TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
RE: Comprehensive portfolio or a few writing samples?
Subject:RE: Comprehensive portfolio or a few writing samples? From:"Maggie Secara" <maggiros2 -at- home -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:05:00 -0700
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-techwr-l-40569 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
> [mailto:bounce-techwr-l-40569 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf
> Of Ellen Kelly
> Hello:
>
> I was wondering how many of you out there have a
> comprehensive portfolio
> that you bring to interviews? I usually select a few
> samples depending on
> the job, and then put that together nicely to bring to the
> interview.
>
>
I use my sample kit as a way of answering "so tell me somethng about
what you've been doing" or (horrors) "tell me something about
yourself". It's so much easier to talk about my most recent job,
project, process, whatever by using the documents as a visual aid. I
don't bring whole manuals, but sections or shorter documents of
different types: training manual, tutorial, user guide, system
overview, functional spec, security recommendations, etc. If I have a
clear idea of what kind of work I'm going to be doing, I make sure to
bring samples in the same area or industry.
Most of the time, no one reads anything long enough to really see how
I write. Half of them don't seem to care! But they can see what kinds
of things I've done, get an idea of approach, and so on, so much
better from the work itself than from a description of the work. So
mainly, it's an anchor point for the interview.
Cheers!
Maggie Secara
~Different countries, different customs, Peachy!
*** Deva(tm) Tools for Dreamweaver and Deva(tm) Search ***
Build Contents, Indexes, and Search for Web Sites and Help Systems
Available now at http://www.devahelp.com or info -at- devahelp -dot- com
Sponsored by Cub Lea, specialist in low-cost outsourced development
and documentation. Overload and time-sensitive jobs at exceptional
rates. Unique free gifts for all visitors to http://www.cublea.com
---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.
