completed Ryerson’s journalism program. We're looking for someone to start in mid-March for a minimum of six weeks. We would prefer someone full time but hours are flexible. We pay an honorarium of $500 a month. The internship is located at the Rogers building, 1 Mount Pleasant.

Please submit a resume and writing samples (or links to stories) to sarah.efron@moneysense.rogers.com

ITCA - paid

Freelance: PR/Website content Writer for www.itca.com


Rate of pay - $50 per article -approximately 500 words

Expected hours per week 5 - 10 - We expect 2 about to 3 article a month

Duties of the job - Turn email conversations and point form notes about ITCA, its clients and end-users and turn them in to suitable PR website and newsletter worthy stories. They will be able to create these stories by researching our clients and the software piracy economy. You will be able to create articles with little guidance from ITCA and produce an end product that requires little to no feedback or changes from ITCA.

Skills and experience expected of a successful candidate - The incumbent will have strong creative writing as well as very strong grammar skills in order to create English language articles that appeal to the international community. They will be able to take emails with back and forth conversations about ITCA, its clients and end-users and turn them in to suitable PR website and newsletter worthy stories.

A brief word about your project - Ongoing articles, interviews and PR forour companies website

Contact information - Karen Singh (Senior Account Manager) - k.singh@itca.com +310617506175

A deadline for applications - Friday December 14th