Re: STC Salary data collection

["Seraphim Larsen" <azseraphim -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I have found the STC salary survey, together with salary data from
www.payscale.com, to be useful in salary negotiations, even though both are
based on employee-reported data.

Seraphim


On Nov 15, 2007 11:10 AM, Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com> wrote:

> Disclaimer: I am not an STC member and haven't been for over 20 years.
> Being
> a member did not affect my career, just as not being a member has not hurt
> my career. So, most of the discussion about STC is ignored...
>
> However, Richard's comments about STC using BLS for their salary survey
> are
> right on the mark. Anytime you get the "guvmint" involved, accuracy flows
> out the door. This is not a slam on government workers, but an observation
> on government categorizations. I've been clumped with Journalists,
> screenwriters, actors, videographers, copywriters, and a host of other
> professions that may or may not be remotely connected to technical
> writing.
>
> I have to also agree with Richard in that if Technical Writers inflate
> their
> salary when applying for a job, then it makes sense that employers would
> do
> the opposite in order to counter those requests. So, if nobody is really
> telling the truth, what value do those surveys offer managers hiring new
> employees or trying to get a raise for existing staff?
>
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