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Subject:RE: Volunteer Work on a Resume? From:"David Berg" <dberg -at- dmpnet -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 21 Mar 2001 08:57:19 -0600
> From Maggie Secara
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 7:24 PM
>
> Just because you don't get paid doesn't mean it isn't real
> experience.
>
I have seen one position that required 2 years experience, and they
specifically stated that any unpaid, volunteer work, or any internship, did
not count toward those two years. Thankfully, that sort of closed-mind view
is the exception.
At the time I was a little short of the 2 years, but without counting any
volunteer or internship work, I only had about 6 months. I didn't even
bother filling out an application, since I considered that the stifled
thinking in their requirements for the job would also be reflected in other
ways in their organization.
IPCC 01, the IEEE International Professional Communication Conference,
October 24-27, 2001 at historic La Fonda in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN UNTIL MARCH 15. http://ieeepcs.org/2001/
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