Re: Suggestions: Job boards, listings, contacts? for Senior Technical Writer

2017-09-19 Thread David Rysdam
Alan Johnson writes: > IIRC, and my info is several years old at best, Indeed.com does not quite > work like that. They are an aggregator that posts your resume on other job > boards and maintain their own internal database as well. If you were > getting lame resumes from

Re: Suggestions: Job boards, listings, contacts? for Senior Technical Writer

2017-09-19 Thread Alan Johnson
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 5:46 PM, David Rysdam wrote: > Alan Johnson writes: > > Back when I worked for one of the top recruiting companies, the industry > > experts there said indeed.com ...[was] the top resume > > posting services. > > If this was ever true,

Re: Suggestions: Job boards, listings, contacts? for Senior Technical Writer

2017-09-19 Thread David Rysdam
Alan Johnson writes: > Back when I worked for one of the top recruiting companies, the industry > experts there said indeed.com ...[was] the top resume > posting services. If this was ever true, it is certainly not now. I was the recipient of some resumes from Indeed.com and

Re: Suggestions: Job boards, listings, contacts? for Senior Technical Writer

2017-09-19 Thread Alan Johnson
Back when I worked for one of the top recruiting companies, the industry experts there said indeed.com and simplyhired.com were the top resume posting services. A founder that left after an acquisition started startwire.com and based on what I know him, I would also investigate that tool if I

Re: Suggestions: Job boards, listings, contacts? for Senior Technical Writer

2017-09-19 Thread Todd Littlefield
A friends wife (both tech writers) was just hired by Amazon down in MA. I think it's their robotics division. They may have additional openings. Best wishes in the hunt! - Todd ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org

Re: Suggestions: Job boards, listings, contacts? for Senior Technical Writer

2017-09-19 Thread Thomas Charron
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 4:41 PM, Tom Buskey wrote: > Pick your recruiters carefully. > A good one will help you find the right fit. > > A bad one will get you ignored by an employer. I once worked with a bad > one and later encountered them from the employer's side (my boss).

Re: Suggestions: Job boards, listings, contacts? for Senior Technical Writer

2017-09-19 Thread Tom Buskey
Pick your recruiters carefully. A good one will help you find the right fit. A bad one will get you ignored by an employer. I once worked with a bad one and later encountered them from the employer's side (my boss). My boss will never hire someone from that recruiter again. In general, the

Re: Suggestions: Job boards, listings, contacts? for Senior Technical Writer

2017-09-19 Thread Mark Komarinski
dro...@gmail.com> Date: 9/19/17 3:35 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Greater NH Linux User Group <gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org> Subject: Suggestions: Job boards, listings, contacts? for Senior Technical Writer Slightly off-topic, your indulgence please. A friend of a friend  finds themselve

Suggestions: Job boards, listings, contacts? for Senior Technical Writer

2017-09-19 Thread Ted Roche
Slightly off-topic, your indulgence please. A friend of a friend finds themselves at the end of 30+ year career in a new of a new position. Highly skilled technical writer, worked in several of the well known high-tech firms. Needs a new placement, full-time, part- or contractual. I don't know