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Subject:Job Listings for Los Angeles From:James Desmond <tecstdjd -at- IX -dot- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 1 Mar 1996 14:30:37 -0800
Technical Standards, a documentation facility and employment service
exclusively for writers and documentation specialists has the following
position available:
1.)
Job reference: LA#840
Site in Costa Mesa, California.
Can be taken off site, if you have the equipment.
Contract: 2 weeks
Company needs Windows help files converted to Mac help files. Must
know Apple Guide (Macintosh help authoring tool).
Pay to be negotiated
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2.)
Job Reference: MP#916
Contract:
In Ventura County:
Must be on site for 2-3 hours at the beginning of a project (not
optional). Project is completed off site (2-4 days). Contract will be
on again, off again for all of 1996.
Technical Writer
Software protocol user manuals geared for engineering audience.
Job will require writer to be on site for 2-3 hours at the beginning of
each project to work with the engineers. Project will then be taken
off site. Projects will not be a steady stream.
Must have a software engineering background and experience writing user
manuals. Must have Internet knowledge and capabilities. Must know
WinWord 7.0.
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3.)
On Site in Mission Viejo.
Job reference: LA#102
Job Description:
Write product documentation for a repository product from research
through delivery to client (printed and online documentation).
Must know help text, Word 6.0 (and templates), Microsoft Office
products and graphics an advantage. Doc-to-Help a plus. Must
understand object-oriented and repository/database technology and
concepts, UNIX (Sun Solaris, HP) and Windows/Windows NT platforms.
Knowledge of C or C++ is a definite plus.
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4.)
Job Reference: LA#1033
On site in Mission Viejo.
Contract: Beginning ASAP. Ending in 6 months. (40 hours a week)
Pay to be commensurate with experience.
Technical Writer
Responsibilities include correcting, updating and name replacements in
existing manuals and help text for a 3GL/4GL product.
Qualifications:
Must have knowledge of help text. Familiarity with client-builder
tools such as Visual Basic or Power Builder are a MUST. Must know MS
Word and Windows Help. Windows NT, RoboHelp and/or Doc-to-Help are a
PLUS.
For this position, you need not be an expert technical writer. You
must, however, have experience with help texts and client builder
tools.
In Northridge, California.
Full-time, regular position
Please refer to job LA #111
Annual salary will be around $50K.
Section Manager
Responsible for developing projects in the training and documentation
department of a financial institution.
Qualifications:
A background in real estate lending or servicing, personal loans or
commercial property management is a must. Must have experience
managing or supervising a documentation or training department.
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6.)
Job Reference: LA#1044
On site in Mission Viejo.
Contract - through June 1996
Product Information Analyst/Tech Writer
Will be responsible for preparing product documentation from research
through delivery of ASPG PI documentation.
Basic knowledge of various platforms, such as mainframes, UNIX and PCs
necessary.
Pay range is $30 - $35 per hour.
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