JOB: Proofreader
(Work at Home.)
Category: Typing, Data Entry, Clerical, Admin, Proofreader
Region: Anywhere in North America
Notations:
Special note, This opportunity can be done at home and is available* to persons living in the U.S. or Canada on a "work at home" or telecommuting basis.
Work Description:
Because of payment issues, we are unable to work with freelancers outside the United States and Canada.
Please download and complete our proofreading test (manuscript & pageproofs) using The Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed.) and Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.) as your references. For the test, please proofread the section of page proofs against the corresponding section of the copyedited manuscript for dropped text, formatting, etc. Continue with a "cold" proofread on the page proofs checking for spelling, consistency, and sense. Please mark changes clearly in the margins using standard proofreading marks and identify printer’s errors as PEs. Queries may be written in the margin or on notes affixed to the page. Don’t forget to write your name on the test.
To take the proofreading test you will need Acrobat Reader to download and print it.
Please allow 4-6 weeks for our review. We are unable to provide detailed feedback on your test, but will inform you of your results by email.
Employer's Preferred Contact Method for this job:
Return the test and your resume to name and address provided.
Lynn Weber, Freelancer Coordinator
4501 Forbes Blvd. Suite 200
Lanham, MD 20706
Qualifications and Requirements for this Typing, Data Entry, Clerical, Admin position:
Comments:
- This position has been pre-screened and is believed to be a scam-free work at home job or home business. (See comments below.)
- This Typing, Data Entry, Clerical, Admin-Proofreader opportunity is likely to involve working on the internet and may require a suitable home office, even if the requirements above do not mention it. A suitable home office usually, but not always, requires the basics: a home computer with high speed internet, an email address, working knowledge of internet and browser use, and probably some Microsoft(R) Office programs.
- This employment category includes various types of clerical and/or administrative jobs and may
include careers such as: data entry jobs, reservationists, coordinators, researchers, proofreaders,
writers, editors, transcriptionists, virtual assistants and others. Typically this type of job will
require a good home office (see above) and previous experience. Pay may vary greatly and is
generally based on production. You should never have to pay money to get a data entry job.
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