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The new Occupational Outlook Handbook from eht Burea of Labor Statistics now lists Technical Communicator as a profession separate from all other kinds of writers. Previously, we were lumped in with novelists and poets, which had the effect of severely depressing salary projections for the field.
I'm not sure whether the new handbook is in the field yet, but there's an annoucncement on the STC website: www.stc.org.
From: Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>
Subject: Levels of Job Responsibility
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010, 4:51 PM
Once more, with content.
Hi, all.
We got into this topic a little while ago when I asked for your thoughts about the difference between a principal writer and a senior writer.
I understand from your answers that job levels and titles vary widely between companies and there is no hard-and-fast rule or set of job standards.
HOWEVER, I need some reasonable resource to refer to that goes over this ground and makes the basic distinctions. An STC publication? A Bureau of Labor publication?
If you know of any resource that establishes what you consider to be reasonable levels of tech writer job proficiency, I would love to know about it. I need to refer to more than my own opinions when I discuss this topic in a few days.
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