http://www.technicalwriter-jobs.com Technical Writer Jobs and Career Alternatives Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:13:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I write a lot about content strategy and writing for the Web and I noticed a funny thing the other day. I was talking with a friend about an article he wanted me to guest write for his blog about helping out-of-work web content strategists find a job. We talked ... http://www.technicalwriter-jobs.com/technical-writer-jobs/technical-writer-jobs-and-web-content-strategy OK, that's a just a fancy way to say, when a client is asking you to do something new, or something a little outside your normal job description, don't miss the chance to bump up your salary or hourly rate.   I see this all the time, especially with freelancers. A good ... http://www.technicalwriter-jobs.com/technical-writer-jobs/avoid-uncompensation-job-expansion A technical writer who used to work for me called the other day to ask for advice. She was recently laid off and is looking technical writer jobs all over the country. She asked if I would give her a recommendation and I was happy to. She also asked for ... http://www.technicalwriter-jobs.com/technical-writer-jobs/a-technical-writer-jobs-interview-secret The Society for Technical Communication just updated their Salary Database with data from 2008. Though a member ship is required for a deep dive into the data, here are a few highlights: The Technical Writer Jobs market increased by only 1.5 percent in 2008. That’s just 740 new jobs for the ... http://www.technicalwriter-jobs.com/technical-writer-jobs/technical-writer-jobs-market-data-from-stc [caption id="attachment_93" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="No Technical Writers"][/caption]   Is it time for a little personal rebranding? If your current job title is "technical writer" and you are seeking work in the Web agency world, you might want to make some adjustments. My experience has been that hiring managers in trendy Web design ... http://www.technicalwriter-jobs.com/uncategorized/is-your-technical-writer-job-title-holding-you-back [caption id="attachment_81" align="alignleft" width="243" caption="Agile Technical Writer Jobs"][/caption] If you want to be at the cutting edge of technical writer jobs these days it may be time to go Agile. Agile refers to a software development methodology that is vastly different from the way most large companies write software. No feasibility analysis, ... http://www.technicalwriter-jobs.com/uncategorized/technical-writers-get-agile If you need to be in a bad mood for some reason (it could happen) all you need to do is Google the keyword phrase "technical writing outsourcing India." The flood of pages that are returned offering technical i services from college educated writers, all willing to work at a fraction ... http://www.technicalwriter-jobs.com/technical-writer-jobs/technical-writer-jobs-moving-to-india [caption id="attachment_59" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Technical writer jobs - Empty newsroom"][/caption]   More proof that indeed, the journalists are coming to take technical writer jobs.   Here is an article published on Aug 5, 2009 called - Taking Journalism Skills to New Industries that describes just what I've been talking about. The writer answers a question ... http://www.technicalwriter-jobs.com/technical-writer-jobs/the-journalists-are-coming-for-technical-writer-jobs When I was a well-paid senior technical writer back in the 1990s, we went through a recession and I found myself without a job. Laid off. Very confident of my skills, I expected to find something right away and I was very surprised when this didn't happen. Companies would be ... http://www.technicalwriter-jobs.com/technical-writer-careers/technical-writer-jobs-market-more-competitive