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Re: What's A TW Got To DO To Get A Job Around Here?!
Subject:Re: What's A TW Got To DO To Get A Job Around Here?! From:"John Fleming" <johntwrl -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 25 Feb 2002 23:06:32 -0700
""Bonnie Granat"" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info> wrote in message news:025e01c1bdab$05e97dd0$24880fce -at- Bonnie -dot- -dot- -dot-
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kelley" <kwalker2 -at- gte -dot- net>
>
> | Like Dick,
>
> You meant Tom, right?
>
> Writing concise posts certainly has its drawbacks. Readers tend to
read into
> a post what is not there.
>
> While I appreciate all your good intentions, very little of the
response so
> far has addressed what impelled me to write in the first place: There
are NO
> jobs here. But perhaps you simply dismiss that and don't believe me.
My post
> dealt with the fact that there ARE no jobs here. There IS no job
market
> here. The issue I face is: MOVE or NO MOVE.
>
>
> For the record, therefore:
>
> - I'm not giving up.
> - I don't value myself by what I do/did for a living.
> - I apply for all jobs that I would like to have, including those for
which
> I am "not qualified".
> - There are no jobs here.
>
>
>
> There are probably thousands of technical writers here without jobs.
The
> market has been terrible for more than a year.
>
> Maybe things will pick up here. But the entire purpose of my writing
to the
> list was to explore the idea of moving. Microsoft needs editors in
Seattle.
> Many places need writers in DC and Virginia. Should I wait for the
Boston
> economy to turn around, or should I begin planning to leave?
Bonnie,
That decision is entirely up to you. And it is a decision only you can
make.
Maybe staying in Boston is something you really want, and to do that,
maybe it means expanding your horizons to other things you *can* do.
Maybe leaving Boston and setting down new roots somewhere else is
something more attractive.
Either way, you are going to grow a lot in a very short period of time.
All the best in the job hunt.
--
John Fleming
Technical Communication Contractor/ SAS Programmer/ Researcher/ All
round nice guy
Edmonton, Canada
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