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Subject:Re: What employers want From:Steven Jong <SteveFJong -at- AOL -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 9 Mar 1999 15:45:08 EST
Having written want ads and then hired off them, I feel qualified to respond
to your opinion poll. Given the list you specified, I would list them as
follows:
Requirements:
1) 6 years experience
2) skilled with PageMaker/FrameMaker/MS Word/COBOL Programming
3) works well under pressure
4) university education
Helpful:
1) American citizenship
2) TW degree
3) sunny disposition
4) eager to please
[I would not list these particular requirements, though...]
-- Steve
Steven Jong, Documentation Team Manager ("Typo? What tpyo?")
Lightbridge, Inc, 67 S. Bedford St., Burlington, MA 01803 USA mailto:Jong -at- lightbridge -dot- com 781.359.4902[V], 781.359.4500[F]
Home Sweet Homepage: http://members.aol.com/SteveFJong
