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I would pick the one whose background had the most training
and/or experience in these, with a decided preference toward
experience over training. That might be a candidate with some
sort of cert in those areas. Then again, it might not.
Gene Kim-Eng
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Posada" <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
> So..while the position doesn't call for it, I'd like the writer that
> I hire to be able to move into the position by having a solid
> familiarity (not an expert) with a number of areas besides being a
> very good writer:
>
> - Cost control and budgeting
> - Project management
> - System Analysis
> - SDLC
> - Reprographics (printing, distribution, layout, etc)
> - Development technologies
> - QC/QA
> - People-skills (EEOC and all the sensitivity disciplines)
> - Writng and editing (and all the rules)
> - Localization
> - etc.
>
> Hmmm...Which do I pick?
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