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The editor who taught me how to get hired

Bryan Collins
2 min readDec 25, 2024

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“Where can I get a job?”

An email subscriber asked me that exact question last week. Some one of few words, they provided no context or information about who they are or what they offer.

I get brief emails like these a few times a month. I love hearing from readers, but I can’t do much with these one-line questions.

Are they looking for a job writing for my website? In that case, I stopped hiring over a year ago because I changed my business model…

Do they want to know which big tech company they should bang a CV into? Try a Fintech.

Or perhaps they want me to hire them to fix the bathroom press in my house, paint my office, mind the kids, and cook spaghetti bolognese so I can write these emails.

For a while, I replied to these one-line questions. I wanted to learn more about who these people are. I even sent them a list of places hiring writers and creators.

But if someone asks, “Where can I get a job?” they’ll likely find it hard to land paying work.

Unemployment isn’t fun, and I feel for someone struggling to pay the bills. Years ago, I sent these emails to newspaper and magazine editors in Ireland. They almost never replied.

Except for one editor.

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Bryan Collins
Bryan Collins

Written by Bryan Collins

Content Strategist | Copywriter | USA Today Best-Selling Author. Read my daily newsletter @ bryancollins.com

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