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Subject:Re: A good title for a tw? From:Kathryn J Acciari <acciari -at- ACSU -dot- BUFFALO -dot- EDU> Date:Wed, 4 Jun 1997 13:16:02 -0400
Here at a big university (Univ at Buffalo), we actually get two titles.
One is a vague personnel classification such as Estella mentioned.
The other is an 'in house' or 'in department' title, which the employee
often can have some say in. (And which can change from day to day,
depending on how your boss introduces you!)
For a technical writer, I like the
following titles: Technical Writer, Technical Communicator, Technical
Communications Specialist, Documentation (or Publications) Specialist.
Hope this helps.
Kathryn J Acciari
Technical Writer/Communicator/Specialist/Manager/Coordinator ;->
Buffalo, New York
acciari -at- acsu -dot- buffalo -dot- edu
(716) 829-2508
On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Estella Clifford wrote:
-snip-
> Job titles where I work are changing to become more vague, e.g.,
> "Professional II", "Professional III" and so on. Has anyone else
> experienced this? Is this a trend?
>
> Regards,
>
> Estella
> (clifford -at- fp -dot- com)
> Senior Technical Writer (for now)
>
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