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Subject:Re: Tech writer who can't write a resume From:Lisa Leone <lisa -at- GORDIAN -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 7 Dec 1995 12:13:19 -0800
>At 01:01 PM 12/6/95 PST, Heli Roosild wrote:
>>This has been an eye-opening thread for me. It had never occurred to me
>>that a technical writer would farm it out. I'll have to add that question
>>to my interview list. (And BTW, I doubt I'd hire any writer who did NOT
>>write his/her own.)
>But, Heli, why not? A resume is a marketing piece, not a technical manual.
>Would you hire a technical writer to create advertising? Probably not --
>you'd hire an ad agency. So why shouldn't a technical writer, who know she
>isn't a marketer, hire one to help with her resume?
I take offense to your reply-- you seem to be saying that a "tech writer"
isn't creative enough to write his/her own resume because a "tech writer"
is nothing more than a "tech writer." I'll argue any day that GOOD tech
writing takes a lot of creativity and style. I'll also argue that any GOOD
writer has experience in more than one genre.
We're not talking about the new ad campaign for Calvin Klein. We're talking
about a piece of paper that sums up a person's experience and skills in a
concise and appealing manner. That's pretty basic stuff. If a tech writer
can't do that, he/she won't make it in my company.
Lisa Leone
Technical Writer, Editor, Graphic Designer, GUI Consultant, CD-ROM
Masterer, and Marketing Specialist.
