Scary responsibility in job ad

[Writer]

Shall I forward the ad to you? ;-)

Nadine




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>From: Greg. Eckrich <GWEckrich at wowway.com>
>To: Writer <generic668 at yahoo.ca>
>Cc: "Eichelberger, Mark" <Mark.Eichelberger at fiserv.com>; framers <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
>Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2011 1:34:45 PM
>Subject: Re: Scary responsibility in job ad
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>Sounds like a fine opportunity for an instructional Designer!  Have my MS-Ed, Instructional Design in Dec.  [Sorry, could not resist the opportunity for a shameless bit of self-promotion!]
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>Greg. Eckrich
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>On 6Oct2011, at 12:22 PM, Writer wrote:
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>Or if the company absolutely feels that the engineers need to learn to communicate better, put the onus on them, not on the tech writers. Make it a part of the engineers' objectives, pay for courses, get the engineers to demonstrate that their skills have improved. If they fail, then no soup for them!
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>>Nadine
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>>>From: "Eichelberger, Mark" <Mark.Eichelberger at fiserv.com>
>>>To: framers <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
>>>Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2011 1:17:41 PM
>>>Subject: RE: Scary responsibility in job ad
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>>>I don’t think this should ever be the responsibility  of a tech writer, but it does indicate why they *need* a tech writer.    I say let the engineers be engineers and let the tech writers be tech writers.
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>>>From:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer
>>>Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 12:51 PM
>>>To: framers
>>>Subject: OT: Scary responsibility in job ad
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>>>A local company listed this as one of the responsibilities in a job ad for a technical writer:
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>>>"coach engineers to improve their writing skills"
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>>>It makes me laugh and cringe in equal measures.
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>>>Nadine
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