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Re: Fw: The odds of finding work through job ads

Subject: Re: Fw: The odds of finding work through job ads
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 09:40:20 -0800


Eileen Neumann wrote:

I'm wondering if the writers who are saying they've got most jobs through
contacts have all been in the business a long time.
Eight years for me, but my first few jobs were through contacts, not ads.

I think the chance of getting work through
my contacts is fairly slim.
Don't forget that you can expand your contacts. I didn't have any useful contacts when I started technical writing, either. But I went out and found some, and, after a few months, the technique worked.

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Fw: The odds of finding work through job ads: From: Eileen Neumann

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