How To Get A Job Of Proof Reading At Home by Steven D.

            Are you fond of flipping through magazines, or newspaper? Are you just happy reading them, or are you curious to earn money instead of simply reading at home? If you are to try to earn some money, you may have a try to be a proofreader.  The ultimate requirement for being a proofreader is a solid knowledge on language, grammar, and sentence construction. Attention to detail must be another prerequisite noting that every detail of a sentence and word should be checked out.  Besides, a proofreader should be very good at looking the other’s mistakes no matter how small it is.

            Professionals, publishing media house, government office often have raw documents which need to be tidied up from any error to serve their clients at best. Proofreader will find as many as possible errors and mark them without leaving out the original text, because the writer will make the change. Freelance proofreader can work for several different clients of different disciplines. Knowledge of native language and attention to details are very much benefit for proofreader in addition to the way to increase reputation and pricing.

            One should search online proofreading jobs for vacant position. Or, submitting application for a part-time proofreader to government office or media house or website is either deemed a good idea to follow up. In-house publication in some major companies may also become the source of proofreader. You may present your qualification in linguistic knowledge and attention to detail characteristic as the major selling points to those jobs.  Commonly big companies lack of staffers who could dedicate their valuable time to review errors in the piled up documents.  Therefore, they tend to hire proofreader to perform this job.  

If you are novice to this field, the best idea is to get more experiences by reviewing organization documents voluntarily. Then, you try to build wider networks while offering your expertise. A proofreader is the best assistant to editor and writer, after all. The payment varies depending on qualification, experiences, and expertise. The charge might be based on hour, word, or piece of article. You must later know precisely your own rate.