Job Posting: Richmond, VA

[Melissa Lowery <melissa -dot- lowery -at- CAPITALONE -dot- COM>]

     TECHWR-Lers:

     Our technical publications team is currently looking to add new
     members. Please send your resume to the contact person noted at the
     end of the posting (not to me!) I will be glad to answer any questions
     about the posting, our department, or our team. For general
     information about Capital One, check out our web site at
     <www.capitalone.com>.

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     A Technical Publications team within the Information Technology
     Department of Capital One Financial Services has immediate openings
     for experienced technical writers in Richmond, Virginia. This is a
     great opportunity to join a fast-growing company that ranked in the
     top half of Fortune magazine's second annual list of "100 Best
     Companies to Work for in America." Capital One's innovative use of
     information technology fuels its worldwide expansion and its
     diversification of services.

     Join a well-rounded Technical Publications team that uses current best
     practices to produce usable, technically accurate, and well-written
     publications. We develop internal technical documentation describing
     Capital One's telephony and middleware architecture for technical
     analysts, developers, and systems support staff. We publish
     information in various media for every phase of the system development
     life cycle--including functional design specifications, operation and
     administration guides, and troubleshooting guides. We are looking for
     additional team members who will bring their professional commitment,
     flexibility, and sense of humor to our team.

     ***************Requirements***************
     Our new team members must have:
     - A Bachelor's degree in Technical Communication, English, or a
     related field.
     - Three or more years of technical writing experience.
     - A fundamental understanding of client/server technology.

     Our new team members must be able to:
     - Demonstrate excellent writing and editing skills.
     - Demonstrate advanced Microsoft Word skills.
     - Receive constructive feedback from peers and apply it to
     documentation projects.
     - Evaluate documentation requirements.
     - Select the appropriate media for documentation projects.
     - Work well with developers and technical staff.
     - Translate technical concepts into plain English.
     - Apply information design and usability principles to all
     documentation projects.

     ***************Optional Experience***************
     We would like to find team members who also have:
     - Worked with Macromedia Dreamweaver and Adobe Acrobat Exchange.
     - Worked extensively with desktop publishing tools.
     - Participated in every aspect of web site development or have
     start-up web site experience.
     - Created flow charts and other information graphics.
     - Created online help systems.

     Among the factors that differentiate Capital One from other employers
     are outstanding benefits such as performance-based salary and bonus
     packages, generous company 401(k) plan contributions, an employee
     stock purchase plan, three weeks of vacation during the first year of
     employment, excellent medical and dental coverage, educational
     assistance, help locating and paying for child and elder care, and a
     wide range of company-sponsored community service opportunities.

     Please submit your resume to:
     Mark Fignar
     Capital One, Human Resources Department
     Fax: (804) 967-1483
     E-mail: mark -dot- fignar -at- capitalone -dot- com   (Please use "Resume" as your
     subject line. Please submit your resume as ASCII text in the message
     body, not as an e-mail attachment.)


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