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Subject:RE: Do you answer 100% match jobs only? From:"Swallow, William" <WSwallow -at- courion -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 21 Aug 2001 13:44:02 -0400
I say it's definitely worth it. That's how I got my first help authoring job
- I answered an ad for Senior Technical Writer, even though I had no
real-world technical writing experience and under a year of ANY real-world
experience behind me (I was about 8 months out of college). They looked at
my resume and noted I was not a strong Senior TW candidate by any means, but
did notice I had the technical background they were looking for in a
soon-to-be open junior help author position. I got the job, and then
proceeded to work my way up from there.
I know right now it's more of an "employer's market", but that doesn't mean
you should back off unless you are 100% qualified for the job. They may see
you as a stronger candidate based on the skills you have that they didn't
even take into account. You never know, and it can't hurt.
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BILL SWALLOW
Technical Writer
C O U R I O N C O R P O R A T I O N
1881 Worcester Road
Framingham, Mass. 01701
T E L * 508-879-8400 x316
F A X * 508-879-8500
www.courion.com
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Please give me some insight as to whether it is even worth answering ads
for which there is not a perfect match.
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