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Subject:RE: Fw: The odds of finding work through job ads From:Lyn Worthen <Lyn -dot- Worthen -at- caselle -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:21:44 -0700
15 years here, with a mix of FT/contract jobs (sometimes both at once).
Pretty much a mixed bag of methods for finding the jobs, but I'd say that
networking has definitely paid off.
- 1st job (contract): newspaper ad
- 2nd job (contract): referral by former professor
- 3rd job (contract): networking
- 4th job (full time, 6 yrs): referred by a friend
- 5th job (contract): networking
- 6th job (contract): STC local chapter job posting
- 7th job (contract): referred by a former co-worker
- 8th job (full time, 2 yrs): headhunter found me, having been referred by
multiple former co-workers
- 9th job (contract): STC jobs database, networking (I'd met the contact on
a previous assignment, and contacted him about working remotely, as I wasn't
willing to relocate to the job site - got the contract)
- 10th job (contract): referral by multiple former co-workers
- 11th job (contract): STC jobs database
- 12th job (full time, 1 yr): STC jobs database
- 13th job (contract): STC local chapter job listing
- 14th job (contract): referred by former boss
L
-----Original Message-----
From: Eileen Neumann
>
> I'm wondering if the writers who are saying they've got most jobs through
> contacts have all been in the business a long time. I suppose if I was a
> contractor, and had worked for many clients over the years, my chances of
> being hired through contacts would be higher than through ads.
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