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Subject:Re: Job Titles for TechComm People From:DURL <durl -at- BUFFNET -dot- NET> Date:Fri, 13 Feb 1998 09:41:57 -0500
Are you serious about Utility Infielder? Or were you just seeing
if we were paying attention? <G>
The problem with job titles like those in your list are that they
don't convey any real information. If I say "I'm a writer," people can get
a mental picture of what I do. If I say "Documentation Consulting
Specialist", heaven only knows what they think.
Maybe titles, like manuals, need to be considered in terms of what
you want them to do for you in a particular audience. Inhouse, "Project
Manager" might press all kinds of buttons having to do with pecking order.
To outsiders, or even inside a different company it might be code for
Admin Assistant.
Good luck!
Mary
Mary Durlak Erie Documentation Inc.
East Aurora, New York (near Buffalo)
durl -at- buffnet -dot- net
