Industry Standards?

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

Ryan Minaker wondered: <<I have a question about "industry standards". 
Something that I often see included in job postings for technical 
writing positions is the line: "Familiarity with industry standards". 
Does anyone know what this means or what employers are looking for when 
they ask this?>>

Such wording is highly inconsistent in meaning. In some cases, it can 
mean nothing more than that you need to know how to use Microsoft Word; 
in other cases, it means that you must be intimately familiar with the 
jargon of an industry (in my case, forestry); in still other cases, it 
may mean that you must adhere to a standard such as Milspec or 
Simplified English or that you must comply with regulation such as 
Sarbanes-Oxley or the U.S. federal "plain language" guidelines.

When in doubt, ask. There's no "industry standard" definition for 
"industry standards". <g>

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