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Subject:RE: The STC and me From:Julia Williams <Juliaw -at- kiwiplan -dot- co -dot- nz> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:21:59 +1200
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> From: T.W. Smith [mailto:techwordsmith -at- gmail -dot- com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:06 p.m.
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> Subject: Re: The STC and me
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> I would say the same three reasons Lee did, except:
>
> I did apply for a job that I was well-qualified for, and they were
> looking for folks active in the local STC, which I am, yet the company
> in question never followed up.
>
> Still, were I a hiring manager (have been, am not now), most other
> things being equal, I'd prefer STC members over non-STC-members,
> because the former are demonstrating an interest in the profession,
> rather than just being truck drivers or lawn-care guys who fell into
> the profession by accident when their previous gig ran out.
Yeah, I've found that membership of professional organisations like the STC
has helped me establish credibility in that way - especially because some
employers suspect that people will take a tech writing job because they hope
to move sideways into a different role.
Having said that, I haven't rejoined the STC because there wasn't much ROI
for a geographically remote (NZ) member living in an area without any active
branches. I was hoping to see some reflection of my situation in the form of
new classes of membership but it doesn't seem to have happened yet.
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