Re: Finding Off-Site Work

[Yvonne DeGraw <yvonne -at- SILCOM -dot- COM>]

Bill Brucksch <bbruck -at- HALCYON -dot- COM> wrote:
> One tip that I saw in the archives recently involved the following:
> Read through the paper and find companies that are hiring
> programmers. About two weeks after the ads appear, write the
> companies and tell them that you understand they're ramping up to
> create new software and that you'd like to help with the
> documentation of the software.

Or, become the membership or employment manager for your local STC chapter
and start a campaign to recruit new STC members or increase the visibility
of STC by calling local employers--using the classifieds to find companies
that are hiring. You'll certainly get a few that say something like, "No, we
don't have any technical writers--but we sure could use one!"
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