RE: Purpose Driven Technical Writing

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

That depends. When I was at B&N.com, the two recruiters that I met
were very much DP-savy...of course, 99% of the people they worked
with were IT people, so it was probably a requirement. And yes, they
were, in my experience, in the minority

--- Fred Ridder <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:
> 
> I think it's a safe conjecture that the percentage of HR
> representatives who ever came within 100 yards of "Data
> Processing 101" is <0.001%.  If your resume never makes
> it through the HR department because they don't have
> any idea whatinthehell you're talking about, you'll never
> have an opportunity to tell your story to anyone who
> *might* have some chance of understanding you.


John Posada
Senior Technical Writer

?Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone 
amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built 
the Titanic.? - Dave Barry

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