RE: Single most important tech writer skill?

["Brierley, Sean" <Sean -at- Quodata -dot- Com>]

That as may be, but this seems unrealistic compared to the job postings and
management and HR priorities in hiring writers.

Cheers,

Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jane Carnall [SMTP:jane -dot- carnall -at- digitalbridges -dot- com]
> 
> 
> I wrote: <<I just looked at the results for the "What is the
> single most important skill set for technical writers to have?" poll. I
> was
> shocked! 65% of the respondents said Writing/Editing skills are the most
> important.>>
> 
> -Tools skills (Frame, Robohelp, etc.)  7.20 % (63)
> -Technical skills that relate to the product  9.49 % (83)
> -Writing/editing skills  65.03 % (569)
> -Interpersonal skills  12.57 % (110)
> -Other/None of the above  5.71 % (50)
> 
> Given the options, why so shocked?
> 
> 

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