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Hmmm. The certification thing again. When I was
a more junior writer, it appealed to me as something
that would add to my credibility. However, as others
have noted, our skills vary too widely -- I just
can't imagine how one would implement said cert.
Recently, I had lots of folks apply for a position --
lots of good qualified people, but just not with
the particular set of skills I wanted. Doesn't mean
they aren't excellent tech writers with skills
that some other company needs.
What are STC's ideas on the practical issues like
how to implement?
--
Alexia Prendergast
Senior Technical Writer
Seagate Software
alexiap -at- sems -dot- com
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>From: Hillary Jones[SMTP:hillary -at- NICHIMEN -dot- COM]
>Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 1997 2:19 PM
>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject: Re: STC Certification Survey
>
>I'm out of the loop on the certification thing--how would it work? You
>take a test and *BOOM!* you're certified?
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