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How about - you set up the content strategy for policies,
procedures,documentation, training, whatever, ...
cheers
Margaret
On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 at 10:33, Monique Semp <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net>
wrote:
> Bingo! I was going to add to my earlier reply that when I said that
> this work was routine tech writing, I wasn't devaluing the work. I was
> elevating the value that a senior or consulting tech writer brings.
> Junior or "regular" tech writers generally can't undertake this work.
> But as a consulting tech writer, creating this structure is my bread
> and butter. (Not that I feel that I"m paid way too much money, though.
> I work all the time like a "regular" job. :-).
> --
> So be sure in your LinkedIn profile and job applications that you're
> showing that you have experience with these higher-value deliverables
> and efforts. I use "(Consulting)" in my title, which I think conveys
> this sort of design/strategic thinking. But if you expect to be hired
> in today's mean-and-lean environment, be sure to not shortchange your
> day-to-day practitioner, worker-bee mode, too. Because I'd think that
> only the biggest of companies are hiring for
> "thinker/manager/architect/-only" roles. The rest of the hiring world
> expects measurable output.
> --
>
> On 4/21/20 5:21 PM, Shari Punyon wrote:
>
> I've never been anywhere before where at least a basic structure
> hasn't been in place, and you just fill in which actual documents
> you need. I think of that type of thing being something where people
> pay way too much money to have some outside firm tell them what to
> do.
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