RE: how bad is the job market?

[<kathleen -at- writefortheuser -dot- com>]

It's important for everyone to be aware that many of the Craig's List
postings are actually phishing attempts. My local board warns people of
this before they enter any of the job categories.

I learned this personally after replying to several of the better paying
ads that looked legit. I ended up starting a separate email account for
replying to CL listings, so I wouldn't compromise my regular email
account.

I've also learned to check out the company's website, and not to reply
to any ad unless it listed a company.

Forewarned is forearmed.

HTH someone.

Kathleen

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: how bad is the job market?
> From: beelia <beelia -at- gmail -dot- com>
> Date: Mon, January 25, 2010 9:08 pm
> To: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
> Cc: TECHWR-L Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> 
> 
> Interesting. When I saw this I said "no f-ing way."
> 
> But then I went to find the listing. It wasn't there, but there were several
> other extremely low-ball offerings. One was a guy who wanted a web site
> built, and budgeted "300 for web developer, $100 for tech writer." From the
> site he selected as a model, it looked like he was trying to not only rip
> off that site's design and functionality, but its business as well.
> Some "consultant".
> 
> It seems to me that Craigslist only has garage-sale technical gigs. Even if
> a listing seems legit, I'd be suspicious of any company cheap enough to
> advertise on it.
> 
> Bee
> 
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>wrote:
> 
> > How bad is the job market? There's an ad on Craigalist today for an
> > entry-level tech writer, $10-15 an hour depending on experience.
> >
> > In San Francisco, $10 an hour is 21 cents above minimum wage.
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