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Some agency will eventually wake up to the large number of techwriters
etc, "US citizens living in other parts of the world" (especially
Israel), and will make a killing managing and matchmaking.
Jean Weber wrote:
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> But they won't consider farming out some work to people who aren't willing
> or able to live in the area, or close enough to spend a few hours commuting
> at least part of the week. (Same for other parts of the country with
> shortages.) I'm sure many of the vacancies are for jobs that genuinely need
> someone onsite at least part-time, but I'm also sure that a bit of creative
> thinking could find lots of work that could be done effectively and
> efficiently from a distance, possibly after a short on-site orientation (if
> that). In some cases, companies could shorten turnaround time by having
> someone (an editor, for example) in Australia or India work the "night
> shift." And if these companies have a problem with paying someone who
> doesn't have a US social security number, well heck, there's a lot of US
> citizens living in other parts of the world.
>
> All that technology, but they want your butt on the chair in the office.
> Whether it needs to be there or not.
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