🚀 go-pugleaf

On Apr 25, 7:50 pm, Kent Wills <compu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As I understand it, on 25 Apr 2007 09:59:00 -0700, Richard Fangnail

> <richardfangn...@excite.com> wrote:
> >I had a good job as a tech writer but got laid off in 2001.  Foolishly
> >I did very little to find employment until 2005.  I basically took
> >classes and lived off savings and my folks.  I went to work as a temp
> >in 2005-6 but that has dried up.
>
> >You know the main problem?  When asked for references, I have nothing
> >recent.  And on my resume, people always ask why I haven't worked for
> >so long.  I should have started working as a temp right away, in 2001.
>
> >What can I do?  I don't know very many people because that's my
> >nature.  My tech skills are way behind the times and I can only do so
> >much to catch up.  Plus, learning the skills isn't the same as having
> >a job using the skills.
>
>         Get a job. At this point most any job is better than nothing.
>         The likelihood of your getting back into the tech writer field
> is very small at this point.  However, even a job flipping burgers is
> better than nothing.  It will help show prospective employers that you
> are willing to work.

One limiting thing is that even temp agencies ask for references from
the past few years.  Because of the gap in my resume, some agencies
would not even let me apply!  Oddly, the ones that did take me were
the two largest temp agencies in the area, I believe.  One gave me
lame results, and the other, pretty good.