More on research.... hmmmmm well my blog writing style is definitely different than my technical writing skills so here's what I've learned for researching more on what we talked about last week.
Recap:
Last week I was asked to put together my "dream job description" and do the accompanying cover letter and resume to go with it. I was surfing around on AKCIS and About.com and thinking about what all my "dream jobs" would have in common and started discussing it with George, my sweetie, as I was describing what I'd love to do it came to him: "look up Technical Writing" was his suggestion. I had never really thought about technical writing as I didn't think I was technical enough. To me Technical Writing is writing manuals on how to do things and other instructional materials. Well, yes, that is exactly what it is and in reading about it more I realized that my writing doll pattern instructions, my Crash Course and my Pattern Making for Dolls and Pattern Drafting for Miniatures books along with my other blogs (see list on the side bar) and my huge website and a myriad of other items I've done in the last few years.
So I read more and search around more and stumble on Guru.com which is where people look for freelance consultants for various industries including a specific category for technical writing. I'm now getting postings from companies looking for consultants for various things from RFP's (request for proposals) to business plans to other writing assignments.
Between all those things plus Career Builder and Monster.com I was able to cobble together my own job description and from there it didn't take very long to get the cover letter and resume done since it is what I do for a living at least part of the time now a days.
Overall, I am extremely happy with what I have now thanks to my co-worker, classmate and instructor.
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