Re: success with finding jobs

[Wayne Douglass <wayned -at- VERITY -dot- COM>]

At 03:41 PM 7/10/97 -0400, Melissa Anne Hess wrote:
>It is very difficult to find employment in technical communication in
>northwest ohio, especially without a degree (my perspective, not necessarily
>fact).  Is it really easy to find TC positions without a degree in other
>parts of the U.S.?
>
Here in Silicon Valley you still run into lamebrained HR departments that
will overlook resumes if there isn't a college degree listed. Lamebrained
Pubs managers will probably do the same, but the smart ones know better.
When I was a Pubs manager, half my staff of 12 had degrees. There was no
obvious correlation between sheepskin and ability.

--Wayne
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