Frame of Reference
Monday, October 13th, 2008
Earlier this month, I offered a former intern that worked for me this summer some advice on interviewing for a copywriter job. I’d just been conducting numerous rounds of interviews for a nearly identical position involving web content and passed on several better-than-decent writers.
The best advice I could give him was to reiterate his interest in the open position, not just to touch on his writing skills or passion for the trade. So many writers come in hoping to find a spot – any job, really – that will allow them to write for a living. Several that I visited with weren’t excited in the least to write the material involved in the role I was hiring for, so naturally, that made it easy to pass on them.
My friend got the job – his first writing post – and I was happy to serve as a reference. No doubt someone else had seen one too many writers who were excited to grace a job with their writing talents, whatever it happened to involve.
