atw: Re: Thanks to ALL job advertisers (WAS Re: Re: Business Analyst / Technical Writer - Leading Finance Organisation)

Hear, hear! 

We need jobs, lots of them. The economy is still
fairly slow for our industry.

Are people actually sneezing at $70/hour? NSW workers
ARE spoiled.

Cheers,
Ana

--- bja <moo-man@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> And just to stick in my 0.05, thanks to ANYONE who
> has a legitimate job 
> to stick on the list.
> 
> Some of you must have forgotten how few jobs were
> posted on the list 
> after 2000/2001. Now that times are buoyant, I say
> keep posting them and 
> you all have my sincerest thanks (even the low paid
> ones that I tend to 
> bag).
> 
> As for rate, the $70 p/h offered by Bluefin is
> respectable, particularly 
> coming from an agency and those offering less than
> that are becoming 
> less competitive as time goes on. No doubt many of
> these bemoan the lack 
> of quality applicants. As an example, I note one
> recent list advertiser 
> has been looking for a TW (they actually need
> several) for at least four 
> months now. If they changed their rate, they'd
> probably get a better 
> response instead of having to employ trainers as
> technical writers and 
> then wondering why the work isn't getting done
> properly. As with all 
> things, if you pay the right toll, you get the right
> result.:)
> 
> BTW, six-months is a good initial contract so you
> shouldn't knock that 
> either.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bruce Ashley
> 
> 
> Matthew da Silva wrote:
> >
> > I?m only interested in permanent jobs. Why would I
> give up a permanent 
> > job, even at a lower hourly rate, for a six-month
> contract? It just 
> > doesn?t make sense. Tech writers have mortgages,
> too.
> >
> >
>
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> >
> > *From:* austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Wayne Cottis
> > *Sent:* Thursday, 7 June 2007 3:24 PM
> > *To:* austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > *Subject:* atw: Business Analyst / Technical
> Writer - Leading Finance 
> > Organisation
> >
> >     
> >
> >     
> >
> > **Business Analyst / Technical Writer - Leading
> Finance Organisation **
> >
> > · Leading finance institution
> >
> > · CBD location
> >
> > · Excellent contract rate offered
> >
> > **Rate: $ 70.00 p.hour**
> >
> > **Length:**** ****6 months**
> >
> > This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading
> financial 
> > institution as a Business Analyst / Technical
> Writer. You will be 
> > joining a fast paced and dynamic environment and
> be involved in a 
> > variety of projects.
> >
> > You will be responsible for rewriting and
> maintaining documents about 
> > superannuation and insurance products, produce
> detailed specifications 
> > and define information and business requirements
> specifically for 
> > customer communications.
> >
> > You will be involved in developing business
> requirement documents, 
> > determine data & business rules for generating
> documents, identify & 
> > analyse risks and write the content & design new
> customer focussed 
> > documents.
> >
> > **Key Requirements:**
> >
> > ? Previous Business Analysis experience
> > ? Strong technical / customer writing capability
> > ? Solid understanding and application of the
> system development life-cycle
> > ? Exposure to customer communications an advantage
> > ? Understanding of Autograph an advantage
> > ? Financial Services experience an advantage
> >
> > To apply please send your CV to
> steven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or call 
> > Steven on 02 9270 2677 for more information.
> >
> >     
> >
> >     
> >
> >
> > For more information on this opportunity,
> >
> > please contact Steve Wheeldon at Bluefin Resources
> >
> > on 02 9270 2600
> > or email technology@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > If this job isn't quite what you are looking for,
> please feel free to 
> > contact us to discuss other opportunities in the
> market place.
> >
> >     
> >
> >     
> >
> >
> > Architects, Technical Team Leaders, Senior
> Software Developers,
> > DBAs, Database Consultants, Senior Infrastructure
> Engineers,
> > Security Specialists, Technical Consultants
> >
> >     
> >
> >
>
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