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  • Feedback: (4.60 of 5)
  • Percentile: 49%
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Hourly Rate: $15.00
Total oDesk hours:
227
Location:
Chennai, India (GMT+05:30)
English Skills: (self-assessed)
5.0
Member Since:
March 25, 2008
Last Worked:
July 24, 2008
Current Assignments:
7
Total Assignments:
7
oDesk Ready:  
Yes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Bhagwad Park - Expert Creative Writer with SEO Skills - Freelance Technical Writer, India

I have extensive writing experience, which includes successive articles in the exclusive St. Stephen's yearbook, as well as publication in a college textbook by Kendal/Hunt Publishing. My website is http://bhagwad.googlepages.com I have maintained a blog at www.bhagwad.blogspot.com for over a year, and have written several articles of different lengths and variety. My typing speed is around 60 words per minute. I am interested in the following types of writing jobs: * Writing...
Recent Work History & Feedback
Buyer ID From To Job Title Billed Feedback to Provider
42015 04/2008 Present normalize a small Access database $423
(42 hrs @ $10.00)
Job in progress.
27687 04/2008 Present Website Content Writing/Ad Copy Writing $263
(34 hrs @ $7.78)
Job in progress.
19178 07/2008 Present Entry Level Blogger Needed ($5.00 per blog) $25
(fixed-price)
Job in progress.
38254 07/2008 Present Blogger $4
(1 hrs @ $7.78)
Job in progress.
41136 04/2008 Present Blog Poster $949
(122 hrs @ $7.78)
Job in progress.
oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
ASP.NET 2003 Test 3.00 62% 03/27/2008 21 min
Editing Skills Certification 4.40 96% TOP 10% 03/26/2008 16 min
Email Etiquette Certification 3.75 90% TOP 10% 04/02/2008 8 min
English Test (Sentence Structure) 4.90 97% TOP 10% 03/26/2008 11 min
Office Skills Test 3.50 88% TOP 20% 04/05/2008 17 min
Recent Candidacies
Job Opening Title Initiated By Date
Articles for various topics Buyer July 21, 2008
Article Writer for Website Analytics Provider July 8, 2008
Article Writer @ $0.02 per word - ongoing work Provider July 8, 2008
SEO Editor / Researcher Buyer July 2, 2008
Copywriter Provider June 20, 2008
Job Category Interests

Writing

Administrative Support

Audio / Video & Multimedia

Skills
Skill Experience Level Last Used Description
ASP.Net 1 yrs 4.0 2008 http://www.zakgroup.com/mktg
Online Marketing System codenamed "Grond". This allowed all the marketing staff from all regions of the country to enter their marketing activities into a centralized database from which analysis can be given to management.
English Language 25 yrs 5.0 2008 http://www.bhagwad.blogspot.com
English is my native Language from Birth. It is my first language, and I speak, and write it fluently.

My blog is at http://www.bhagwad.blogspot.com where you can see my written skills.

I have proofread for Gutenberg free ebooks as well.
Typing 5 yrs 5.0 2008 I have a typing speed of 60 words/min, and have been regularly typing for the past 5 years.
Certifications
Date Earned Name Score Percentile Organization Description
No Certifications
Employment History
From To Company Title/Role Description
01/2007 03/2008 Zak Trade Fairs & Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd. Project Coordinator / Manager Zak Trade Fairs & Exhibitions is India's largest Exhibition company.

 I was responsible for all aspects of project coordination including

 1. Maintainence of Project Reports
 2. Tracking sales for different regions for different projects
 3. I also created an online marketing system codenamed "Grond" at www.zakgroup.com/mktg
04/2005 02/2006 Avon Time Owner / Manager Avon Time was a Hindi Newspaper in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Though I was not able to speak Hindi fluently, I was to manage and head the newspaper and be responsible for all activities of the company including

1. Purchasing Paper
2. Advertising
3. HR
4. The computers
5. The room for rent
06/2004 03/2005 Foodworld Store Manager / Manager Foodworld was a retail chain (Now called Spencer's) which had the largest presence in South India.

I was incharge of all aspects of a retail store including

1. Meeting Sales targets
2. Housekeeping
3. Operations of the store
4. Controlling pilferage etc.
11/2001 03/2002 ICICI Centre for Mathematical Sciences Research Analyst / Team Lead I was responsible for studying the subject matter of Linear algebra, and assist my team in bringing the freshers upto date, and leading the research in the field of image recognition.

I have given a presentation on behalf of my team to India's one and only field medalist nomination.
Education
From To School Degree Area of Study Description
04/2002 03/2004 ICFAI Hyderabad Masters IT & Systems 04/2002 - 05/2004 - MBA (IT & Systems)

Studied my MBA with a focus on IT & Systems, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship. Got a scholarship of  100,000 with a CGPA of 8.12
04/1999 05/2002 St. Stephen's College (Delhi University) Bachelors Computers 04/1999 - 05/2002 St. Stephen's College (Delhi University), B.Sc (Computer Science)

Studied Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science.

Won the Trilok Nath Pahwa award for being the student who shows maximum potential for growth and development in the acedemic and person sphere.

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  • Project Title: Writing for an Economics Magazine
  • Attachment: none
  • Completed: 06/16/2008
  • Category: Writing > Blog / Article Writing
  • URL: http://www.amateureconomists.com/blogs/?p=16
  • Description: I write for a weekly Economics Magazine. I primarily teal with aspects of Game Theory, and the practical implications of theoretical Economics on the common man.

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  • Project Title: Blog Posting for a Finance Website
  • Attachment: none
  • Completed: 04/24/2008
  • Category: Writing > Blog / Article Writing
  • URL: http://www.hrmoney.com
  • Description: This was a daily blog on Finance topics like News, Investments, stocks, Real Estate etc. I wrote upto three blogs every hour

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  • Project Title: Blog Posting for An antiques Website
  • Attachment: none
  • Completed: 04/15/2008
  • Category: Writing > Blog / Article Writing
  • URL: http://www.hrantiques.com
  • Description: My assignment was to write blog articles everyday on various topics, one of which was antiques. I used to draw data for each article from various sources like news websites, as well encyclopedic sources to make the articles informative and interesting.

    Each day I had to come up with new articles, and so a lot of reasearch had to be done before deciding what I was going to write about.

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  • Project Title: Reprinting of an article in a college textbook
  • Attachment: none
  • Completed: 03/27/2008
  • Category: Writing > Blog / Article Writing
  • URL: http://bhagwad.blogspot.com/2007/02/importance-of-free-time.html
  • Description: Kendal/Hunt publishing would like reprint my article "The Importance of Free Time" in one of their college textbooks on the request of the author.

    I am paid USD 100 as a fee for this.

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  • Project Title: Blog
  • Attachment: none
  • Completed: 03/25/2008
  • Category: Writing > Blog / Article Writing
  • URL: http://www.bhagwad.blogspot.com
  • Description: This is a blog I have maintained for over a year. It contains different sort of writings from science, to society, to art, and poetry.

     It is also listed on the google directory at http://www.google.com/Top/Society/Philosophy/Personal_Pages/Weblogs/ 

    The articles are of varying length, and one of them - "The importance of free time" has been accepted by Kendal/Hunt publishing for reprinting in a college textbook for a remuneration of USD100

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  • Project Title: St. Stephen's Yearbook 2002
  • Attachment: none
  • Completed: 01/01/2002
  • Category: Writing > Blog / Article Writing
  • URL: none
  • Description: This was the second time I was required to write an article for the exclusive St. Stephen's College yearbook.

    St. Stephen's is the best graduation college in India, and it's yearbook is always filled with the best sort of writing its students can provide

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  • Project Title: St. Stephen's Yearbook 2001
  • Attachment: none
  • Completed: 01/01/2001
  • Category: Writing > Blog / Article Writing
  • URL: none
  • Description: This was my first foray into article writing. I had written several articles before, but this was the first for public consumption.

    St. Stephen's is the premier college in India for Non-Engineering and Medical Students, and only the finest articles that the student body can provide, are selected for this prestigious publication
Hourly Assignment History
Buyer ID From To Job Title Billed Hours Hourly Rate Feedback to Provider
42015 04/2008 Present normalize a small Access database $423 42 hrs $10.00 Job in progress
27687 04/2008 Present Website Content Writing/Ad Copy Writing $263 34 hrs $7.78 Job in progress
38254 07/2008 Present Blogger $4 1 hrs $7.78 Job in progress
41136 04/2008 Present Blog Poster $949 122 hrs $7.78 Job in progress
23585 06/2008 Present Blog Writer Needed $197 25 hrs $7.78 Job in progress
42011 06/2008 06/2008 Creative writer $44 3 hrs $13.89    Quickly picked up what was required, creative and with a very good understanding of new technologies. Will hire him again as a technical writer.
Fixed-Price Assignment History
Buyer ID From To Job Title Billed Feedback to Provider
19178 07/2008 Present Entry Level Blogger Needed ($5.00 per blog) $25
Job in progress
oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
ASP.NET 2003 Test 3.00 62% 03/27/2008 21 min
Editing Skills Certification 4.40 96% TOP 10% 03/26/2008 16 min
Email Etiquette Certification 3.75 90% TOP 10% 04/02/2008 8 min
English Test (Sentence Structure) 4.90 97% TOP 10% 03/26/2008 11 min
Office Skills Test 3.50 88% TOP 20% 04/05/2008 17 min
Technical Writing Skills Certification 3.60 81% TOP 20% 03/26/2008 16 min