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<title>Weathering Transition: What Skills Do You Really Need?</title>
<shortdesc>Most industry recruiters are looking for writers with both education and experience. Moreover, they assume that if you&#xD;have a college degree, you should possess a fundamental&#xD;skills set in a particular field, and you should have proven&#xD;that you can commit and follow through on a major learning&#xD;task. Having the fundamental skills is important to employers&#xD;because your job training can then focus on the company’s&#xD;specifics (such as, technology, products, and platforms).</shortdesc>
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<p>Most industry recruiters are looking for writers with both education and experience. Moreover, they assume that if you&#xD;have a college degree, you should possess a fundamental&#xD;skills set in a particular field, and you should have proven&#xD;that you can commit and follow through on a major learning&#xD;task. Having the fundamental skills is important to employers&#xD;because your job training can then focus on the company’s&#xD;specifics (such as, technology, products, and platforms).</p>
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<li><a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Careers/TC">All works in 'Careers &gt; TC'</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Careers">All works in 'Careers'</a>, <a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/TC">'TC'</a></li>
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 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Careers/TC" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'Careers &gt; TC'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Careers" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'Careers'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/TC" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'TC'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/publisher/STC_Proceedings" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All 2240 works published by STC Proceedings</linktext></link>

<link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/authors/Burroughs,_Dia_H." role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>Both works by Burroughs, Dia H.</linktext></link>
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