Re: Need a bit of advice from contract tech. writers, please...

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> Is it best to simply ask the supervisor if I can use her as a
> reference if needed when interviewing for another contract job or
> should I ask for that plus a letter of recommendation?  Should it
> be one or the other, and is asking for both, asking for too much?  

Ask for both, though the company may have a policy about putting
anything in writing. 

I don't stop with asking just my immediate supervisor for the verbal
reference...I try to get permission from my manager and two-three
others who I worked closely with, maybe the QA manager, a developer,
and an upper mamager if you are on good terms with the person. 



John Posada
Senior Technical Writer

"I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."
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