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Subject:RE: Levels of Job Responsibility From:cewinch -at- aep -dot- com To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 21 May 2010 10:54:56 -0400
Whether we should be listed as TWs or TCs is a matter of opinion, and as
everyone's mileage varies, it cannot be equally applied to all. I do
almost no *writing* in this job, yet a I do a ton of communicating and
...of technical information. "Writer" is simply inaccurate for me, but I'm
definitely above "admin" and in a whole other category from any of the
others the DOL used to lump us into. I'll stick with Communicator, thank
you.
~C
Connie Winch
Technical Communicator
American Electric Power
"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
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RE: Levels of Job Responsibility
Actually, it lists us (correctly) as technical writers -- not
"communicators."
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marguerite Krupp
> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 10:34 AM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com; Nancy Allison
> Subject: Re: Levels of Job Responsibility
>
> The new Occupational Outlook Handbook from the Bureau of Labor
> Statistics now lists Technical Communicator as a profession
> separate from all other kinds of writers. Previously, we were
> lumped in with novelists and poets, which had the effect of
> severely depressing salary projections for the field.
>
> I'm not sure whether the new handbook is in the field yet,
> but there's an announcement on the STC website: www.stc.org.
>
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