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

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. 

        

        


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