Bruce Ashley: > I couldn't see the relevance or anything salut-a-ry in the post either but > thought it may have just been my suffering from the dreaded Monday-morning > eye syndrome. It usually takes until lunch time for my eyes to come into > focus for the week. I thought that perhaps Christine was offering a reflection on the parlous state of the recruitment business. If consultants are paid $17 per hour, can we wonder that they don't fully understand the complexities of the Technical Communicator's world? In other words, no wonder job ads for TWs are often unrealistic; the people who should be helping employers put together sensible job specs don't have a clue themselves. Michael Lewis -------------------------------------- Brandle Pty Limited, Sydney, Australia http://www.brandle.com.au -------------------------------------- ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************