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Subject:Re: Certification -- what's in it for writers From:Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> To:William Sherman <bsherman77 -at- embarqmail -dot- com> Date:Wed, 2 Nov 2011 11:38:20 -0400
Well, if all as a contractor, that's 1 job with 30 client engagements.
Big difference, and you can roll many of them together into specific
types of work.
A resume isn't a be-all, end-all. It should tell a story about your
skills, aptitude, history, and persuade people on why they should hire
you.
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 8:46 PM, William Sherman
<bsherman77 -at- embarqmail -dot- com> wrote:
> When you have had 30 jobs to list, it has to be light, or it will be easily
> over 3 pages, meaning no one will read it.
>
> Before you gasp at 30 jobs, to a contractor, this is well within reason. Six
> months here, three months there, and you see in 10 years you can easily have
> 10 to 20 jobs.
>
> While many look for long contracts, others look for short ones. It is the
> sense of adventure, the challenge of something new, and a lack of boredom
> churning the same dull manual out for years at a time in some "secure"
> company that will lay you off the first time some accountant sees he can
> save 10% budget by outsourcing your job to India.
>
> While some of these short jobs can be described in three lines, others may
> need 10 or 15 and you simply do not have the room.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Goldstein"
> <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
> To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 3:26 PM
> Subject: RE: Certification -- what's in it for writers
>
>
>> If a resume is "really light" on what the candidate's done, where the
>> candidate's done it, and what positive results the candidate can point
>> to, the only reason to keep reading is that you're looking for an
>> entry-level technical writer. But the current STC cert process isn't
>> intended for them.
>>
>
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