Re: always look for a new job?

[Laura Bell <writer -at- WELL -dot- COM>]

TW folks are not the only ones always looking.  I hear that editors and
staff journalists always have their resumes out.

On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Jim Lynch wrote:

> I think another way of looking at it is that each of us is really
> responsible for takng care of ourselves, rather than the old way of "the
> company" doing it.  In some ways, it's very liberating.  The old illusion of
> "security" is gone and what's left is reality.
>
> Jim
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Technical Writers List; for all Technical Communication issues
> > [mailto:TECHWR-L -at- listserv -dot- okstate -dot- edu]On Behalf Of Brian, Flaherty
> > Sent: Monday, July 27, 1998 9:30 AM
> > To: TECHWR-L -at- listserv -dot- okstate -dot- edu
> > Subject: Re: always look for a new job?
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> > Here in the US, the job situation has changed over the past 15 to 20
> > years.  The days of working for big companies from "cradle to grave" are
> > over.  Since the oil crisises of the 70s and 80s, and the constant
> > downsizing trend; the trend has been for all peoples employed in this
> > country to keep a "pulse on the market."
> >
> > I always advise to keep your resume up-to-date, and to be ready for the
> > right opportunity inside or outside the company.  In the US, there is no
> > such thing any more as job security -- those days are over (unless you
> > work for the UAW or the United Steelworkers Union).  I don't know how it
> > is in the rest of the world, but the US job market has become a
> > "mercenery" one.
> >
> > Brian Flaherty
> > ICS, Paramus, NJ (USA)
> >
> > &^&^&^~~~
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