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Re: What do you call policy/process/procedure structure?
Subject:Re: What do you call policy/process/procedure structure? From:Monique Semp <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net> To:Shari Punyon <sharipunyon -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Tue, 21 Apr 2020 17:32:53 -0700
Bingo! I was going to add to my earlier reply that when I said that
this work was routine tech writing, I wasn't devaluing the work. I was
elevating the value that a senior or consulting tech writer brings.
Junior or "regular" tech writers generally can't undertake this work.
But as a consulting tech writer, creating this structure is my bread
and butter. (Not that I feel that I"m paid way too much money, though.
I work all the time like a "regular" job. :-).
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So be sure in your LinkedIn profile and job applications that you're
showing that you have experience with these higher-value deliverables
and efforts. I use "(Consulting)" in my title, which I think conveys
this sort of design/strategic thinking. But if you expect to be hired
in today's mean-and-lean environment, be sure to not shortchange your
day-to-day practitioner, worker-bee mode, too. Because I'd think that
only the biggest of companies are hiring for
"thinker/manager/architect/-only" roles. The rest of the hiring world
expects measurable output.
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On 4/21/20 5:21 PM, Shari Punyon wrote:
I've never been anywhere before where at least a basic structure
hasn't been in place, and you just fill in which actual documents
you need. I think of that type of thing being something where people
pay way too much money to have some outside firm tell them what to
do.
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