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Subject:Job hunting From:"Nancy W. Shankle" <SHANKLE -at- ACUVAX -dot- ACU -dot- EDU> Date:Mon, 11 Apr 1994 18:31:01 -0600
A colleague of mine has been job hunting for a technical writing position.
She has a master's in English, graduate hours in communication, some
part-time experience in writing, and full-time experience teaching
technical writing.
Twice she has been well suited for a job, but learned that someone inside
the company received the position.
IBM calls it a Box Job; that is, a person in the company needs a new
position and a description is made around that person. After a wide job
search, only one candidate is found to match the description--the original
employee.
The whole thing is frustrating for the outside applicant. Has anyone else
had experience with this kind of thing?
Nancy W. Shankle
Abilene Christian University
SHANKLE -at- ACUVAX -dot- ACU -dot- EDU
915-674-2083
