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>I recommend that you look for a permanent junior writer >position with a company.
This was the advice I received when I was starting out. And I still
think that it would have been an excellent way to learn my way around.
Unfortunately, the reality was that nobody would hire without
experience. I had to get a start by scrambling for small contracts and
working my way up.
The trouble was, I developed a liking for contracting, and, just about
the time that companies were interested in hiring me full-time, I wasn't
interested! Bravo for life's little ironies, as Gary Trudeau once said.
--
Bruce Byfield
Freelance Technical Writer
(bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com) (604) 421-7189
Job Bank Team, STC Canada West Coast Chapter http://www.stc.org/region7/cwc/www/job_bank.html
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