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RE: Side note to "Ethics of job-interview testing"
Subject:RE: Side note to "Ethics of job-interview testing" From:MaggiRos <maggiros -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 2 Jun 2004 12:41:57 -0700 (PDT)
--- John Posada <JPosada -at- isogon -dot- com> wrote:
>
> BTW...I respond to the "5 year" question seriously.
> Someone might say "I want to progress into project
management" or something similar, so that maybe the
interviewer knows that tech writing is just a stop until
something better can be found. I, OTOH, use it to explain
that I'm doing exactly what I want...I just want to do it
better and better.
I thought you always said something about being on the
beach in Jamaica! <g>
Still, I've taught myself to so something similar. Get them
to uderstand that I love what I do. That I'm a writer on
purpose, not as a stop-gap. 'Cause mainly I hate that
question.
Maggie Secara
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