RE: Employer's Test, was Technical Writer Certification

[Gause_Brian -at- emc -dot- com]

Good questions to ask potential employers:

What do you expect from the technical writer who takes this position?
How will you measure success or failure in this position?
What is the most important quality for the person who takes this
position?
How many people are on the team?
Was the TechPubs manager ever a writer?
What are the growth opportunities for this position?
What happened to the last person in this position?
Describe the work environment and expectations. 
Describe the software development lifecycle (how often are releases?)...

That's a few to start. 


Brian Gause

Technical Writer
EMC Captiva
EMC Corporation
10145 Pacific Heights Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92121

P: 858-320-1202
F: 858-320-1010
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[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+gause_brian=emc -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
Behalf Of Karen L. Zorn
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 11:14 AM
To: 'Techwr-l'
Subject: Employer's Test, was Technical Writer Certification

What *I* really need is some way to test prospective *employers.*

 

Gene Kim-Eng

 

Ah, what an *excellent* idea, the Potential Employer Test! If there was
a
vehicle like that TW contractors wouldn't have to deal with:

- unpaid invoices

- uncontrollable creeping project scope

- lack of cooperation from SMEs

- make it pretty demands

- no invites to important project meetings

- and so on....

 

Karen L. Zorn

Zorn Technologies, Inc.

Mesa, AZ

 

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