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Subject:RE: Job market and career From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:39:06 -0500
The number of jobs for technical writers fluctuates in any given
industry. That's why it pays to have experience writing in multiple
industries, so you can always find work. And even when an industry is in
a downturn, there's work available for the best technical writers.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linburrows
> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 8:25 AM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Job market and career
>
> The reason I ask, is that in the searches I have done
> for Tech jobs, there seems to be very few. From one
> of the stats sites I used, it said that the number of
> jobs posted has dropped since last year. The jobs are
> permanent though, so are contract positions more
> readily available?
>
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