Re: Typing Requirement in a Tech Writing Ad - How to respond?

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info>]

From: "Maggie Pierce Secara" <maggiros -at- yahoo -dot- com>
>
>
> On Dice this week (actually for some time now, I believe)
> there's an ad for a "technical writer" in L.A. that asks
> for a particular typing speed, with this description:
>
> ...We need a solid professioanl* with typing skills at
> least 60 wpm, **Extensive Excel and Visio experience, some
> Sql Svr. Key Skill: Knowledge of a program that manages
> clusters called "Compaq Insight Manager"
> User will compare email warnings of full disk space with
> this program and generate reports!
>
> *Typo and punctuation supplied by the advertiser.
>
> This is a FT position. The pay rate is shown as
> "competitive" but I can only imagine what they're comparing
> to.  Does this sound like a technical writing requirement
> to anyone?
>

Doesn't sound like a technical writing job. Perhaps the label on the ad is an
error.

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