Re: TW market in northern New Jersey

[Writers Book Mall <steve -at- writersbookmall -dot- com>]

Post your resume on Dice, and you'll likely get
noticed by recruiters, primarily for telecom and
financial companies. Some will be low-end, but there
appear to be plenty of serious-level jobs around.

--- Katie Henry <katie-henry -at- att -dot- net> wrote:

> Hello, everyone.
> 
> Long-time lurker seeking advice. I'm moving from the
> DC area to  
> northern New Jersey (Essex county) at the end of the
> year. I have  
> some questions about the job market in the area:
> 
> 1. A lot of the TW openings on the job boards are in
> the  
> pharmaceutical industry and require many years of
> experience with  
> functions and applications I've never even heard of.
> (My background  
> is in software and hardware documentation.) How
> would I would go  
> about breaking into the pharma industry? Do I even
> WANT to break into  
> the pharma industry? I get the impression that
> everything is  
> extremely regimented and regulated. Are the jobs in
> pharma any fun?  
> Or interesting? How's the pay?
> 
> 2. Does anybody know anyone who works for AT&T Labs?
> (Either location  
> in NNJ.) How about Siemens? (Preferably the location
> in Florham  
> Park.) Any other leads for potential employers in
> engineering or R&D  
> within about 15 miles of Maplewood/South Orange?
> 
> 3. The web site for the NY/NJ chapter of the STC
> refers to the  
> national STC site for job listings. Are there a
> significant number of  
> NY/NJ job postings on the national STC site? In
> other words, enough  
> to justify the cost of membership?
> 
> Thanks,
> Katie Henry
> (Only one space after periods.)


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