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Subject:RE: The odds of finding work through job ads From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:50:33 -0500
It wasn't recommended then, either. You should have seen some of the emails
I got...made my ears turn red. :-)
But seriously..what do you think those millions of email harvesting spiders
are doing every second anyway?
-----Original Message-----
From: Darren Barefoot [mailto:darren -dot- Barefoot -at- capeclear -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 10:43 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: The odds of finding work through job ads
Er....as a regular Usenet user and occasional employer of technical
writers, can I just point out to the fledgling writers among you that,
in a post-dotcom-boom economy, this is not a recommended strategy for
success? DB.
-----Original Message-----
From: bounce-techwr-l-118566 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-118566 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com] On Behalf Of John
Posada
Sent: 18 March 2003 15:24
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: The odds of finding work through job ads
I found my first tw job by spamming the alt.comp.misc Usenet list with a
resume to about 600 email addresses extracted from that group.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
jposada -at- book -dot- com
NY: 212-414-6656
Dayton: 732-438-3372
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