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In fact, In my life as a hiring manager, #3 is often the most important.
Bringing someone in with all the skills and expertise in the world would be
a disaster if the person were disruptive, argumentative, and had a negative
effect on the rest of the team.
John
John Garison
Documentation Manager
Integrated Development Enterprise, Inc.
150 Baker Avenue Extension
Concord MA 01742-2174
978.402.2907 Voice (new!)
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From: krupp, marguerite [mailto:krupp_marguerite -at- emc -dot- com]
Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 12:42 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Baseline Skillset for Technical Writers?
My three requirements (from a previous life as a long-time hiring manager):
Superb writing skills
An affinity for the technology
The ability to get along with people and work well as a member of a team
Thus far, everyone has omitted the last one, yet my experience has been that
more people fail because of that than any other reason.
