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If you are in the _Austin area_, please take part.
Melonie Holliman
The Tech Writer
ABM Data Systems, Inc.
Austin, TX
(mrh -at- abmdata -dot- com)
John Gough claims...
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> Reminder: please send your reponses by Monday, March 2!
>
> AUSTIN AREA SALARY SURVEY BEING CONDUCTED
>
> The STC Salary Survey is underway and collecting data
> between February 12 and March 2, 1998.
>
> The salary survey is a service provided by the Austin
> Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication.
> The survey is conducted for the benefit of
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> - Employers, who can use the information to determine
> whether their compensation systems are keeping pace
> with the industry.
>
> - Employees, who can use the information to see where
> they are in their career and determine how to develop
> their career.
>
> *All* technical communicators are invited to participate--members
> and non-members, salaried employees and contractors.
> STC Members received their postage-paid yellow surveys with the Austin
> Chapter's February newsletter. Non-members are invited to visit the
> Austin Chapter website at http://stc.org/region5/aus/www/ .
> If you're a member and haven't received your newsletter yet,
> use the website.
>
> Follow the links to the Job Bank/Salary Survey, or download
> the survey immediately by pointing to:
>http://stc.org/region5/aus/jobs/98survey.pdf
>
> You can also get the results of last year's survey there:
>http://stc.org/region5/aus/jobs/97report.pdf
>
> The survey is a PDF file. Use the Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0
> (free from http://www.adobe.com/) to print the survey,
> then fill it in and send it to the address printed on the survey.
>
> The survey is like the U. S. Census--it's a direct measurement,
> rather than a statistical sampling. The more people who participate,
> the better the report is. Last year more than 140 people participated,
> with the cooperation and help of many major Austin employers.
>
> * If you're a member--fill out your survey and mail it today!
>
> * If you're not a member--please visit our website to participate!
>
> * Everyone--please pass this information along to other technical
> communicators.
>
> REMEMBER, the deadline for responses is March 2, 1998.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> John Gough
> Mgr, Salary Survey Committee
> gough -at- jump -dot- net
> John Gough Austin, TX
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