RE: Is the job market really *that* bad? (long)

[salatas <salatas -at- micron -dot- com>]

Victoria wrote:

they were looking for 7 1/1 years plus and wouldn't even talk to anyone with
less than that.

Response:

Does anyone else find this maddening? 

In my current job, I support over 100 developers. In the past 2 years, I
have developed 22 Web help systems, 15 Web sites, 10 manuals, 5 WinHelp
systems, 2 HTML-based help systems that I coded and indexed by hand (one
with over 200 topics), and one workshop with training materials. 

If I had stayed at my previous job for 10 years, I would not have the skills
that I gained in my current job. How can I convince recruiters to look at
the quality of my experience and skills, and not just the length of time
that I've officially had the title "Technical Writer"?

Salette


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