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1. Not everything you wrote was classified... so use some that weren't.
2. Use things that have been de-classified over time.
3. Write a few new things just for writing samples.
4. Get permission to use modified versions of your documents (black out
what is classified if possible or replace classified information with safe
info).
5. Use portions that aren't classified, like intros, "How To Use This...",
etc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Karst-Sabin <Phillinion -at- AOL -dot- COM>
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 1998 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: Ethical Questions
>I wish my problem were as simple as Natalie's. I've spent almost my entire
>career working in the intelligence community. Almost everything I wrote
was
>classified, so I cannot provide writing samples.
>
>When employers find they have to take me on faith, with only vague
>descriptions of what I've done, most of them rapidly lose interest. I'm
>having a heck of a time getting going as a contractor because of that.
>
>Anybody got any ideas as to how I might get around that one???
>
>BJ
>
>
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