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RE: BS-ing your way into a Tech Writing job (was: The Tech Writin g World)

Subject: RE: BS-ing your way into a Tech Writing job (was: The Tech Writin g World)
From: Gene Kim-Eng <gene -at- genek -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:48:36 -0800


So have mine, my last two hires were in completely new industries for me.
But there's been a rather abrupt change in the marketplace in the past year,
at least in my locale. Nobody's interested in long term learning or growth,
just in what can a candidate do for them *today.* Perhaps that's a reflection
of hiring managers' uncertainties that they or their companies *have* a long
term, but it's been at least a year since a prospective employer said anything
to me about "growing with the company."

Gene Kim-Eng



At 04:20 PM 3/28/2003 -0500, John Posada wrote:

Actually, all my gigs in the past 5 years has been because I interviewed as
the former. When you interview as "capability", you are opening yourself to
price war...who can do X cheaper. When you position yourself by "ability",
then you don't to nearly the same degree.



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