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Interviewing for the Job and on the Job: Part III
This article is the last of three in a series. It’s based on my presentation at the STC Career Day and describes the six basic principles to follow for both job interviewing and informational interviewing.
Brooke, Andrew. Tech Writer's World, A (2008). Careers>Interviewing
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Interviewing for the Job and on the Job: Part II
This article is the second of three in a series. It’s describes the six basic principles to follow for both job interviewing and informational interviewing.
Brooke, Andrew. Tech Writer's World, A (2008). Careers>Interviewing
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Interviewing for the Job and On the Job: Part I
This article is based on a presentation I gave at the STC Career Day, held at Seneca@York, September 22, 2003. It describes the six basic principles to follow for job interviews and informational interviewing, including asking and answering the right questions, of the right people, at the right time.
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A Tech Writer's Guide to the Recession
All this talk of a depression is so....depressing. Still, it is what can happen when the economies of nations are so intertwined, so "single-sourced". America sneezes, and the world throws up.
Tech Writer's World, A (2008). Careers>Unemployment>Technical Writing
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By having consumers perform furniture assembly themselves, Ikea is able to both lower costs and slowly drive their customers insane. To be fair, Ikea assembly instructions are not that bad. They brilliantly only use pictures, which are clearer than text and require no translation. Still, recognizing that some people may still have difficulty understanding them, I offer this handy explanation of some typical Ikea instructions that came with a bookshelf I recently bought.
Tech Writer's World, A (2009). Humor>Documentation>Technical Illustration
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Dark text refers to the many layers of hidden meaning in any text segment. It ranges from the implied meaning that the author intended, or that the reader infers, to much deeper, more hidden meanings. As technical writers, we must be aware of dark text, and where possible, try to minimize it.
Tech Writer's World, A (2009). Articles>Documentation>Technical Writing
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Doc whisperers are more commonly known as "senior technical writers", but what's in a name anyway? So if you want to be a great tech writer—start whispering.
Brooke, Andrew. Tech Writer's World, A (2009). Articles>Documentation>Technical Writing
