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RE: Typing Requirement in a Tech Writing Ad - How to respond?
Subject:RE: Typing Requirement in a Tech Writing Ad - How to respond? From:"Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- Users -dot- com> To:<TECHWR-L -at- LISTS -dot- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 11 Sep 2003 18:48:51 -0400
Regarding this wpm typing requirement for a tech. Writer job, does anybody smell a rat here? If they're so concerned about how well you can type, are you sure they're not trying to trick you into accepting a secretarial position, disguised as a tech writer position?