RE: Levels of Job Responsibility

["Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>]

I do a great deal of writing and editing. I'm happy with "Writer." We
are quite a varied profession.

 
Cordially,
 
Craig Cardimon
Technical Writer
MSG
 

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> Subject: RE: Levels of Job Responsibility
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> Whether we should be listed as TWs or TCs is a matter of opinion, and
as
> everyone's mileage varies, it cannot be equally applied to all. I do
> almost no *writing* in this job, yet a I do a ton of communicating and
> ...of technical information. "Writer" is simply inaccurate for me, but
I'm
> definitely above "admin" and in a whole other category from any of the
> others the DOL used to lump us into. I'll stick with Communicator,
thank
> you.
> 
> ~C
> Connie Winch
> Technical Communicator
> American Electric Power
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> "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
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> 05/21/2010 10:39 AM
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> Subject
> RE: Levels of Job Responsibility
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> 
> Actually, it lists us (correctly) as technical writers -- not
> "communicators."
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marguerite Krupp
> > Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 10:34 AM
> > To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com; Nancy Allison
> > Subject: Re: Levels of Job Responsibility
> >
> > The new Occupational Outlook Handbook from the Bureau 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 announcement on the STC website: www.stc.org.
> >
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