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WordPress Meetup 3/21/19

ByTim Nolte

Show & Tell

Photo by Fernando Venzano on Unsplash

WordPress Related Job Market

Job Options

Non-Technical WordPress Website Work

  • Content – articles, documentation
  • Editing
  • Strategy
  • Auditing
  • SEO – implementing, auditing, specialization

Services

  • Marketing
  • Social media management
  • community engagement

Help Others

  • Administration
  • Business Management
  • Project Management
  • Support

Non-WordPress Businesses

  • Looking to start something new in WordPress

Finding A Job

Continue Where You Started

  • Examine Your Experiences
  • Get Out There
  • Have Conversations

Getting Hired

  • Skills Over Education
  • Personality
  • Honesty
  • Willing to Learn & Conform

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