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Creating a Winning Portfolio: Tips for Technical Communicators 
A competitive market demands job seekers do more than just send out resumes. Portfolios showcasing your work can help sell you to potential employers before, during and after interviews. How many people here have a paper portfolio? How many have an online portfolio?
Janczy, Amy. STC Four Lakes (2003). Careers>Portfolios>TC
#23522
Database Web Publishing: No Static At All
Spend time planning the site. Pay particular attention to database table structure. Keep the code as simple as possible. Reuse code whenever possible. Use the right tools for the job.
Kendrick, Monte L. STC Four Lakes (2003). Design>Web Design>Server Side Includes
#23523
Resources for Starting a Business 
An outline of resources for starting a tech comm business in Wisconsin.
STC Four Lakes (2003). Resources>TC>Consulting>Wisconsin
#23519
A collection of links, organized by category, for technical communicators.
#23526
Selling Your Skills: Tips from a Technical Interviewer
Demonstrate your skills. Make your information relevant. Provide justifications to accept you with no obvious reasons to reject. Present your best work. Show enthusiasm and interest.
Roach, Jane. STC Four Lakes (2002). Careers>TC>Interviewing
#23524
Have you ever worked for a mismanaged company? Are you flexible, yet persistent? Save some startup capital and you, too, can be a successful entrepreneur, say some local business owners who shared their tips and war stories with Four Lakes members at the Oct. 16 meeting.
Janczy, Amy. STC Four Lakes (2002). Resources>Reviews>Presentations>Wisconsin
#23528
A specialist job opportunity directory for Midwestern technical communicators.
#23525
Review: A Tech Writer Crosses Over to Marketing and Becomes a "Webinarian"
Have you ever considered taking on marketing duties at your present job, or even transitioning to a new career as a 'marketeer'? Wistfully, you dream of sipping martinis with your attractive new coworkers under the department’s neon sign, 'Marketing—Two Drink Minimum,' before heading home empty-handed at 5 p.m. Oh, wait a minute—that was a Dilbert cartoon.
Janczy, Amy. STC Four Lakes (2002). Resources>Reviews>Presentations>Technical Writing
#23521
XML Holds Potential to Transform Data Transport
XML is a language for creating data-description languages.
Jorda, Craig. STC Four Lakes (2000). Presentations>Information Design>XML
