RE: As a hiring manager, what are you looking for in a resume?

["Richard L Hamilton" <dick -at- rlhamilton -dot- net>]

Karen,

I have a chapter in my book, Managing Writers, that talks about
hiring in depth, including a section on evaluating a resume.
Rather than repeat that here, I posted that section on my blog.
You can find my blog at: http://rlhamilton.wordpress.com/ and
this entry at:
http://rlhamilton.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/what-doc-managers-look-for-in
-a-resume/#more-153

I hope you find it useful.

Best Regards,
Richard Hamilton

Managing Writers: A Real World Guide to Managing Technical Documentation
http://xmlpress.net/managingwriters.html 

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> 
> I'm trying to rethink my approach to my resume as I am part 
> of the unemployed masses. (My project died last week and they 
> let all the contractors go first.)
> 
> When I look at the resumes of technical writers on the web, I 
> see a wide range of approaches. 
> 
> Generally, I see the following approaches:
> 
> Tool-based: Focus primarily on the tools used for each job.
> Documentation-type based: Focus primarily on the types of 
> documentation produced for the client.
> Project-based: Focus on the content and depth of the writing 
> skills. Usually, incorporating the documentation-types and 
> tool-based approaches above. 
> 
> Also, the resumes generally fall into the contractor with 
> many jobs versus the employee with long periods of time at a 
> few companies.
> 
> Depending on whether the position you're applying for is a 
> sole technical writer or entering a technical 
> writing/communications group, I think you're likely to 
> encounter different types of hiring managers. In the first 
> case, it is quite possible that the potential manager has had 
> limited contact with technical writers and has never held a 
> similar position. In the second case, the hiring manager may 
> have previously worked as a technical writer or in a similar 
> position and understands the interaction between the various 
> business units.
> 
> Okay, I'm rambling a bit (and can't get through to 
> unemployment which I have on speed dial.)
> 
> As a hiring manager, what are you looking for in a resume?
> Do you think hiring managers with a technical writing 
> background look for different things than one that is just 
> getting to employee their first technical writer.
> 
> Any links to resumes on the web that you find particularly 
> useful would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Karen
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