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New Cities in China = More Technical Writers
© 2010 Ugur Akinci We are living in a rapidly urbanizing world which means there’ll be more need than ever for techncial writers who can make sense of technology and who can explain technical procedures to others in plain language. United States has only 9 cities with population over a million and some, like Detroit,…
Read MoreAn Organization for Technical Writers Doing Business with U.S. Government
There is an organization that all communicators working for the United States government might consider joining: the National Association of Government Communicators (www.nagc.com). Contact: 201 Park Washington Court, Falls Church, VA 22046-4527. Telephone (703) 538-1787 >>> What is it? NAGC is a national not-for-profit professional network of federal, state and local government employees who disseminate…
Read MoreGive Speeches to Supplement Your Income as a Writer
by Gary Karbon Guest Writer Have you considered giving talks as a natural way to supplement your income as a writer? If you haven’t, you should. It’s a powerful shortcut to become known as an “instant guru” in your field without receiving a Ph.D. degree. Writers are natural speakers since they know how to organize…
Read More"Online Job Bidding" Sites for Writers…
By Gary Karbon Guest Writer Recently I had the opportunity to study some of the Online Job-Bidding Sites out there catering to copy and technical writers. Some of these sites are very well known. And some others are not. But there are a bunch of them out there and they are all similar in the…
Read MoreHow to Subscribe to Craigslist Job Alerts via RSS Feed
Craigslist.com is a wonderful resource for those looking for copy or technical writing job assignments. But most people check out the ads by eyeballing them daily. That’s a lot of work. Here is a much easier and automatic way of finding out about new jobs: create your own Craigslist RSS feed. Follow these steps: 1)…
Read MoreResume Power Tip: Think Technical Writing
Most people set out to write a narrative of some type when creating their resumes. However, employers are thinking of your resume in a different light–and will make a hiring decision based on the FACTS of your career, more so than the stories. The most effective and powerful resumes provide analytical, precise detail about your…
Read MoreWhy Does Persistence Pay? The Mathematical Proof
We’ve all heard it a million times that “persistence pays.” We’ve seen countless examples of people succeeding in something just because they’ve kept trying at it until… SHAZAM! Something gives away, an invisible lever in the sky flips over, and the obstacles disappear like magic. We use the phrase “lucky break” to describe the mysterious…
Read MoreTechnical Writing as a Career – An Introduction
(An informative and introductory article written by two Indian technical writers…) By Pradip Kumar Nath & Hemprabha Chauhan Technical writing, a form of technical communication, is a style of formal writing and is used in fields as diverse as computer hardware and software, aerospace industry, robotics, finance, consumer electronics and biotechnology. Technological Writers explain complex…
Read MoreWhat Doc Managers Look for in a Résumé?
An excerpt from “Managing Writers” blog Most hiring managers, and I am no exception, take a couple of passes when reviewing résumés. The first pass eliminates people who are clearly not what I am looking for. I try to answer two questions: first, are this person’s qualifications even in the ballpark for the job, and…
Read MoreTechnical Writer Salaries in UNITED STATES
An interesting compilation of Technical Writer Salaries in UNITED STATES, with a graph Medical Writer Salaries in UNITED STATES Copy Writer Salaries in UNITED STATES
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