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Subject: Re: Yet Another Recruiter Question
From: "Pro TechWriter" <pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: vrfour -at- verizon -dot- net
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:49:24 -0500

I read an STC publication that stating that something like 40-45% (? not
sure exactly, but it was a LOT) of the technical writers in the late 90's
and early 2000 left the field, after the crashes in the dot-bombs and oil
and gas industries.

Funny thing is, I did leave the field, but I came back! I didn't love the
other work like I do technical writing, even as unappreciated as it can be
as a career, and as many problems that come along with the territory.

That many people leaving tech writing as a career may make us rare and
valuable beasties again ;^D , which would be a good thing.



On 11/20/06, James Barrow <vrfour -at- verizon -dot- net> wrote:


>>Connie Giordano wrote:
>Dori Green said:
>
>>The job market seems almost as hot as it was pre-dot-bomb! Is this true
>>in other markets besides the southeast?
>
>Of course, it does help that the market seems to making a turn upward,
too.
>It was cold and dry for a lonnnnggggggg time.

The job market is very hot in southern California. This fascinates me
since
this is supposed to be the time of year that the job market is the slowest
(end of fiscal year, etc.).

At first, I attributed this to SOX. I figured that more companies were
taking better responsibility and hiring tech writers to make sure that all
of their policies and procedures were in place. But this doesn't seem to
be
the case. A lot of the recruiters that I have spoken to describe
companies
that are simply rolling along with new projects.

Also, the available tech writer jobs seem to come in waves. At the
beginning of the month I recall seeing dozens of positions in the Los
Angeles area. The following week there were two. Week after?
Double-digits.

Go figure.

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References:
RE: Yet Another Recruiter Question: From: Dori Green
RE: Yet Another Recruiter Question: From: James Barrow

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