RE: job title nomenclature on biz cards

Subject: RE: job title nomenclature on biz cards
From: "Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:09:25 -0400


> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechComm Dood
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 3:01 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
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> Subject: Re: job title nomenclature on biz cards
>
> You're getting too hung up on titles and not thinking about roles.
> "Communicator" is indeed vague both in title and role. "Editor" as a
> title means little, and as a role indicates that someone is quite good
> at ensuring information is accurate, consistent, and
> well-written/presented. "Writer" as a title means you write, but just
> how is not easily determined, and as a role indicates that the
> majority of time spent is on writing new content where once there was
> nothing...

I have often seen job ads for "Editor" or "Writer." STC notwithstanding, I
have yet to see an ad for "Communicator."

-- Dan Goldstein

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