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Subject:Re: Scary/Insulting Employment Advertisement From:Caryn Rizell <caryn -at- HPPTC95 -dot- ROSE -dot- HP -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 23 Jan 1995 10:57:33 PST
Mike:
Don't you love these ads? We have had quite a few of these lately
in the Sacramento, CA paper. Things like: Person to write
documentation and provide general clerical help.!
Yes, we still have a long way to go!
But the sad thing is that somehow these positions probably
get filled.
Caryn Rizell
caryn -at- hpptc95 -dot- rose -dot- hp -dot- com
> Among the promising employment advertisements was this little nasty:
> Admin./Technical Writer:
> Person to provide Administrative and receptionist
> support while assuming the responsibility for techni-
> cal application documentation.
> Oh, the battle over ignorance continues.
> On the other hand, there was an ad for a "Creative Writer"
> to help a new software company create computer games. Cool.
> You don't see ads like that very often.
> -Mike Uhl (uhl~m -at- glaxo -dot- com)
> Glaxo Inc. Research Institute
> Research Triangle Park, NC
