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Subject:Re: Careers For People Who Don't Like People From:Marguerite Krupp <mkrupp128 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:William Sherman <bsherman77 -at- embarqmail -dot- com>, "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:22:51 -0700 (PDT)
I also had to laugh when I saw that med techs, who have to collect blood, urine, and other medical samples from people, don't have to be good at interacting with people.
If this "career coach" is for real, she ought to get out more and meet some practitioners, not just spend her days reading the BLS bible!
Marguerite
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