Ruchi Kumari

I posted a hiring alert for a Bengali writer yesterday, and the response left me scratching my head (for lack of a better word).. For those of you who haven't seen the original post, it was an announcement for hiring a BENGALI LANGUAGE CONTENT WRITER (I'm emphasizing this for reasons you'll soon understand). It was clearly mentioned in the headline and the rest of the post was about the nitty-gritty details outlining the workload and payment structure. At the end, I included my email so applicants can send in their resumes and portfolios/writing samples. Imagine my surprise when the applications start rolling in and here's what I find: ❌ 7/30 applicants had either no subject lines or no body text. ❌ 6/30 applicants attached only a resume and no writing sample. ❌ 4/30 applicants didn't even attach a resume and sent a generic AI-generated message in the body text. And worst? ❌ 27/30 applicants didn't even see the post was for a Bengali writer, despite it being the headline. So now, I have shortlisted only three resumes with BENGALI writing samples/portfolios and I will review them. The rest are in my trash 🗑️ But this post is not to demean or bash hopeful applicants. This post is intended to shed light on the fact that most applicants don't even show the slightest professional courtesy of reading a job post before jumping at the prospect of a job. If you're someone who's looking for employment here on LinkedIn, here's what to do in the future ⬇️ ✅ Read the headline and understand what the employer is looking for. ✅ If you feel you can apply for it, make the effort to write a subject line and some body text. ✅ Attach your resume AND portfolio/writing samples with your email. Respect your own time as well as that of the employer. That is the primary purpose of this post. Note: THIS IS NOT A HIRING ALERT!!! Have a good day 😊 #linkedinfails #contentwriting #corporatefails #recruitmentfails

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Pen to Profit: A Freelance Writer's Guide to Maximizing Earnings:   Explore the world of freelance writing and learn how to maximize your earnings by leveraging your writing skills and expertise.   Understanding the Freelance Writing Industry: Learn about the freelance writing industry, including the different types of writing gigs available, common niches and specialties, and the potential benefits and challenges of freelance writing as a career.   Identifying Lucrative Writing Niches: Discover strategies for identifying lucrative writing niches and opportunities that align with your interests, expertise, and earning goals, including exploring content marketing, copywriting, technical writing, journalism, and creative writing.   Setting Your Rates and Negotiating Contracts: Explore techniques for setting your freelance writing rates and negotiating contracts with clients to ensure fair compensation for your time, effort, and expertise, including understanding industry standards, pricing models, and negotiation tactics.   Finding High-Paying Writing Gigs: Learn how to find high-paying writing gigs and clients in the freelance marketplace, including leveraging online job boards, freelance platforms, and professional networks, and pitching your services to potential clients and publications.   Scaling Your Freelance Writing Business: Discover strategies for scaling your freelance writing business and maximizing your earnings potential over time, including expanding your client base, increasing your rates, diversifying your income streams, and investing in professional development and marketing efforts.   Conclusion: Freelance writing offers writers the opportunity to earn a living doing what they love, but it requires strategic planning, continuous learning, and effective marketing and negotiation skills to maximize earnings and succeed in the competitive freelance marketplace.

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When hiring for content writers, many companies ask candidates to take a test, and when you get to that point, viola this test assesses you for everything except for content writing. It will have sections related to 🎃 Logic 🎃Mathematics 🎃Cognitive reasoning 🎃Analytic reasoning 🎃Cognitive dissonance 🎃Inductive & deductive reasoning And whatnot. You would be left scratching your head. Relevance be damned! Why companies do this? Why do they ask such questions that have little to no correlation with actual job performance? Why not test them in their core competencies? The skills they will actually be using if they come out of this labyrinth alive? Apparently, companies do this to filter candidates. They usually have a huge pile of applicants and they want to trim it to a more manageable amount: hence such tests. However, I feel it is a partisan policy. Many candidates, who could not survive this grind, are left out who otherwise might have been quite good at that core skill that they actually applied for. But that assessment test has no mention of it. Your recruitment criteria didn’t let them go to that level where they could show off their real talent. Unfair and unjust. There should be a more equitable recruitment policy. Candidates should be tested in the skills they would actually use and implement in their job. If you want to reduce the number of applicants, there are other ways of doing that. Such practice is a waste of time and unnecessarily lets down the candidates. Have you guys taken any such tests, where you were tested in everything under the sun except for the core skill required to do that job? Share your stories.  

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Looking to improve your Wikipedia presence? Wiki Publishers offers exceptional writing services to enhance your online credibility and visibility. Let our experts craft your story! #WikiPublishers #Expertise #OnlinePresence #articlewriting #writing #copywriting #wikipublisher #contentcreator

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Editing: The part where you realize your novel is 90% typos and 10% plot holes. #EditingStruggles #WriterProblems #WritingCommunity #WritingLife

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#bookreview #blogger Book Name: A journey called life Author: iBharatiyaWriter Genre: Truth and reality of life (painstakingly)! If you are looking for a book that is a combination of motivation and looking back on your resentment, then this is for you guys. To be honest, when we start reading the book, we are different people, but after a few pages, the storyline of the book makes us feel as if we are one of the main protagonists. The book begins with news circulating in all the media about a woman named Sreeji who got struck by an avalanche on her way to climb Mount Everest. Everybody was finding a way to dig deeper into her, and Vivaan was one of the reporters. He was the head of sensationnow, who called for an immediate meeting with his co-workers and started searching for information about Sreeji. Before they could find out about something, a video went viral on social media, posted by Sharmila (an ex-worker of sensationnow). After some time, Vivaan and her team gathered information from the media, where Sreeji was one of the famous mountaineers and she was a famous guide. All her achievements were listed one after the other in the blog post. Also, they came to know that Sreeji was able to gain this confidence after completing the Jeeva Shuddhi program (six stages), and the wellness center was located in Rishikesh, headed by Ranjit. Vivaan met Ranjit in person to gather information about the program and how it helped Sreeji accomplish her ambition. As Ranjit began to narrate about the program stage-wise, he connected it with Sreeji's real-time experiences. At the end of each stage, Vivaan gets to know about Sreeji and also his own hidden emotions, which were buried. Did Sreeji survive the avalanche and be able to reach the top of Everest? What was her wish to be brought into the spotlight? What were the Sreeji guilt, fear, regret, shame, and illusions that she wanted to let go of? Is the rest of the story. Takeaway: Stage 1: Give up your fear and surrender. Find the purpose of your existence. Stage 2: Work on your guilt and let it go. Value things that still exist around us and for us. Stage 3: Though our action makes us feel ashamed, accept it and admit your mistake. Apologize for the mistake and settle it. Stage 4: Don’t let your grief consume yourselves. Instead, live in the present and let the past pain flow away. Stage 5: Be your true self. Let the world accept it. Acceptance is the key to complete these stages. Stage 6: Overcome illusions to see things clearly. I really enjoyed reading the book. The author's efforts to gather information about civilization and other political information were amazing. Must read to find the purpose of the journey (life). Nature will bless us with everything we need at the right time. Until you live with flow and accept everything that comes your way. #priyusai_blog_post #selfhelpbooks #selfhelp #bookstagram #books #selfhelpbook #selfhelpquotes #booklover #nonfictionbooks #personal

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#PoojaMarwah about her expertise on Content Writing. Vasudev Sharma is back with another episode of "Top Content Writer Secret". This time, I had a conversation with Pooja Marwah mam. This video is a complete and honest guide becoming an Optimistic Content Writer. Join in on this intense and frank discussion :- - How to Content Writing - How to Boost Confidence? - How to learn Story Telling - How to use AI To know more Check out the podcast the link in comment section. #linkedin

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 Have questions about content writing? Let's find answers! Ever wondered how to write engaging content? Look no further! In this post, I'm answering your top questions about content writing. From catchy headlines to storytelling, I've got the answers you need. Join the discussion and drop your questions in the comments below! Let's learn together! #ContentWriting #FAQ #DigitalMarketing

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Think content writing is complicated? 🤔 It doesn’t have to be! - Simplify your thoughts, 💭 - Tell your story, - Make it clear and relatable ✨, - Keep your audience in mind, 👬 - Don't be nervous or too stiff, - And keep practising! 💪 I've been there too! #ContentWriting #SimplifyStory #RelatableAudience #NervousToNatural #StiffToSmooth #PracticingPerfection #StorytellingSimplified #AudienceConnection

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Hi there! It's time to stop doubting your skills as a content writer. If you're tired of not seeing results, not landing the right client, and not being able to scale your content writing career, it is easy to doubt yourself and eventually quit. But your skills only require expert guidance to show you the ropes. You need to polish your content writing strategy as much as your writing skills and you need someone for the know-how. Well, you have landed on the right post! Hi, I am Shravya, a content writer with a decade of experience in the industry and I am organizing sessions to help improve your content writing strategy. I understand the importance of a mentor in this very lonely role to navigate the industry and I am happy to share my experience and expertise with you without breaking your bank like many trainers do! What more? The first session is absolutely FREE! Sign up with the link in the comments and get ready to up your game! #contentwriter #contentwritingtraining #contentwriting101

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"This #editor must think they're hot s###!" I know you've had this thought many, many times. How dare they correct your #writing? Who made them kings and queens of #content? What a nerve to make such suggestions. And what's with the crude language such as "change to", "add link", "correct typo"? And the red lines everywhere? Pffff! I know what you're thinking. You don't deliver content that has typos - but sometimes, you do. And I spot them miles away, unless they're mine! 😂 Please trust me when I say this: if someone is editing your work, they're out there to help you. Sure, they're helping themselves and their business first. But they are polishing up that content in a way that resonates with a bigger picture you, the #writer, sometimes don't realize. It's never personal. Well, it's RARELY personal. More often than not, the editor doesn't know the writer and may not even interact directly with them. What they have before them is a document that must attend to the company expectations. This week I'm editing someone's work. They know their stuff well, and I value that immensely, but the delivery is slightly off. There are occasions where there is no connection across some concepts, and some technical aspects can be improved. I believe in that person. I want him to succeed. I want US to succeed. The writer may hate me in the end. They're likely to come and visit my LinkedIn profile and think: "Pfff. Who made you king of content? How dare you? Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!" But I promise: I want him to succeed. His success is our success. So dear writers out there, this one's for you: I know it's not easy to take that feedback. But believe me, it's rarely personal. _________________________ I write about #iGaming and #contenmanagement in a #remotework universe. Follow me for a crying shoulder - you're not alone!

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What happens when you are facing difficulties in writing?" Here is solution to all your writing fears.✨️🙌✍️ 1. Freewriting: Write whatever comes to mind without stopping or worrying about grammar or spelling. 2. Sense memory exercises: Describe a memory or experience using all five senses to improve descriptive writing. 3. Dialogue practice: Write conversations between two people on a random topic to improve dialogue writing. 4. Word association game: Write down a word, then list 10-15 related words to expand your vocabulary. 5. Imitation exercise: Choose a writer you admire and imitate their style, structure, and tone to learn new techniques. 6. Stream-of-consciousness writing: Write a short story or poem using a stream-of-consciousness style to tap into your creative subconscious. 7. Writing prompts from art: Use a painting, photograph, or sculpture as inspiration for a short story or poem. 8. Cut-up technique: Write a piece, then cut it into sentences or phrases and reassemble them in a new order to create a unique narrative. 9. Collaborative writing: Write a story or poem with a partner, taking turns adding to the narrative. 10. Reflective writing: Write about your writing process, what works for you, and what doesn't, to identify areas for improvement. Remember, the key to improving your writing skills is to be consistent, persistent, and open to trying new techniques! Follow me for more guidance about writing skill.🙌🌟💫 #LinkedIn. #Canda #UK. #freelancing. #contentwriting. #writingtips. #hr. #recruiters. #digitalmarketers #digitalmarketing #Australia. #blogging. #articlewriting. #Europe. #hrcommunity

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Writing isn’t always easy. A lot of budding freelance writers learn that firsthand. Here are some 5 game changing writing tools that will help make writing easier. #contentwriter #writing #techwriteable

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📝 Editing and proofreading web reviews before publishing is crucial to ensure clarity, accuracy, and professionalism. Here’s my step-by-step process to polish your reviews: 1. Take a Break 🛌:   - Step away from the review to refresh your perspective. 2. Initial Read-Through 📖:   - Read from start to finish to check overall flow and coherence. 3. Content Check ✅:   - Accuracy: Verify facts, figures, names, and URLs.   - Relevance: Ensure all content is pertinent to the review's purpose.   - Completeness: Cover all aspects of the product or service. 4. Structure and Flow 🏗️:   - Introduction: Make it engaging and clear.   - Body: Organize points well with smooth transitions.   - Conclusion: Summarize key points and provide a clear verdict. 5. Clarity and Conciseness🧼:   - Simplify language, remove jargon, and eliminate redundancy. 6.Grammar and Style ✍️:   - Grammar: Check for grammatical errors.   - Style: Maintain consistent tone, voice, and formatting. 7. Spelling and Typos 🔍:   - Use spell-check tools and manually review for errors. 8. Formatting 📑:   - Ensure consistent use of headings, subheadings, and bullet points. 9. Read Aloud🎙️:   - Identify awkward phrasing and rhythm issues by reading aloud. 10. Peer Review 👥:   - Get a fresh perspective from a colleague or friend. 11. Final Review 🏁:   - Do a final read-through to confirm everything is polished and error-free. By following these steps, you can ensure your web reviews are top-notch! 🌟 #ContentCreation #EditingTips #Proofreading #WebReviews #FreelanceLife #ContentStrategy #WritingCommunity #ProfessionalWriting

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A content writer's brain is like an internet browser: 20 tabs open, 4 frozen, and mysterious music playing from who knows where. If only Ctrl+Alt+Delete worked in real life! 😂 Share your views in the comments! 👇 #ContentWriting #WriterLife #MultitaskingMadness #CreativeChaos #BrainOnOverload #Relatable #WritingHumor

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To use 'that' or not to use 'that' - that is the question. If you constantly second-guess your use of "that," you're not alone. The confusion around this is common for writers at all levels. I am here to tell you it’s not very difficult to understand when you can omit it from your sentences. There are three situations where you can safely remove "that" without compromising clarity: 1. After reporting verbs like say, think, know, believe, claim, hope, etc. - Our team believes (that) the new campaign will help us reach our target audience more effectively. -They suggested (that) we could improve our content strategy. 2. When "that" introduces a dependent clause -The report (that) she submitted was thoroughly researched. -The data (that) they collected revealed interesting trends. 3. When the writing is less formal, omitting "that" can make the sentence more direct and conversational -I'm thrilled (that) we'll be collaborating on this project. -She's confident (that) her team will win the competition. In each of these cases, removing "that" doesn't change the meaning of the sentence, but it does make your writing more succinct and easier to read. But if removing it creates ambiguity or changes the intended meaning of your sentence, it's best to keep it in. Here's a quick tip: If the sentence sounds complete and clear without "that," leave it out. But if you find yourself questioning whether the meaning is still apparent, it's safer to keep it in place. That’s all. I hope this clears the confusion and helps you use your “thats” judiciously! #writingtips #writing #editing #contentediting

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From beans to blogs! 😁 . . Emmm!! Coffee powers the creativity of content writers, fueling the stories that shape the world. ☕ Whether it's a morning pick-me-up or a late-night deadline driver, coffee is the trusted sidekick of writers everywhere. What you Think??? 🧐 #ContentMatters #CoffeePowers #contentwriter

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Will an AI tool take over for writers? No. It cannot understand psychology. It cannot solve problems. It cannot comprehend emotions. It cannot understand triggers. It cannot cater to desires. It cannot perceive biases. For good writing, one needs much more than writing skills. Agree? #contentwriting #contentwriting #websitecontent #brandstories #freelancewriter #blogwriting

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