Definition of Technical Writer?

Subject: Definition of Technical Writer?
From: Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>, Ronald Schwarz <RSchwarz -at- cosmocom -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:31:30 -0400

Ronald Schwarz reports: <<I am attempting to recruit a "senior" technical writer. I am finding people who respond to my job announcements who have accomplished all sorts of things and claim to be technical writers so that they can be hired by my company. What is a technical writer? I need a definition so when I turn someone down I can give a short answer.>>

Why not simply list your key requirements (i.e., the specific criteria that _you_ will use to decide whether to interview or reject someone), and leave the definition problem to Merriam-Webster et al.? For example, it doesn't matter whether someone claims to be a technical writer if they don't meet your criterion for "ability to construct structured books for single-sourcing using Frame plus Webworks, without supervision or training".



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Geoff Hart ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca

(try geoffhart -at- mac -dot- com if you don't get a reply)

www.geoff-hart.com

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