Re: how bad is the job market? New job requirements (ACK!!)??

[Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Been there, done that, got the coffee mug. I've had several jobs where I had to record/store/distribute meeting minutes of software project meetings. I was the best one at writing and having those minutes could make a big difference later in the project. So far I haven't had to do actual secretarial work. If it pays enough, I'll make the coffee too.


--- On Fri, 1/29/10, Pro TechWriter <pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> From: Pro TechWriter <pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>
> Subject: Re: how bad is the job market? New job requirements (ACK!!)??
> To: "TECHWR-L Writing" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 5:02 PM
> The job market *IS* bad. Excerpt from
> a job description on Dice:
> 
> Coordinate all administrative items for the Project team.
> Planning and
> coordinating calls and meetings. Perform scribe duties for
> all calls and
> meetings, producing agendas and minutes. Create and
> maintain needed reports
> and updates, including preparing presentations. Coordinate
> communications
> items for project team - schedules, calendars, contact
> lists.
> 
> The job title is (you guessed it!) *Technical Writer*!
> 
> Here are the rest of the requirements, which include:
> project planning and
> management, managing multiple doc tasks and keeping a
> master deliverables
> schedule, editing, setting up document security,
> establishing style
> guidelines and standards, and creating doc templates, and
> providing reports.
>  You must also have a BA, five years of experience, and be
> able to work
> independently, serve on other teams, etc. etc.
> 
> All this, *and* you have to answer the phone, keep
> everyone's calendar and
> schedule, set up meetings, type the agenda and send it out,
> and keep the
> meeting minutes, update everyone's contact lists, and
> -probably- make travel
> reservations and get office supplies--and make
> coffee!  (I wonder if the
> desk is in the lobby?)
> 
> I hope it pays well.
> 
> :-(  Never thought I would see the day--again--where
> you had to do
> secretarial work to be a tech writer. That is just sad.
> :-(
> 
> PT
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