Re: Definition of Technical Writer

Subject: Re: Definition of Technical Writer
From: Jim Barrow <vrfour -at- verizon -dot- net>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:31:05 -0500 (CDT)

>Ronald Schwarz wrote:

>I am attempting to recruit a "senior" technical writer. I am >finding people who respond to my job announcements who have >accomplished all sorts of things and claim to be technical writers >so that they can be hired by my company.

>What is a technical writer? I need a definition so when I turn >someone down I can give a short answer.

The responses so far have been...um...quaint.

I'm sensing that you've seen resumes that are a little wide of the mark regarding tech writing skills. The few times that I've had to hire a tech writer I was inundated with resumes from programmers to analysts. These were people who had done programming and analysis and *also* documented what they had done. The projects that they had worked on sounded impressive, but using the word "documentation" in their resumes seemed a bit of a stretch.

The following provide very basic definitions of what a tech writer is/does:

<http://www.mariosalexandrou.com/definition/technical-writer.asp>

<http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=technical+writer&i=52648,00.asp>

<http://www.hyperwrite.com/aspscripts/framer.asp?target=../features/technicalwriter.htm>


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