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Subject: Re: Request for Assistance from Editors
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 11:02:03 -0300


Bonnie Granat wrote:

I just received a note from a publisher telling me that my performance on
its online editing test didn't meet their standards. I am stunned by this
news. If anyone would be willing to look at the test and help me figure out
where I erred, please write to me and I will send you a Word document.

Perhaps you only erred in assuming that this excuse was real. The company may just be giving you a standard excuse. The reality may be that the company has decided not to hire anyone, and doesn't want the fact generally known for some reason. For example, perhaps the company doesn't have the budget for a writer, and is worried that admitting the fact would make the company look as though it were in financial difficulties.

Personally, I try not to worry too much about why I don't get a job. I've heard too many bizaare excuses and been turned down in too many unusual circumstances.
What matters is that you didn't get the job. Nothing else is really important..

--
Bruce Byfield 604.421.7177 bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com

"Come in through the side door,
No need to worry now, the coast is clear,
We can make a little music now the night is ours,
And it'll sure sound sweeter after hours."
-Battlefield Band, "After Hours"




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