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Yep. New job about a year ago, with several small
contract jobs on the side.
--- GeneK <gene -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> Have you been out beating the bushes for new work
> lately?
> An increasing number of employers and contract
> clients
> are requiring writing samples as part of their
> initial
> screening process the past couple of years. I would
> estimate that my current work is evenly divided
> between
> projects that come to me through referrals from past
> employers and/or clients and projects from new
> contacts
> I developed myself. Very little of the referral
> work
> required that I provide examples of past work, but
> almost
> all of the new contact stuff did.
=====
Goober Writer
(because life is too short to be inept)
"As soon as you hear the phrase "studies show",
immediately put a hand on your wallet and cover your groin."
-- Geoff Hart
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