OpenEuphoria

temp agencies

• Posted by mrbiglesworth3 at yahoo.com Jun 20, 2001
• 389 views

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 
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