Re: how bad is the job market? New job requirements (ACK!!)??

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It also depends on whether you are male, or female. A guy can do this job
without hurting is image--I doubt that a woman could, at least in the South
where I live.

Just my $.02.

PT

On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 1:32 AM, Technical Writer <tekwrytr -at- hotmail -dot- com>wrote:

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> There is an upside. About 500 applicants will trample each other for a shot
> at the job. Change the job description to Technical Secretary and get little
> or no response.
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> For recent grduates of a Bachelor's or Master's program in "technical
> communication"--especially those run through the English or Rhetoric
> departments--it is a shot at a first job, experience, a chance for exposure,
> and a laundry list of other benefits.
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> For anyone with experience, it may seem demeaning. That depends how long
> you have been unemployed, how long it has been since your last unemployment
> extension ran out, and how far behind you are in mortgage payments.
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