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I thought Laren's post below was very insightful...


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From: techwr-l-bounces+phanson=quintrex.com@lists.techwr-l.com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+phanson=quintrex.com@lists.techwr-l.com] On Behalf Of Lauren
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 2:23 PM
To: techwr-l@lists.techwr-l.com
Subject: Re: Bad Salary Omens

On 12/28/2009 8:56 AM, Pro TechWriter wrote:
> Good GRIEF. There are admin. assistant jobs that pay more than this. What
> are they thinking?
>

They're thinking that writing is an easy job and anyone can do it.
Also, those jobs are offering double the minimum wage for many states.

http://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/america.htm

Here's a funny. Currently unemployed Californians are now eligible for 99 weeks of nemployment. Unemployment insurance (UI) pays a maximum of $450 per week and a $25 stimulus payment from the federal government for $475 per week. This amounts to ~$11.88 per hour for a forty-hour work week, but the CA-EDD requires that people accept jobs that pay $11.25 or more per hour at forty hours per week. So the jobs you discussed pay more than UI. Now, would you rather have a job that does not pay well or stay home and look for a better job while earning just under the same amount as working? If the low paying job is offered to an unemployed person in California receiving UI benefits, then that person *must* accept the job.

http://www.edd.ca.gov/Unemployment/New_Federal_Unemployment_Insurance_Extensions.htm
http://www.edd.ca.gov/Unemployment/Federal-State_Extended_Duration_Benefits.htm

http://www.edd.ca.gov/Unemployment/$25_Stimulus_Payments.htm

Oh right, CA EDD twitters, http://twitter.com/CA_EDD.

Lauren

A great TWing link
http://www.ivanwalsh.com/2009/11/technical-writing-news-nov-27th/#more-3810

A great business article link:
http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/bregman/2009/11/how-to-talk-about-what-you-mos.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness+%28HarvardBusiness.org%29

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