Re: advice for the job hunt

[jkajpust -at- concentric -dot- net]

One thing that is mentioned in most job hunting guides is networking. 
It's not a measurable skill like FrameMaker or C++ programming, but 
don't discount its importance.

I'm not really good at it and it's really hard for me, but a few weeks 
before I saw the opening for my current writing job I happened to be 
at a Disney seminar taking some pictures for the job I was working 
on at the time (which wasn't a good match). 

I ended up sitting at a table with the HR group from my current 
employer. While I wasn't actively looking for a job, I did leave them 
with my business card and some small talk -- while it probably didn't 
get me the job, it didn't hurt.

Talk to people you know (and don't know). Ask for leads and if 
they've heard anything that might be open. Bring it up to your 
hairdresser/barber, bartender, store clerk -- you'd be amazed at 
where a lead can come from.

Good luck -- job hunting really is the pits....



Jim Kajpust - Personal Responsibility - Personal Freedoms
Michigan - http://www.concentric.net/~jkajpust

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

*** Deva(tm) Tools for Dreamweaver and Deva(tm) Search ***
Build Contents, Indexes, and Search for Web Sites and Help Systems 
Available 4/30/01 at http://www.devahelp.com or info -at- devahelp -dot- com

Sponsored by DigiPub Solutions Corp, producers of PDF 2001 Conference East, 
June 4-6, Baltimore, MD. Now covering Acrobat 5. Early registration deadline 
April 27. http://www.pdfconference.com. 

---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot-  Visit 
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.