2 posts tagged with "job search"

I recently had a conversation with some fellow documentarians about the technical writing job search process and how to succeed. Eventually we started talking about unique, interesting application and interview questions — and why they're such effective ways to gauge a person's ability to do the job. Someone told me they once had to explain how to play tic-tac-toe. Another person was asked, "What's a skill you have that has nothing to do with this job?"

And it got me going down my own rabbit hole...

Layoffs. It's the word nobody wants to hear, but it's been a constant in the tech industry for the past few years. And with layoffs comes the job search, which means wading through hundreds of job ads, trying to figure out exactly what each company is actually looking for.

If you've recently searched for a technical writing job, you know the whiplash of scanning hundreds of postings with wildly different titles, requirements, and expectations. Documentation Specialist. Knowledge Strategist. Programmer Writer. Information Engineer. What does any of that mean, and which ones are actually in your wheelhouse?