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Re: Another interview thread ...

Subject: Re: Another interview thread ...
From: "Maggie Secara" <maggiros -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 11:11:56 -0700

If you really want a view of what's happening, do a "metro search" on Dice for "technical writer" in various cities. Very enlightening. Seattle and Boston look good, Los Angeles (where I am) does not. And so on.

It's not media hype when I'm seriously considering taking an entry-level indexer's job at less than half my last salary, because that's all that's on offer. (Cross your fingers for me. I had a great interview yesterday for a great Senior Techwhirler position.) It wasn't bad in December, it's pretty sucky right now.


Maggie Secara


From: "Lurker writer" <lurker_writer -at- hotmail -dot- com>
Reply-To: "Lurker writer" <lurker_writer -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Subject: Re: Another interview thread ...
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 12:57:42 -0500

Victoria Camgros said:
Maybe this is an indication that the job market isn't so horrible as the
media has been painting it?<<

Nothing sells like bad news and someone else's misery...

Here in Central Texas (the Greater Austin area), 9300 jobs have been lost
since January 1 (the vast majority of them in the tech sector); however,
9500 new positions have been created, yielding a +200 gain. The market for
technical writers has ramped down a bit (more true for permanent positions,
less so for contract), but it's still alive. Tech writers with the requisite
skills and knowledge are not having too much of a problem finding work.



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