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Subject:Resumes for Technical Communicators From:"USA::MU17692" <MU17692%USA -dot- decnet -at- USAV01 -dot- GLAXO -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 8 Mar 1995 10:29:00 EST
On March 6, Robert Plamondon wrote:
> A competently written, organized, logical resume is
> by far the exception, even from technical writers.
> In fact, I'm convinced that technical writers' resumes
> are no better, on average, than electrical
> engineers' resumes, and may be worse than software
> engineers' resumes. Shocking.
I think Robert may be going a bit far when he writes "by
far." However, I am quite surprised by the mediocrity of
so many resumes I receive. These are important documents
from people who claim to specialize in communicating!
(And there are some truly *horrible* specimens.)
Many of you sent me tips for creating excellent resumes
and I plan to post a summary of those ideas sometime in
May or June of this year. I hope to lead a resume-writing
workshop at our STC chapter's summer conference in July.
Anyway, I thank Robert for being emphatic and detailed in
his ideas concerning resumes. Too many resumes and the
people who write them lack passion for their profession.
-Mike Uhl (uhl~m -at- glaxo -dot- com)
Job Bank Manager, Carolina Chapter, STC
Glaxo Inc. Research Institute
Research Triangle Park, NC
