atw: Re: Strange job advertisments/skills combinations
- From: joe_zolin@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:23:34 +1100
Yeah, I hear what you say, CBK, and I'm not saying bja's concerns aren't
relevant..
IMNSHO though, I like the ad. If taken from the perspective that they
might actually know what a tech writer does, and know what a good tech
writer should produce, it would act as a magic filter system...
Say fer instance a newbie applies and states they can produce 20 pages a
day... immediate fail... unrealistic self-expectations.
Say perhaps a reasonably experienced tech writer applies and stating they
can produce 5 pages per day, but does not mention that this can vary
depending of difficulty of app, availability of SMEs and variations in
toolsets provided by company... Fail again, seemingly unaware of the
variations from task to task.
Then someone like bja, or cbk comes along, states a range of possible
page-per-day results, lists the possible factors affecting production rate,
queries the need for such a tight skill set... Immediate second interview
because these people obviously have what it takes to realistically assess
and plan for a task...immediately exhibiting the level of tech writer
knowledge and skill required for a serious tech writing job...
Sure as hell would cut through the several hundred wanna be applicants.
Joe Zolin
Technical Communicator/Tech Comms MYOB
E-mail: JOE.ZOLIN@xxxxxxxxxxx
Phone (work): (03) 9222 9992 Ext. 7429
"BIRTLEY-KENT,Christine"
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25/02/2004 10:11 AM
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Nonetheless, it is still impossible to quote a pages per day rate
without assessing the environment for which you are developing those
pages. My rate can vary from 1 to 16 depending upon degree of
difficulty and quality expectations.
Perhaps someone who is applying for work in Melbourne will apply and let
us know what happens. It doesn't hurt to stay informed.
There is an ad in Canberra at the moment asking for an e-learning
developer. The third requirement is:
3. Provision of an eLearning tool that has an inbuilt tool to track
learning administration and can interface with Aurion and meet IT
infrastructure requirements=20
How can anyone provide this tool without first knowing the
infrastructure and other variables? And how many training developers
are software vendors? Realistically they need to be asking for someone
with 'the skills to find' an appropriate eLearning tool....
I would be interested to know if these people get inundated by the wrong
type of applicants too.
ck
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From: joe_zolin@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:joe_zolin@xxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 9:45 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: New Pay Scales for TWs?
I thought they were asking how many pages a day you could produce, not
the expected charge rate per page.
Direct quote from ad:
"please quote an approximate pages-per-day rate"
Still vague, though, but I've got a feeling that bja migyht be jumping
the gun a bit here.
Also, consider the reasons for not stating company name... If the
company actually said who they were, there would be flock (or should I
say
murder..) of agencies descending upon them trying to get the listing and
subsequant placement fee for their own.
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Joe Zolin
Technical Communicator/Tech Comms MYOB
E-mail: JOE.ZOLIN@xxxxxxxxxxx
Phone (work): (03) 9222 9992 Ext. 7429
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