Job Searching

["Vollbach, Elizabeth" <evollbach -at- LOGICON -dot- COM>]

     Regarding Bonni's post:

     1.  Although it seems that Bonni is saying that we shouldn't apply for
     jobs when we don't have the specific experience the want ad says is
     preferred or required, I have often done so.  And, as a matter of
     fact, every tech writing/editing job I ever got had requirement(s) for
     qualifications that I didn't have.  Maybe I got these jobs because of
     my cover letter.  I don't know.  I didn't ignore their requirements; I
     told the employer, either in the letter or the interview, why I'd be
     able to meet them shortly.  For instance, during my interview for my
     present job, although they told me that Word for Windows experience
     was required, and although I had never worked with Windows, I pointed
     out that I had plenty of Mac Word experience.  I guess that was good
     enough.  But they didn't say so; I did.

     2.  I don't know, maybe the font I used in my cover letter and resume
     DID turn off some employers.  But there were times when I had no
     choice but to use what I had.  We don't always have access to various
     fonts when we are unemployed.  If I had been looking for a DTP job,
     that might have been more critical.

     3.  We can't always target our resumes, either.  Many times the ad
     doesn't give us enough information to do so.  I've done a lot of job
     searching by guess and by golly.

     I'm not saying that the way I did it was the only right way.  But it
     was right for me at the right time.  So, I am saying that it depends.
     There doesn't seem to be any one right way to do a job search.  Beth