atw: Re: Agencies, contractors and other gripes (another longish contribution)

A working group at Epping sounds good. How do we make it happen?

 

I will make myself available for whatever is needed. 

 

Warren, I agree about advertising this properly and I think that is what
has failed in the past. I taught User Manual Design courses for
Macquarie Community College for a while and found that most of my
students were youngish people who had no training and didn't imagine
themselves to be technical writers. Their bosses, who also had no idea
what a technical writer was, had given them the job of writing a manual
and they came along to find out how. Many of them found out about the
ASTC and austechwriter from me. They came from very diverse industries,
most were in health-related professions but there were others. The one I
remember most clearly is the Harbour Bridge climb company. All the above
leads me to conclude that: 

 

1.      People participating in our surveys and conferences are older
because it takes a while to find us

 

2.      It will take a long time to compile a list of places where we
should advertise. But we won't do it all if we don't start and an
initiative like this is a good place to start.

 

 

 

Michelle Hallett

IT Trainer/Support Analyst

Leighton Contractors P/L

Tel: 02 8668 6047

Fax: 02 8668 6666

Mob: 0434 183 541

Email: michelle.hallett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Warren
Lewington
Sent: Wednesday, 17 January 2007 10:29 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Agencies, contractors and other gripes (another
longish contribution)

 

Epping will be cheap. Travelling to Kalgoorlie from anywhere in
Australia will be more expensive than meeting in a number of rooms and
organising internet based or phone based teleconferencing.

I would recommend Allan Charlton, Roslyn Abele and Colin Dawson to be
involved in the working group. I have some other people in mind as well
but need to consult quietly before I make any more recommendations. 

My website had a small dissertation about accreditation as it was a
couple of years ago. 

 

http://www.wjl.com.au/pages/astc_accred/astc_home.htm

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        From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hallett,
Michelle
        Sent: Wednesday, 17 January 2007 09:33
        To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: atw: Re: Agencies, contractors and other gripes
(another longish contribution)

        I think the meeting room in Epping is a good idea but probably
pricey. It might be best used once some work had been done to present to
people and would require sponsorship from one or other of the lurking
professional associations.

         

        I would suggest a working group. It could be a few people
meeting regularly either in one place (Syd, Melb, Wagga, Kalgoorlie,???)
or a few people meeting using online software (the 'American
organisation' might be able to help there). The working group could
produce a 10-page document aimed at educating agents and employers as to
what we do. The resulting document could be published widely and a
website maintained to which people could post comments. Then we create a
second working group to suggest a strategy for presenting our document
to its audience. This is a cheaper option but still requires sponsorship
and someone to 'own' and 'drive' it.

         

        The working groups could be volunteers or they could be voted
for from amongst those we think have the experience to best represent
us. I'm happy to start the volunteer list with my name.

         

        Michelle Hallett

        IT Trainer/Support Analyst

        Leighton Contractors P/L

        Tel: 02 8668 6047

        Fax: 02 8668 6666

        Mob: 0434 183 541

        Email: michelle.hallett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

        
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        From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Warren
Lewington
        Sent: Tuesday, 16 January 2007 6:30 PM
        To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: atw: Re: Agencies, contractors and other gripes
(another longish contribution)

         

        Thanks Ted, Michele.

        I would be happy to organise something somewhere. I think
Sydney/Melbourne/Can't-borough would get big turnouts for a nation-wide
teleconference. I can organise a meeting room in Epping Sydney with some
remarkable on-line facilities, close to trains and parking. 

         

        Is el-presidente for ASTC-NSW lurking on the list? 

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                From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ted Briggs
                Sent: Tuesday, 16 January 2007 17:34
                To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                Subject: atw: Re: Agencies, contractors and other gripes
(another longish contribution)

                The members of the societies of editors in Australia
voted in Dec 2004 in favour of introducing an accreditiation scheme for
editors. That vote was the culmination of several years of work which is
still continuing, and I think the first accreditation is still at least
a year off. It is indeed a long haul, for all the reasons that have been
identified on this list. However there is a definite commitment to
making it work.

                 

                For an update on where it is up to (or at least where it
was up to at the last National editors' conference in Oct 2005), have a
read of this report:
http://www.iped-editors.org/files/Accred_Going_On.pdf

                 

                The Institute of Professional Editors (a sort of
umbrella body for the state-based societies) has lots of information
about the history of accreditaion and about the proposed scheme:
http://www.iped-editors.org/accreditation.html

                 

                 

                Cheers

                 

                Ted Briggs

                Business and Technical Writing and Editing

                
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                Sent: Tuesday, 16 January 2007 3:51 PM
                To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                Subject: atw: Re: Agencies, contractors and other gripes
(another longish contribution)

                 

                
                I understand that the professional bodies (state based)
for editors are also looking at this issue of accreditation. 
                
                Irene Wong
                Publishing Manager
                Office of Corporate Affairs, Sydney
                Australian Securities & Investments Commission
                02 9911 2601   (internally dial 22601)
                
                
                
                                        

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                IMNSHO, the Westies option floundered because it offered
a model based on
                popularity (or that was my perception) and not on
ability.
                Those like myself want to see the introduction of a
skills/knowledge-based
                accreditation system, NOT a guild model based simply on
time in the job or
                on a vote by those we potentially do not class as our
peers.
                I personally know several TWs that have been in the job
for years and still
                cannot produce a workable template and I would be
disappointed if they
                controlled the agenda, any part of the industry or my
professional standing.
                But apart from that, and the childish references to the
PM, I agree with
                much of what Warren has to say.
                BTW, I argued against the formation of the STC chapter
at the time but
                clearly Jill et. aliae needed something not available
from the ASTC.
                Cheers,
                Bruce Ashley
                
                
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                From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Hallett, Michelle
                Sent: Tuesday, 16 January 2007 2:33 PM
                To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                Subject: atw: Re: Agencies, contractors and other gripes
(another longish
                contribution)
                
                Who cares which professional association does it as long
as someone
                does.
                
                As for the Westies effort, why did it fizzle? Why wasn't
it promoted
                further by the people who developed it.
                
                I've certainly offered to help in the past, I came to a
Westies meeting
                once to do so, even though getting there is difficult
for me (I live on
                the Central Coast). I promoted the effort in the
'American organisation'
                during the 5-6 years when I was a volunteer there. And
my reason for
                being involved there was to ensure that money paid in
fees by Australian
                members came back to this country to promote the
profession here. It had
                nothing whatsoever to do with George W and Little
Johnnie.
                
                So Warren, I think I've earned the right to make a
little noise.
                
                What about the rest of you? Do you want some respect and
a little better
                pay packet? Or do you want to keep whingeing?
                
                Michelle Hallett
                IT Trainer/Support Analyst
                Leighton Contractors P/L
                Tel: 02 8668 6047
                Fax: 02 8668 6666
                Mob: 0434 183 541
                Email: michelle.hallett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                
                -----Original Message-----
                From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Warren
                Lewington
                Sent: Tuesday, 16 January 2007 1:38 PM
                To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                Subject: atw: Re: Agencies, contractors and other gripes
(another
                longish contribution) 
                
                Well.
                You know.
                
                At the Westies we identified a number of possible
solutions to many of
                our
                problems we face as technical writers. Professional
promotion and
                associations rise prominently in the conversations. Some
members of ASTC
                NSW
                tried to promote a process of establishing a credible
and logical system
                of
                accreditation/training, and together with the Westies
came up with a
                couple
                of options. At the same time, various people have been
trying to
                amalgamate
                the disparate technical communication associations into
one. Reason?
                This
                country isn't big enough for two. And while I admire
those who can
                afford to
                belong to an American association, they don't give a
shit about the
                minions
                of George W's lap-dog Little Johnnie. 
                
                All we have received in response here in Australia is
muted support or
                criticism. Because we as a fraternity don't want to work
together, we
                aren't
                going to get anywhere changing the problems. 
                
                It is always interesting to see the people who make the
most noise very
                often don't help the volunteers who run the industry
associations. If we
                want to change things in our industry we are all going
to have to
                contribute. United we stand. Otherwise: Divided we fall.

                
                I know of several nobodies who changed an entire
industry (at their
                direct
                financial benefit) simply because they were
opportunistic (and
                narcissistic)
                enough to do it. We could do exactly the same thing if
we so chose, and
                it
                would benefit us all directly. Again, look at
accountants, project
                managers,
                actuaries (hell of a case study there),
physiotherapists, doctors and so
                the
                list goes on. 
                
                Are we dedicated professionals, prepared to defend
ourselves and benefit
                our
                fraternity or are we a bunch of wusses?  
                
                Warren Lewington.
                Black-listed black-humoured black-sheep. 
                
                -----Original Message-----
                From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
                Sent: Tuesday, 16 January 2007 09:01
                To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                Subject: atw: Re: Agencies, contractors and other gripes
(long)
                
                
                Both Colin and Christine make a valid point in that it
is our
                responsibility
                to educate people as to what we are and what we can do
and we need to do
                so
                as a group. We need our professional associations to
lead this
                discussion
                and to create forums in which these matters can be
discussed. And the
                results need to be promoted within the community.
                
                We also need to stop being afraid of agents lurking on
the list. They do
                not
                control (and, as Colin pointed out, often do not
understand) what we do.
                We
                need to educate them and help them understand, and where
exploitation
                occurs
                we need to act against it and refuse to work for
agencies who undermine
                our
                skills or undersell them. Agencies need to be able to
attract the best
                staff
                for their clients, no agent wants to be ignored by
people with the best
                skills.
                
                It all starts with us valuing what we do and teaching
employers and
                agencies
                to value it. Look at the respect within IT for project
managers. Most of
                them have less skills than technical writers and some of
the ones I've
                worked with have far less technical knowledge. They have
professional
                associations which promote them and the work they do.
                
                Michelle Hallett
                IT Trainer/Support Analyst
                Leighton Contractors P/L
                Tel: 02 8668 6047
                Fax: 02 8668 6666
                Mob: 0434 183 541
                Email: michelle.hallett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                -----Original Message-----
                From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Christine Kent
                Sent: Saturday, 13 January 2007 9:28 AM
                To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                Subject: atw: Re: Agencies, contractors and other gripes
(long)
                
                Very well said, Colin
                
                I had a contract with a team of Business Analysts where
I realised the
                same
                thing.  I was employed as a technical writer to document
their
                processes, by
                a manager who could not get to grips with why their work
was so bad.  I
                realised very quickly how seriously TWs are underselling
themselves.
                
                Where we "write procedures" a business analyst is a
"process analyst".
                Where
                we "document systems" a BA is a "functional analyst".
Where we perform
                a
                needs analysis, a BA is a "requirements analyst".  
                
                The perception of the manager was that only those from
an IT background
                could do any of the "analyst" jobs well.  So the role of
a TW was to
                write
                what analysts tell them to write, where the role of a BA
is to think and
                write as well.  No matter what I did, I did not manage
to change her
                perceptions that the BA had to come from a techo
background.  She wanted
                me
                to invent systems to get them to write well, when the
problem was that
                they
                could not think well.
                
                In part she was right.  I have worked with far too many
TWs who do not
                require that they make sense of what they write, or that
any user is
                ever
                going to be able to use what they write.  Unfortunately
the industry is
                at
                least littered if not dominated by this passive type of
TW who just
                produces
                wads of fabulously punctuated drivel.  Even worse, this
seems to be what
                the
                employer wants them to do. "There has to be
documentation so produce it
                - we
                all know it is a waste of money and time and that it
will sit on the
                shelves
                (metaphorically) collecting dust, so let's not take the
whole process
                too
                seriously!"
                
                On the other hand, the Business Analysts, on the whole,
could only do
                one of
                those jobs (process, functional or requirements) and
even then not do it
                very well, where any competent and thinking TW can do
all of them, and
                do
                them superbly.
                
                I don't think our primary problem is providing a
standard by which we
                can be
                measured.  The problem comes before that, with
identifying what we are
                measuring.  To my mind it comes back, all the time, to
our use of
                language -
                the person who invents the language is in control, so we
need to be
                inventing the language that covers what we do.  What is
the name for the
                "thinking tech writer" compared to the "transcription
tech writer"? What
                is
                the name for the TW who is a good analyst, compared to
the TW who will
                structure and punctuate something superbly, compared to
the TW who will
                graphically present something that someone else writes,
compared to the
                TW
                who can script a good website, compared to the TW who
can write
                documentation that trains the reader.  These are all
different skills.
                The
                employer knows which they want, so we should give them
the language to
                recruit that person.
                
                At the next conference why not use a facilitation
methodology with an
                expert
                facilitator, and a full day session, to brainstorm
through the types of
                skill sets, give them names, identify their customers,
etc?  After that,
                this list could agree to use the new terminology, and
send it around to
                every single recruiter they know.  What price a day in
our lives?  Is a
                day
                too much?
                
                ck
                
                
                
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                [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
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                Sent: Friday, 12 January 2007 8:29 PM
                To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                Subject: atw: Agencies, contractors and other gripes
(long)
                
                
                Hi,
                
                I am between contracts right now, with some time up my
sleeve for a
                visit to
                austechwriter. (Gratuitous plug: I am in the market if
there's any
                contracts
                around with direct-to-client billing). I've just picked
up on the thread
                started by Gary Stevens - I'm a bit late to the party on
this, but I'd
                like
                to comment.
                
                I think the debate about recruitment agencies arising
from Gary's post
                is
                tangential to the real issue: how is it that recruiters
have become the
                gatekeepers of technical writing in Australia? Sadly,
the observation
                that
                'some of them might be reading this, so we better not
say anything bad'
                may
                not be too far from the truth.
                
                Here's what I see as the consequences of the current
status quo:
                
                1. The majority of agency placements are opportunistic.
The agency has a
                relationship with the client via 'mainstream' placements
(programmers
                etc)
                but doesn't want to miss an opportunity when they
uncover a tech writer
                vacancy, even though they have minimal credentials in
evaluating the
                skills
                of candidates. Naturally I exclude specialist agencies
from this
                observation.
                
                2. For many agencies, the first pass of filtering is
done by machine.
                They
                are just searching for a few magic words. This will
obviously eliminate
                well-qualified candidates who didn't use the right
combination of magic
                words.
                
                Part of the reason that recruiters have resorted to such
a low-skill
                approach is that job descriptions are vague and don't
mention critical
                requirements. Perhaps they just don't understand the
role? I realise in
                many
                cases the client does not provide a decent job
description, but surely
                this
                is an opportunity for the recruiter to add some value to
the process?
                Tighter job descriptions would yield fewer and better
qualified
                applicants.
                
                3. The reputation of technical writers as a whole is
diminished. There
                are
                way too many defacto editors being placed as writers.
The expectation
                that a
                writer can create original content (rather than rewrite
dictation or
                drafts)
                has all but disappeared from Australian industry.
                
                Further, technical skills are vestigial. Job
descriptions are mostly
                framed
                to eliminate their need, which is really a pity because
there is so much
                more value that can be added when they are available.
It's a serious
                constraint on the scope of tech writing roles.
                
                4. The role of technical writers has stagnated. It's the
recruiters who
                decide exactly what a tech writer can do (and cannot
do), hence the role
                does not evolve to take onboard relevant new
technologies (how did
                graphic
                designers gazump tech writers in the first wave of web
developers?). I
                once
                attended a Knowledge Management seminar, only to find
that KM luminaries
                were grappling with the concept of "identifying
audiences"! 
                
                This is not a question of ability, it is a question of
perception. It's
                pretty much a case of "don't you worry about that, just
keep pressing
                Alt
                Print Screen".
                
                5. Extending points (1) and (2), the lack of ability in
identifying
                actual
                skill means that many candidates are chosen on the basis
of the
                companies
                that they have worked for and the job titles they held.
How many times
                have
                you seen a role advertised with a 'prestige client?' The
client name is
                everything to recruiters - far more important than the
actual job
                skills.
                Fact: it is far easier to hide incompetence in a big
company than in a
                one-person department.
                
                6. Again on points (1) and (2) there is an inappropriate
fixation with
                software package. You must have seen it - 'two years
recent experience
                with
                Framemaker' and so on. The fact is, expertise in any
package is quickly
                transferred to comparable packages. Anyway, I think the
notion that
                Framemaker is hard to learn has arisen through the lore
of
                inexperienced/incompetent practitioners who had only
minimal
                understanding
                of Word to begin with.
                
                7. Contractors exist in a no-man's land, deemed by the
ATO to be
                employees
                when working through an agency, but treated by agencies
as a business.
                As
                far as the ATO is concerned, agency contractors have no
tax entitlements
                beyond a normal employee, yet they are still obliged to
carry the normal
                risks and costs of running a business.
                
                8. Agencies add a significant overhead but not much
value. This is
                generally
                true of any agency placement, but a particular burden
with technical
                writing
                due to the poor quality of selection, as per point (1).
                
                Think about it: the agency offers no warranty to the
client and no
                guarantee
                of continuity to the contractor. Only the agency
benefits from this
                arrangement. Obviously clients have only themselves to
blame by
                outsourcing
                their HR function and not effectively supervising the
process. But how
                did
                tech writers come to be such passive victims? (see next
point).
                
                9. We have only ourselves to blame. All professionals
will be compared
                when
                it comes time to make a selection - it's a simple
consequence of having
                more
                candidates than roles. We provide no standard by which
we can be
                measured,
                so others step into the void. The process is in many
cases superficial
                and
                the criteria inappropriate, but it's better than
indicators that we
                collectively give about ourselves (i.e. nothing).
                
                
                OK then . that's about all I have to get off my
shoulders on this
                subject.
                Oh yes . happy new year!
                
                cheers
                Colin Dawson
                
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