Hi Sam,Make sure you have a perfect resume, with correct template, styles, spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Of course it must be well written and look good.
A poorly constructed resume is an easy first filter to screen out less competent technical writers.
John----- Original Message ----- From: "Samantha Lawry" <sjlawry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 1:45 PM Subject: atw: OT - a query
Hi all, have been reading all your posts with much interest. I'm interested in working towards becoming a technical writer but have been a bit confused about what quals/experience/skills (eg. which applications/programs) might be required or necessary in order for someone to call themselves a 'technical writer'. I'm not planning on doing so yet! Have done some research but would be grateful if anyone could point me in the right direction or offer some simple advice. So far I've worked as a lawyer for 7 years, have a Diploma of Arts (ProfWriting and Ed) from RMIT and have worked as a writer/editor/plain languagedrafter in community legal education. Comfortable in MS Word (not so much macros etc), Excel etc; few other technical skills but not afraid of anything! Just tell me if you think I'm shamefully exploiting this list... Either way, thanks for what I've learnt so far! Cheers, Sam **************************************************To view the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriterTo unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field (without quotes).To manage your subscription (e.g., set and unset DIGEST and VACATION modes) go to www.freelists.org/list/austechwriterTo contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************
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