Re: How To Choose A Good TW Was Re: Giving a surprise test to interviewees?

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

The PMI certification is taken very seriously. Why can that be taken
that way, yet a techwriter certification can't?


--- Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> In instances where prospective employers think tech writers are
> the equivalent of clerical employees, certifications will most
> likely be ignored just as university degrees are now, so sure, they

> probably wouldn't do any harm and any good they might do would
> be a plus.  Generally, any situation in which documentation people
> are being evaluated by non-documentation people, there is a 
> potential to impress by credential.


John Posada
Senior Technical Writer

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