[How I Got My Job is a new monthly feature on NewsJobs.Net. Do you already have a job you love? Tell us about it, and we might feature you!]

As a kid, I never thought I'd become the editor of JBooks.com. OK, Jewish-literature websites didn't exist back in the ‘70s, fair enough--but I wasn't dreaming of being the editor of The New Yorker, either.

Small kindnesses can go a long way during a job hunt. So thanks, FedEx, for offering free resume printing on Tuesday, March 10, for job seekers. The company (formerly known as Kinkos) has declared it Free Resume Printing Day.

You’ll have to place and pick up your order in-store, and you can submit your resume in printed format or as a digital file. Copies are printed single-sided on resume-quality paper.

Do you have a job you love? Brag about it on NewsJobs.Net. We’re accepting submissions for a new feature called "How I Got My Job." Send 1-2 paragraphs explaining where you work and how you got the gig by clicking here. Be sure to include your name and contact information so we can follow up.

The economy is tough, and finding jobs in newsrooms is even tougher. Good thing there are a couple new jobs that cropped up in Colorado for a newspaper reporter and an ad salesperson. Check them out, and good luck with the job hunt!

By Sean Duffy

Preparation is worth 10 times its weight in luck (and even ability) when it comes to job interviews. If you haven't prepared properly, you are far less likely to succeed, because there will almost certainly be other candidates who have.

If you haven't checked out job ads lately, look now. A few good jobs have cropped up in the US, Canada and Philippines, including:

• Editorial Interns Canada - multiple cities
• Communications Editor Topeka, KS
• Journalists Freelance
• Red Cross Web Editor Philippines

The only person who never receives a rejection letter is one lazy writer. You're not working unless someone's telling you an article "doesn't quite fit."

So take solace in this excellent essay from Brian Doyle, editor for Portland Magazine, in The Kenyon Review. A highlight:

Finding reliable sources who aren't on ProfNet is a challenge. I just found a new service called "If I Can Help a Reporter Out...". Free service and worth a look for when you need help finding people for an article.

Thanks, Peter Shakman!

Wary writers know what it's like to sell all your rights to an article, but the idea of a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) might be new territory unless you're a technical writer.

An NDA is, according to an article in Web Worker Daily:

A contract between parties whereby they agree not to disclose the confidential information covered by the agreement.  The kinds of information covered typically include non-public confidential, proprietary information and trade secrets.

Sometimes it seems the longer you look for a job, the harder it gets. That's why I loved this blog entry from Lifehacker called "How to Make a Comeback in a Stalled Job Search."

Their tips include: