RE: Is the job market really *that* bad?

Subject: RE: Is the job market really *that* bad?
From: Kathryn Marshall <kmarsh9540 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 16:40:47 -0700 (PDT)

--- Maggie Secara <MSecara -at- NILS -dot- COM> wrote:
> It depends on where you are. I have way more than 7
> years experience, a
> good portfolio, and I'm even nice to have around,
> and there are still only a
> handful tech writing jobs of any kind in the whole
> greater Los Angeles area.
> A few more if you include Orange Country (which at a
> 2-hour 1-way commute, I
> can't).

I agree with Maggie. I'm in the LA area too. I've sent
out a bunch of resumes (have over 9 years experience),
and the response has been...well, there has been no
response.

And just when I was ready to take another stab at tech
writing (after being a project manager). Grrr...

-Kathryn Marshall

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