Archive for December 2007

Are You Looking for Technical Communicators?

Dec 17th, 2007 | By editor | Category: Employment, SWO Meetings

Join the January Job Progression
Does your organization hire technical writers, illustrators, instructional designers, and publication managers? (…)



Message from the President

Dec 17th, 2007 | By Jean Fudge | Category: Columns

Fresh Starts …
by Jean Fudge

‘Tis the time of year to hear about New Year’s Resolutions. (…)



Calling All Verbivores

Dec 17th, 2007 | By Harold Fox | Category: Columns

 
by Harold Fox
In the preceding number of “Calling All Verbivores”(CAV) you were challenged by two puzzlers from Will Shortz. (…)



November Meeting Recap

Dec 17th, 2007 | By Lisa Carbaugh | Category: SWO Meetings

A Night to Change History
by Lisa Carbaugh
Historic Peerless Mill Inn in Miamisburg was the setting for the chapter’s November 14th dinner-meeting. (…)



STC-SWO Employment Resources

Dec 17th, 2007 | By editor | Category: Employment, SWO Members

Since 2004, Employment Lead Louise Tincher has been the guiding force behind the chapter’s employment-related resources:

A Yahoo job site where relevant Web-posted job offers are conveniently aggregated
A chapter bulletin board with employer postings of currently available technical communication jobs and a section where members can post resumes

According to Louise, "The biggest thing I do is gather job ads from the Internet. (…)



Seven Steps to Persuasive Cover Letters

Dec 17th, 2007 | By Elizabeth Fryer | Category: Employment

by Elizabeth Evans Fryer and Judith Harper
Almost all technical writing benefits from the technique of persuasion. (…)



Steps to a Successful Interview: Preparation

Dec 17th, 2007 | By Rebecca Forrest | Category: Employment

"Interview Survival Secrets from the Mock Interview Squad," originally published in the January-February 2005 issue of Between the Lines, is reprinted here in three parts. (…)



Steps to a Successful Interview: Presentation

Dec 17th, 2007 | By Karen O'Keefe | Category: Employment

"Interview Survival Secrets from the Mock Interview Squad," originally published in the January-February 2005 issue of Between the Lines, is reprinted here in three parts. (…)



Steps to a Successful Interview: Follow-Up

Dec 17th, 2007 | By Jean Fudge | Category: Employment

"Interview Survival Secrets from the Mock Interview Squad," originally published in the January-February 2005 issue of Between the Lines, is reprinted here in three parts. (…)



Member Profile: Nancy Dodsworth

Dec 17th, 2007 | By Karen Rokich | Category: Columns, SWO Members

Putting the User First
by Karen Rokich

A writer’s path to technical communication is not always a straight line. (…)