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Are these jobs going begging because there are no tech writers
available? Or is it because the jobs do not pay sufficiently well for
one to live comfortably in that area?
Here in Las Vegas, the pay scale isn't anything to brag about, but it is
enough to live in tolerable comfort without having to commute more than
ten or twelve miles.
The last job I investigated in California paid more money, but the cost
of housing ruled it out. I will not physically commute 100+ miles
one-way to work.
My $0.02
John
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From: Penn Brumm [mailto:penn -at- HEALTHEON -dot- COM]
Sent: Monday, April 13, 1998 7:53 PM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Re: "Urgent" Hiring Practices & lack of candidates
I sympathize with Ruth Glasser's comments about hiring engineers and
tech
writers. Cliches such as the scarcity of teeth in a chicken come to
mind. I'm
told by reliable sources that, for experienced people, there are
approximately
100,000 jobs going unfilled here in Silicon Valley.
Penn
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Ruth Glaser wrote:
> <snip>
> we've had a technical writing position open in another department
> of my company for several months and we can't find candidates.
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I sympathize with Ruth Glasser's comments about hiring engineers and
tech
writers. Cliches such as the scarcity of teeth in a chicken come
to mind. I'm told by reliable sources that, for experienced
people,
there are approximately 100,000 jobs going <I><U>unfilled</U></I> here
in Silicon Valley.
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>we've had a technical writing position open in
another
department
<BR>of my company for several months and we can't find
candidates.</BLOCKQUOTE>
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