The Clerk

Category: Professional Writing

  • Reflections on Professional Writing

    You’re reading the final post of my college professional writings. Outside of college assignments, I will continue to post periodically within the Professional Writing section of this blog as topics come to mind and as I make progress in my writing career. I’ve received two salient takeaways from developing this blog category. 1.       Perspective Through →

  • Why Professional Bios Matter + How to Write One

    In today’s business landscape, it has become customary for employers to scour the internet to gain insights into job candidates. Therefore, rather than rely on what narratives our social media presence(s) might suggest about us, it’s crucial for professionals to actively communicate who they are and what they are about, career-wise. Writing a professional bio →

  • Crafting a Professional Portfolio

    A professional portfolio is a showcase of one’s best work, crafted to be confidently presented to prospective employers. For a writer, a portfolio should be composed of the writer’s best-written, most-polished material. This post was written to aid anyone new to compiling a professional portfolio and focuses on writing professions. Tips in this post are →

  • Exploring an Editing Career

    Two weeks ago, I wrote about my career prospects as a university senior of English professional writing. Technical writing, editing, and marketing are the prospects I briefly touched on. This post takes a deeper look into editing as a job prospect for a recent college grad or for anyone with a degree that will qualify →

  • How-to: Crafting Proposals for Client-Based Projects

    In this post, I will offer several tips on how to compose well-rounded client-based proposals. Proposals are an everyday tool in the business world. Whether you’re a freelancer seeking clients or part of a large established corporation, proposals are the framework used to initiate and conduct Business2Business working relationships. A poorly crafted proposal can lead →

  • Personal Branding and Professional Writing

    The modern, interconnected world has many perks, but sometimes I crave a simpler way of life: a world in which people don’t have to submit to online self-promotion to elevate their potential in the job market; a world wherein personal branding only exists for business empires, not individuals. Regrettably, I don’t live in a simpler →

  • A Writer’s Progress: Looking to the Future

    Current readers and newcomers, as I shared a couple of years back, I’m in the process of completing a B.A. in English. I’m finally a senior. This website was created to advertise the science fiction social commentary book I completed in 2014, Vanguardian, written when my highest educational attainment level was a high school diploma. →