It might be useful to have the U.S. BLS - that's Bureau of Labor Statistics- Occupational Outlook page on writers handy. They do talk about technical writers (though not so much this year as in the past). Here's an excerpt: " Opportunities should be best for technical writers and those with training in a specialized field. Demand for technical writers and writers with expertise in areas such as law, medicine, or economics is expected to increase because of the continuing expansion of scientific and technical information and the need to communicate it to others. Legal, scientific, and technological developments and discoveries generate demand for people to interpret technical information for a more general audience. Rapid growth and change in the high-technology and electronics industries result in a greater need for people to write users’ guides, instruction manuals, and training materials. This work requires people who not only are technically skilled as writers, but also are familiar with the subject area. " Find the full page in html here: _http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos089.htm_ (http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos089.htm) Brenda ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- Brenda Huettner --Coauthor of "Managing Virtual Teams: Getting the Most from Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools" with Kit Brown and Char James-Tanny. _www.wordware.com/wiki/_ (http://www.wordware.com/wiki/) --Chair of IEEE/Professional Communication Society 50th Anniversary Committee. Join us at IPCC2007: Engineering the Future of Human Communication _www.ieeepcs.org/ipcc2007_ (http://www.ieeepcs.org/ipcc2007) _______________________________________________
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