To be working on a project that is. At least it feels that way considering most writing projects I’ve been involved in are over after a hair-pulling night of throwing words onto a page or two. Project timelines are a bit more distended in the technical writing world. But, anyway, enough kerfuffle. What I’d […]
Entries Tagged as 'employment'
Two years is a long time…
April 6th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: technology · technical writing · employment
21st century tips on finding work
January 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
You may as well recycle those newspaper classifieds, because that old school job-finding tool belongs in the 20th century. Spurred on by the recession, a number of tech-savvy people have started blogging on various “new school” ways of getting a job. Tech evangelist Robert Scoble has some crafty tips. I tend to agree with […]
Tags: resources · inspiration · employment · freelancing
2008 wrap-up and Vtech at CES
January 13th, 2009 · No Comments
The first entry of 2009! Granted, this isn’t the most updated blog in the world, but I’ve managed to keep wordbit going for around two years now, which is not bad. I recently tried to find the oldest blog in the world, and this site claims to have been blogging since 1987. But that’s […]
Tags: technology · employment
Culture shock…at work
November 18th, 2008 · No Comments
If you’re more concerned with your company culture than the size of your pay cheque, your might be interested in this Vancouver start-up. Jiibe is a user-generated service that matches your value system to a compatible company based on a questionnaire you fill out.
I can see this site being really useful to young Millennials […]
Tags: culture · productivity · employment · web 2.0
Would you hire you?
October 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
In this rocky economic climate, marketing yourself has never been more crucial if you want to survive the inevitable cutbacks. When it comes to technical writing, it’s a useful exercise to understand and appreciate what companies look for in a writer.
Lyndsey Amott, in an article on her website, stresses that industry knowledge should not […]
Tags: marketing · technical writing · working · productivity · employment



