As always, the answer is, "it depends." If I were the sole manager of a 20+ person tech pubs group (which I have been), I would be on the lookout for individuals who were able to take over some management tasks or could be groomed to do it at a later time. In a very small group that primarily needed an extra set of hands, it might be a negative if you gave the impression that it was a relatively short term goal.
"Corporations" are seldom on the lookout for any particular type of person, despite the PR in their websites' careers pages. The perceptions of value that matters is that of your perspective manager. Gene Kim-Eng ----- Original Message ----- From: "Milan Davidovic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Question to managers: would a writer's answer to this question > influence whether you hired them? > > I ask this because it seems to me that corporations are always on the > lookout for good managers. One may conclude from this that, all other > things being equal, the writer who's looking to move up tends to be > *perceived* as more valuable than the one who doesn't. ______________________________________________ Are you a Help Authoring Trainer or Consultant? Let clients find you at www.HAT.Matrix.com, the searchable HAT database based on Char James-Tanny's HAT Comparison Matrix. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. Interested in Interactive 3D Documentation? Get the scoop at http://www.doc-u-motion.com -- your 3D documentation community. _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
