By Rahel Bailie
Usability has become a well-established discipline, with defined process, best practices, and several ISO standards. In fact, according to the ISO 9241-11 standard, the definition of usability is “the extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specifi[...]
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Archive for the ‘Career’ Category
September, 2012 § in Career
Extend Usability Testing to Include Content
July, 2012 § in Career
Higher Education in Technical Communication – Is it worth it?
By Gurpreet Singh
Technical Communicators are passionate about learning and often ponder on the question of higher education in the field of technical communication. The dream of gaining knowledge and credibility by pursuing higher education in technical writing often eludes technical writers at al[...]
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July, 2012 § in Career
From User Guides to BRDs: Technical Writers as Business Analysts
By Dishaa Ganapathy
Section 1.0 Introduction
As a technical writer, do you at times feel discontented with your current involvement in projects? Typically, all the crucial work has been debated, designed, and developed? You are assigned to create a user guide and your SMEs are too busy to make time[...]
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April, 2012 § in Career
Susan Alexander-Brief Profile
Somehow this request for my profile in INDUS on a Monday evening was different from other more professional profiles where you try to put together all the things you feel are most noteworthy about yourself.
I have been in the technical writing (now technical communication) profession since 1987. [...]
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February, 2011 § in Career
Technical Writing to Localization – An Emerging Career Path
Sandhya Nair and Gopal Dambal
Infosys Technologies Ltd
Understanding Localization
The process of translating a product and its documentation into different languages or adapting a language for a specific country or region is called Localization. It involves product translation, cultural adaptation [...]
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December, 2010 § in Career
Technical Communicators in India Next
Re-enabling the Indian IT workforce
– P. Rufus
In the early 1990’s, when the US began outsourcing technical writing to India, a few American technical writers forecast that such ‘raw documentation’ done ‘cheaply in India’ would get back to the US for the final finish. Somehow, that[...]
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December, 2010 § in Career
Damn Those Recruiters and Managers…!
– Tabir Mishra
“Hi Everybody,
I have an interview to attend for Technical Writer position, I am technically fresher in this field. Can anybody guide me, what type of questions are asked … ”
“Hi,
I want to know what is the process most of the companies follow to appraise a Technical [...]
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October, 2010 § in Career
Canada Calling?
– Sumedh Nene
Greetings fellow writers!
Canada seems to be calling many Indus readers! What else would explain the numerous emails I am getting with questions – some serious, some curious and some, well, just downright practical – about this country of Loonies and Toonies (1 and [...]
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October, 2010 § in Career
Careers in Content Marketing
- M.D.S. PRABU
Careers in Sales and Marketing were long restricted to a few designations like Salesmen, Marketing Executives, Cold-callers, Sales Managers. But, now there are a plethora of opportunities and one can be an Account Manager, Ad-Sales/Operations Manager, Marketing Communication/Bra[...]
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August, 2010 § in Career
The Hidden Job Market of Canada
– Sumedh Nene
In the last issue, what I wrote about Canada was on a lighter note… this issue however, it’s getting down to business with a little more serious stuff – work related.
I have always maintained that coming to Canada has been and continues to be a humbling experience – or [...]
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Creating Portfolios Easily
- Suhas Yogin & Vikrant Rai
Technical Documents don’t exist in isolation. As we are all aware, the norm of the industry is documentation sets. A documentation set contains multiple documents, each with different pagination, formats, page sizes, and any other complexities that you can add to t[...]
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February, 2010 § in Career
Wordy Wise
- Udita Banerjee
If you walk in expecting fervent activity, you will not be disappointed. In fact, it would be a gross understatement to call the work area busy. Seemingly unconnected words shuttle across the room, across cubicles. A world where phones are ringing off their hooks, mails are pouring[...]
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November, 2009 § in Career
Getting Mentored
- Naveen D’Cruz
One of my best pals called me up one day and asked me about the STC-India’s Mentoring Program, which I was totally unaware of. My friend gave a brief idea about the program module – Basic and Advanced and asked if I would be interested in mentoring someone on any topic re[...]
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November, 2009 § in Career
Mentorship Days
- Rajdeep Gupta
At the onset of the Mentorship program, I asked myself two questions:
Do I have the capabilities to be a mentor?
How will it help me in my professional career?
Thankfully, I have the answers to them after the completion of the program.
[...]
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November, 2009 § in Career
Top Crow – Cracking Tough Nuts to Come Out on Top in Hard Times
- Melanie Doulton
“In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment.” –Charles Darwin.
This Darwinian tenet might be clichéd, but it is undoubtedly relevant. Nature gives us scores of examp[...]
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November, 2009 § in Career
7 Habits of Highly Effective Technical Communicators
- Sandhya,
President – STC India Chapter
I wondered what to write in my penultimate article to all of you. I wondered if I have made any difference to our community. If I’ve managed to make a minor dent in a paradigm shift away from the importance of tools and years of experience to the imp[...]
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September, 2009 § in Career
Ten Tips for Getting Your Reviews Done
— Sridhar Machani
As a technical writer, it is not enough to document something and send it out for reviews. You must take the ownership of getting your work reviewed and incorporating the inputs from reviews. Getting your reviews done is a common challenge and, thereby, a pet excuse for the lack[...]
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September, 2009 § in Career
The Queen Follows the King
- Gururaj B.S.
If you overhear a team of experienced technical communicators discussing or arguing with emotional rhetoric, you might realize that they are debating over the importance of Content vis-à-vis Tools. It’s an interesting debate based on the fact that a majority of technical communi[...]
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