1. temp agencies
- Posted by mrbiglesworth3 at yahoo.com Jun 20, 2001
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What about working at a temp agency? Would that be likely to turn up contacts or better job offers? Thanks, Josh > Lewis, > > Even if you already thanked everyone who answered, here's > my two bits. > You're welcome. > > My experience: Job hunting, mostly via mail, checking the > Net, newspapers > and trade mags, Buenos Aires 2000. But looks to me > universal enough to apply > almost anywhere. > > 1. You won't find 'Euphoria jobs', unless from a fellow > Euphorian. > > 2. Unless you're looking for a very specific niche, > generally it pays to > include everything in your resumé. At a minimum it will > show that you're no > dummy, that you look around and are able and interested > in learning things > that may or may not be of direct value, that you go > beyond what's standard, > and invest your valuable time and effort on stuff nobody > asked you to. This > will probably spook the kind of employers that prefer > routine hacks over > intelligent people, but that's probably not the kind of > employer you want to > work for. > > 3. Intelligent, enterprising employers (or clients) may > find your Euphoria > attachment worthwhile, and it just might tip the balance > in === message truncated ===