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Are the remaining in-house employers discriminating - against MT applicants who work - sm


Posted: Jul 22, 2011

at home for MTSOs?  Some ads seem to want X-number of years of RECENT on-site MT experience.  Others don't say that, but with so many failed job applications this past year, even for areas that I've specialized in for 20 years, I'm getting no interest, and often no replies at all.  In addition to having more than 20 years' experience, do you think these employers have a problem with work-at-home MTs?  Like maybe they see us as undisciplined, poorly trained, or lazy?  What thoughts do you have on that subject?

Meerkat

I don't think that's it. - Makes me mad

[ In Reply To ..]
They see you have experience and they're obviously looking for newbies who will work for much much less and what they get are people who know much much much less.


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