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<title>How to Land a Career in Technical Writing</title>
<shortdesc>While technical writers are expected to have some knowledge of the subjects they write about, experts usually provide detailed information. Technical writers and editors organize the information, put it into user-friendly language, select graphics, write sidebars, and impose a consistent format, checking back with experts to fill in blanks and ensure that no errors have been introduced.</shortdesc>
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<p>While technical writers are expected to have some knowledge of the subjects they write about, experts usually provide detailed information. Technical writers and editors organize the information, put it into user-friendly language, select graphics, write sidebars, and impose a consistent format, checking back with experts to fill in blanks and ensure that no errors have been introduced.</p>
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<li><a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Careers/Writing/Technical-Writing">All works in 'Careers &gt; Writing &gt; Technical-Writing'</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Careers">All works in 'Careers'</a>, <a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Writing">'Writing'</a>, <a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Technical-Writing">'Technical Writing'</a></li>
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 <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/Writing" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'Writing'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Technical-Writing" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'Technical Writing'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/publisher/Chronicle_of_Higher_Education" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All 9 works published by Chronicle of Higher Education</linktext></link>
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