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If you do not mind volunteering, you could talk to the Community Relations department at a local hospital and see if they would like you to do a volunteer newsletter for them. I did that before going back to school. I volunteered to write a community newsletter on women's health for the hospital, which was actually really good experience. It gets you experience and possibly a foot in someone's door. Plus, it is kind of fun and you learn a lot!
Good luck and welcome to the list!
Melissa
> From: dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com> To: TECHWR-L -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Subject: RE: novice question> Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:21:52 -0500> > Welcome to the group, Christine!> > I would suggest for you to make an appointment with the Human Resources> officer of a large hospital and talk to them about their needs for technical> communication specialists and how you can best prepare yourself to meet> those needs. Be prepared to hear that you might be over-qualified!> Certainly, if STC has a Paris chapter you should attend their meetings and> consider membership.> > You might also want to look at translation of medical technical documents if> you are fluent and comfortable in French and English. This would give you> good exposure to a wide range of documentation.> > Warm regards,> > Dori Green> > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^> > Create HTML or Microsoft Word content and convert to Help file formats or > printed documentation. Features include single source authoring, team authoring,> Web-based technology, and PDF output. http://www.DocToHelp.com/TechwrlList> > Now shipping: Help & Manual 4 with RoboHelp(r) import! New editor,> full Unicode support. Create help files, web-based help and PDF in up> to 106 languages with Help & Manual: http://www.helpandmanual.com> > ---> You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com -dot- > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/melmis36%40hotmail.com> > > To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> > Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit> http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.>
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