When I got a job in the 1970's at a big LMR shop in Southern California, they told me they almost didn't hire me because I had an Amateur Radio License. They were unimpressed by most ham's skills.
Al Wolfe wrote: > > > Got my First Phone in 1973. It has generated several employment > opportunities for me. However, having an Amateur license has opened even > more opportunities. > > Got out of the Air Force in 1974 and went looking for a job in broadcast > radio. One local station was looking for an engineer. Of the several > applicants with first phone licenses I was the only one with an amateur > license. The chief was also a ham so I was hired. > > The same thing has happened to me with almost every career move I've > faced. Hams tend to hire hams above other applicants when other > qualifications are similar. Is this fair? I don't know but it has worked > out > this way for me personally. YMMV. > > Al, K9SI, retired mostly
