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RE: When the term "Technical Writer" just doesn't cut it
Subject:RE: When the term "Technical Writer" just doesn't cut it From:"Connie Giordano" <connie -at- therightwordz -dot- com> To:"'Gene Kim-Eng'" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>, "'TECHWR-L Writing'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:23:47 -0500
I have found things like a background ITIL or TQM (long ago in a galaxy far
away) to come in handy from time to time, and then fade with the next wave
of management gimmicks, so I just re-focus the resume as needed....with a
few standardized ones for BA, TW, Marcomm, web design.
It's hard being a successful schizophrenic isn't it? :-)
Connie Giordano
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Behalf Of Gene Kim-Eng
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 3:11 PM
To: TECHWR-L Writing
Subject: Re: When the term "Technical Writer" just doesn't cut it
I work at being a generalist with at least one or two
skills that stand out enough for me to claim them as
specialties (these have varied over time). I maintain
resumes for all versions of me, just in case.
Gene Kim-Eng
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Connie Giordano
<connie -at- therightwordz -dot- com> wrote:
> Back in the 90's I heard and saw a lot of so-called
> experts advising writers to "specialize, generalists
> don't have any career future." I'm so very glad
> I ignored that advice.
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