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Broaden Your Horizons: Enhance Your Image and Value 
Proposes ways that technical communicators can broaden their skill sets while improving their visibility and reputations within their organizations.
Russell, Karen Golden. Intercom (2004). Careers>Education>Continuing
#14651
Continuing Education: The Key to Your Career
Janicko offers suggestions for getting the most out of continuing education and argues that continual learning can bolster careers in technical communication.
Janicko, Raymond P. Intercom (2000). Careers>Education>Continuing
#21669
Your professional development and the ultimate success of your career depend upon you alone. If you don’t want to be viewed as 'just another doe writer,' broaden your career plan by expanding your talents into areas that are important to your organization's goals.
Henderson, D.L., Bonnie J. Davis and Genie Vidal. STC Proceedings (1996). Careers>Education>Continuing
#15136
Four Tips for Professional Development
Discusses how technical communicators can keep themselves marketable at a time when technologies and work environments are rapidly changing.
Dimick, Sharlyn A. Intercom (2002). Careers>Education>Continuing
#19467
Idea Watch is for the technical writer or other professional who, through ideas and intellectual debate, wants to revolutionize the products they create, the organizations they are in, the topics they write about, and the lives they lead.
#13465
Making Professional Development Work for You
Obtaining a degree and entering the workforce is not the end of the educational experience; it is the beginning of the Life-long process of professional development. Professional development benefits employees by helping them to progress and increase their worth to the company, and it benefits management by poviding them with more skilled and knowledgeable employees, Many opportunities are available to communicators, such as professional societies, conferences, seminars, books, and journals. Communicators, then, must seek out the opportunities, devise a professional develop-merit plan, overcome the obstacles, and then implement what they have learned.
O'Brien, Charles J. III and Russell B. Stoner. STC Proceedings (1993). Careers>Education>Continuing
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Teich, STC's second vice president, advises technical communicators to develop in their professions by continuously setting goals and pursuing knowledge.
Teich, Thea. Intercom (2002). Careers>Education>Continuing
#14652
Technical Communicators--Why They Study
The authors, both teachers at Concordia University, report on a survey conducted by their Continuing Education Department that suggests several reasons why many technical communicators desire more education. Waterhouse and Sklar also describe how their department is using the survey to tailor its curriculum to the needs of technical communicators.
Waterhouse, Ann and Adrianne Sklar. Intercom (2000). Articles>Education>Continuing
#20981
You Can Do More: Exploring the Edges of Your Skills and Talents
When the going gets rough, the rough get out of their ruts and get going. When the economy takes a turn for the worse and jobs are scarce, it's time to look beyond the skill set described in the standard résumé. It's time to brush off the dust and re-invent yourselves, to make your not-so-obvious skills shine in markets where we can find employment.
Hamer, Emma C. Hamer Associates (2003). Careers>Education>Continuing
