translator looking for a job

[Maria Dmytrieva]

 Dear colleagues,    
    
I have a rather personal question although connected to the topic of this    
mailing list.    
I am a Fulbright Scholar, taking a master's program in linguistics in California    
State University, Northridge, starting last August.    
Before this I worked as a translator and interpreter with working languages    
English/Russian/Ukrainian in Kyiv.    
My husband who is also a translator and interpreter with the same working    
languages (Rus and Ukr being his nativ) joined me in September, and after he    
received a work permit in November we have been looking for local clients for    
him. He is highly skilled and he has some really good clients and pojects on his resume.    
Since then we have sent his resume (which was proof-read by a quailified    
English-speaking person) to more than 40 translation agencies here, in    
California. Most of them are in San-Fernando Valley, some in downtown LA.    
I am starting to get worried -- why don't they ever call back?    
What are we doing wrong? Should we try to contact translation agencies in other    
states?    
I would gladly accept any relevant advice or comments sent off-list.    
    
With best regards,    
Maria    

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