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RE: Portfolios of samples as Interviewing criteria [Remembering]
Subject:RE: Portfolios of samples as Interviewing criteria [Remembering] From:Keith Cronin <kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 30 Oct 2002 12:31:07 -0500
John-
I TOTALLY agree. I was not criticizing your approach; indeed, I applaud it.
The wiseass in me just couldn't resist pointing out the almost erotic tone
your post conveyed.
But your post contains a valuable lesson. It's become clear to me from
following this list that many writers are either oblivious to the importance
of selling themselves, or downright opposed to doing so. It's their loss,
and their inability or unwillingness to effectively market themselves helps
keep guys like you and me working (even with my tiny - er - *portfolio*...).
I've said before that interviewing is a game, and the ones who know the
rules best can use them to their advantage to win. It's not a heart-to-heart
confessional, nor a therapy session. It's an opportunity for you to sell
your services. Thanks for an inside glimpse of a powerful, successful
strategy.
Keith Cronin
Tech writing. It ain't just about writing.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
John wrote:
Keith....endless amount of bytes have been used up by people on this list
asking the best way to present styles, information, fonts, stylesheets,
headings, program names in text, margins, headers, footers, etc., etc., etc.
In reality...is how you present yourself to a possible employer any less
important than how you present a help file to a user?
Yes...this SHOULD be scripted. The interview is a selling process...you are
selling yourself...is there any product where how you sell it more important
than that?
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