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Re: Tasks versus Job Descriptions. Was: Certification vs Help fr om our members
Subject:Re: Tasks versus Job Descriptions. Was: Certification vs Help fr om our members From:Tracy Boyington <tracy_boyington -at- OKVOTECH -dot- ORG> Date:Mon, 10 Aug 1998 08:45:42 -0500
> I was in Human Resources for 2 years before switching to Writing and
> Testing. I didn't hire a whole lot of tech writers, we hired mostly
> developers but the one person that I did, well I was forced into hiring
> him. At the interview, his speech patterns were so bad that I
> immediately said "No".
But what about his writing samples? Did he even have any? If not, well,
you definitely bought a pig in a poke (sorry for the localism). If so,
were they as bad as the work he produced for you? In either scenario,
those who forced you to hire him deserved whatever happened. I don't see
this as a flaw in the technical writing field (or profession), but in
the HR field. They hired him without checking out his qualifications.
However, your comment about his speech patterns concerns me. I write
better than I speak (which is why I became a writer), and I'd hate to
think someone judged my writing skills based on my speaking skills.
Anybody else? Or am I being too sensitive? :-)
