atw: Re: Work in Tasmania

Thanks Bill.  I've been thinking that diversification is the way to go.  I'll 
also have to brush up on self marketing, and do some investigations into 
*precisely* what is needed in Launceston and the surrounding region.

Cheers,

Geoff


Quoting HALL Bill <Bill.HALL@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Geoff,
> 
> Many if not most tech writers are also good knowledge managers or web devel=
> opers. Broaden your scope and advertise that your language skills will enab=
> le you to produce better reports or content than the person who is only spe=
> cialised in the field in question.
> 
> Smaller organisations still have many of the same needs larger oranisations=
>  do - but don't have enough work in any one area to warrant hiring a specia=
> list. For example, at one stage in my career I was the one man band handlin=
> g all customer facing documentation from correspondence to technical user m=
> anuals for a small software house. Although some of what I did was "secreta=
> rial" work, it kept me employed and I learned a lot about the businesses - =
> both ours and our clients'.
> 
> You should also look at training or teaching possibilities.
> 
> Regards,=20
> 
> Bill Hall
> 
> Bill Hall
> Documentation Systems Analyst
> Strategy and Development Group
> Tenix Defence
> Nelson House, Nelson Place
> Williamstown, Vic. 3016
> Australia
> Tel: +61 3 9244 4820 (Direct)
>      +61 3 9244 4986 (Office)
> URL: http://www.tenix.com
> Mailto:bill.hall@xxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: geoff@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:geoff@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, 30 April 2004 4:28 PM
> To: austechwriter
> Subject: atw: Work in Tasmania
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm moving from Brisbane to Launceston, following my wife, so I'm going to =
> need=20
> to find some work.  Does anybody have any suggestions on looking for tech=
> =20
> writing work in a smaller city/economy?
> 
> I've found that the amount of work is a lot less, but that's not real=20
> suprising.  Neither is the lower pay scale.
> 
> Any suggestions will help, because as much as I like the idea of sitting in=
> =20
> front of the fire with a shiraz, I'm going to need to do something producti=
> ve ;-
> )
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Geoff
> 


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