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Freelancing

Should you go freelance?

Ranjani, May 28, 2020June 7, 2025

If you are considering freelancing, here’s one question I’d like you to ask yourself: Are you ready to run an entire business all by yourself?

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Freelancing

Choosing tools

Ranjani, May 27, 2020June 7, 2025

If you’re going to ideate on a spreadsheet, you will think in rows and columns. So, choose your tools wisely.

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Writing

Stickie note trick

Ranjani, May 26, 2020June 7, 2025

When you’re writing about a ‘topic’, the possibilities are endless — and that’s precisely the problem.

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Writing

Writing in first person

Ranjani, May 25, 2020June 7, 2025

Contrary to what people typically assume, I think writing in first person lends a certain humility to the work I do.

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CV / Resume

“I don’t have any employable skills.”

Ranjani, May 24, 2020June 7, 2025

If you’ve ever felt this way, here’s how you can help yourself.

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Writing

Write like you mean it

Ranjani, May 23, 2020June 7, 2025

Everyone is a writer. We write emails, tweets, meeting agendas, presentations, chat conversations — most of our day goes in writing. But very few of us think of it as an actual skill.

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Freelancing

Who is your ideal customer?

Ranjani, May 22, 2020June 7, 2025

The biggest demand of being a freelancer or a small business owner is to be able to confidently tell who’s right and who’s not.

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CV / Resume

How long should a CV be?

Ranjani, May 21, 2020June 7, 2025

2 pages is the norm. But you do you. Don’t let arbitrary numbers and standards limit you.

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CV / Resume

CV as a sales deck

Ranjani, May 20, 2020June 7, 2025

This means you don’t need to talk about yourself. You also don’t need to explain the gaps in your resume or that odd burger chef job you did for a year.

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