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Re: Another spin-off: where to find writing jobs that are NOT IT related
Subject:Re: Another spin-off: where to find writing jobs that are NOT IT related From:Lori Olcott <lori_olcott -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 9 Jun 2005 00:08:07 -0700 (PDT)
The military is rolling out CHCS II (Composite Health Care System) - a
major upgrade from CHCS. Instead of a green screen system, it's windows
based and is supposed to have lots of new bells and whistles. As this is
a brand new system, documentation is at an all time minimum. The military
is sending out trainers to teach the docs and nurses how to use the new
system; but once they're gone, the facility will be on its own. If
there's a military hospital nearby, you might see if they want to contract
you on to do their in-house docs or even join their CHCS team. (This
might be through SAIC contractors, though.) Your medical background will
get you far in their eyes, and you'll be working with a different level of
audience - still educated and advanced, but not the highly focused
specialists you've worked with thus far.
Just a few thoughts. Good luck!
Lori
> Giving it some thought, I came up with a list of niches but realized I
> wasn't sure how to go networking for them, I'm writing to pick the
> collective brain of the TECHWR-L list on feasibility and possible
> contacts:
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