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Subject:Re: How to I get into this field? From:"Tom Johnson" <tomjohnson1492 -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:22:36 -0600
I think putting together a tangible portfolio of writing samples to
physically hand to your interviewer is a powerful technique for getting
hired. I got my first technical writing job because one of my writing
samples (an article on protein) struck a chord with the interviewer (who had
a PhD in biology). (By the way, I just posted an essay on how I fell into
technical writing, among other things, here: http://tinyurl.com/46rtt6.)
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