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Which just goes to prove my contention that most recruiters have little
understanding of what we actually do, and how it integrates with other
functions in a company. Not necessarily their fault, many companies have yet
to recognize it. Too many spend all their time on tools questions. Better
to spend more time trying to quantify and qualify skills at research,
diagnosis, writing, editing, layout & design, task analysis, curriculum
development, performance support, etc. If I tell you I know Robohelp,
please don't spend 10 minutes talking about which versions. I didn't get
where I am by not being able to learn the tools handed to me!
Ex or current developers--I have a question for you-- do you routinely get
asked about the tools and versions when being recruited for a position? Or
is it assumed that you say you know C++ so you must know it?
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Bell [mailto:RBell -at- OptioSoftware -dot- com]
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 3:01 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: New TECHWR-L Poll Question
When I was marketing myself for a new position a year ago, I was often asked
during phone interviews by headhunters to list how many months of experience
I had on different software tools, for example, Word, Frame, Acrobat, and
RoboHelp. They also often asked the last time I used each tool or the
version number.
If I am in the market in the future, I might prepare a software skills
matrix that is available by request or include it at the end of my resume.
Roger Bell
Technical Writer
Optio Software, Inc. http://www.optiosoftware.com
"Decaf espresso...what's the point?"
-----Original Message-----
From: John Posada [mailto:jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com]
Subject: Re: New TECHWR-L Poll Question
At the end of my resume, I list all the software that I have a
familiarity and I list them in order of strength.
I tell them that this is the way I've done it.
The beginning of the list is SW that was my primary SW at a contract.
By the time you get to the end of the list, I used it enough to open
a file in the application, make a change, and save a new version.
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