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Re: Gender and Tech Writing (Any info on Toronto?)
Subject:Re: Gender and Tech Writing (Any info on Toronto?) From:Laurie Little <llittle -at- IDIRECT -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 26 Jun 1998 15:33:33 -0400
Hi Mary
Check out the Toronto chapter website job bank -- many list rates
(contract and permanent), and after watching for a while you can get a
fairly good idea of the local market. http://www.myna.com/torontostc/
Laurie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary Perchanok [SMTP:perchanok -dot- bailey -at- SYMPATICO -dot- CA]
> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 1998 12:15 PM
> Subject: Re: Gender and Tech Writing (Any info on Toronto?)
>
> I'm looking for entry-level technical writing work and I would like to
> extend my search to Toronto, but I haven't a clue what the salary
> range
> is, male or female. The STC salary survey shows the median salary for
> Ontario, but I know from my experience in graphic design that the
> salary
> level in Toronto is not going to be the same as it is in Eastern or
> Southern Ontario.
>
> By the way, Laurel, the guys down the hall aren't making forty cents
> more than you per hour, they're making forty cents on the dollar more!
>
>
> Mary Perchanok
> Montreal
> perchanok -dot- bailey -at- sympatico -dot- ca
