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Subject:Re: Getting Started as an Independent Contractor From:"Bruce Wolf" <bwolf -at- scheidt-bachmann-usa -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 29 Mar 2002 09:08:28 -0500
Ed:
What a very nice, considerate response.
BW
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From: "Ed Gregory" <edgregory -at- comcast -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 8:42 AM
Subject: RE: Getting Started as an Independent Contractor
>
> Necessity is the mother of, well, many things.
>
> I started as an independent contractor after I got laid off as an employee
> and found the market for good full-time jobs sparse. I stayed busy in
> professional circles, let my friends and colleagues know that I was
> available, and started getting calls from companies that weren't ready to
> rebuild staffing yet but needed experienced professional that could come
in
> and "hit the ground running."
>
>
> SNIP
>
> -Ed Gregory
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