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You mean, create a company page there and use it to post the job? Sounds pretty easy...
-----Original Message-----
From: gina.techwriter
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 9:09 AM
To: Dan Goldstein
Cc: TECHWR-L (techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com)
Subject: Re: Temp agencies and job boards for local tech writers
What about LinkedIn?
-Gina
Sent from my iPad
> On Apr 14, 2016, at 9:00 AM, Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- nuot -dot- com> wrote:
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> We thought it would be easy (ha!) to recruit a technical writer/QA Specialist to work in Gaithersburg, MD (suburb of Washington, DC). We've posted the job so far on TECHWR-L and STC, and we've had three temp agencies work on it. Neither of the ads brought a response, and the temp agencies suggested only a few candidates - most of whom didn't even approximately fit the job description.
>
> There must be hundreds of tech writers in the Metro DC area. We advertised locally to avoid responses from long-distance teleworkers, etc. Any ideas for ad sites and temp agencies in the DC area, or do we really need to go a national agency or job board to find someone local?
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> TIA,
>
> Dan
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