atw: Re: Strange job advertisements/skills combinations
- From: "Matilda Reich" <matildar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:58:10 +1100
I find in the real world, where projects skimp on the documentation, that
having a dedicated "template creator", "editor" and "graphic designer" does
not happen. In my experience I have had to do all three aspects of the job.
When it comes to graphics, I ask others more proficient in a software tool
to help with the 'know-how'.
I took Christine's comment that you do have to sell yourself....taking a
manual to an interview in which you had a smaller part to play in its
production than you would have liked may make the difference between getting
the job or not. Anyone who takes the risk of bluffing about their skills
takes a chance, but if you only state 'exactly' what you did in your last
job how are you ever going to progress your skills?
I agree with another comment posted that it's good to show an employer the
standard of manual you most admire and seek to emulate.
Matilda Reich
----- Original Message -----
From: Craig Hadden <CraigH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 12:23 PM
Subject: atw: Re: Strange job advertisements/skills combinations
> Christine wrote:
> > How many of you have taken beautiful manuals to interviews
> > that were designed, written or edited by someone else?
>
> Surely it's *usual* that converting information into a finished manual is
> not just one person's work. (There'll be at least one writer, there should
> be an editor, and perhaps there'll be a separate "template creator" or
even
> a graphic designer.)
>
> So I didn't interpret Christine's question as necessarily implying
> wrong-doing -- I'd expect the answer to be "*most* of us".
>
> The way that you discuss your role in the project, and to what extent (or
> whether) you acknowledge the work of other people, is what separates
> legitimacy from fraud.
>
> Regards,
> Craig
>
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