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Would this be a good time to mention that I sell custom and pre-designed pinback buttons online? ;) Or, perhaps, that I'd be interested in doing some kind of skill trade for a better website for it? (I'd love to outright pay someone to do it, but I can't afford to. I'm able to do it myself, but I really don't want to.)
A topic I'd like to see addressed in this area is "how to make your resume/cover letter make you look like the badass you really are, but have no paperwork to prove." I have the opposite of your "typical nerd" problem--I'm really great at customer service and dealing with people*--but little to show for it. I have very little work experience and there's no particular career pattern in it. Plus, no degree.
I eventually got so sick of trying to find a job with the above for qualifications that I went back to school. But was I missing something? How could I have improved my chances?
*So if we start the LW co-op, I could do those bits. ;)
I hate to make this suggestion to someone who can actually do her* own web-design, but have you considered using a free wordpress e-commerce theme? I used one for my first e-commerce website and it worked fine. You can save a lot of money and the themes are about 80% as good as a cheap commissioned design.
*not his, thanks Will_Newsome.
Heh, don't hate to make the suggestion when I just told you I can't be bothered to do it! I hadn't looked into that, and will; thank you. I'm a little reluctant to use Wordpress for non-bloggy things, probably because it's one of the reasons my college's website is so bad, but that's not enough reason to reject it without more exploration.
My knowledge of the general LW population indicate 'his', but in this case, I'd bet on 'her'. Relsqui?
and profit. For the record, you needn't point it out on my behalf--the error doesn't bother me, and I don't tend to correct people unless it's particularly relevant.