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Subject:Re: Alternate Title to Tech Writer? From:Steven Brown <stevenabrown -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 3 Nov 2005 10:56:43 -0800 (PST)
Lisa,
Don't worry about what you'll put on your resume
later. You can always change the job title to
something more descriptive than the "official" job
title. I was a "Documentation Specialist" at a prior
job, but my resume lists it as "Technical Writer."
> Hello Everyone!
>
> I am a technical writer at a mortgage company.
> Basically, I document
> all types of procedures. In addition, I am a
> project manager. Right
> now my title is "Technical Writer / Project
> Manager". The director
> and VP of our division does not like the title of
> Technical Writer.
> Since this is my first official gig as a tech
> writer, I don't really
> want to give it up. I'm worried that if I leave
> this company in a
> year and they've made my title "Documentation
> Specialist" other
> employers will not recognize what I actually did.
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