Managing Writers

27 March 2009

Feeding on RSS

Filed under: Administrivia — Tags: — @ 6:59 pm

As part of moving the Managing Writers companion blog to its new URL (managingwriters.com), I have also moved the rss feeds, so that new information will go to anyone who was previously subscribed on either the old managingwriters.com site or the rlhamilton.wordpress.com blog. This should work transparently (knock on wood), but if you are reading the feeds and see any anomaly, please post a comment, and I’ll see what I can do to fix things.

The good news is that this should guarantee that no matter how you originally subscribed, you will get the latest information. And, if you haven’t subscribed, but want to get the latest information, go to the right hand side of the screen, scroll down a bit, and you will see links for rss directly or to add the feed to your Google or Yahoo pages.

24 March 2009

Podcast Interview about Managing Writers

Filed under: Book — Tags: , — rlhamilton @ 2:26 pm

Tom Johnson just posted a podcast of an interview with me at his website, http://idratherbewriting.com.

In the interview I talk about Managing Writers and answer Tom’s questions about the book.

Most of the discussion was about managing people, including questions about hiring, evaluating writing samples, motivation, planning, and lots more. If you are interested in the book, the interview is a good way to get more information about its content and about my approach to management.

Thanks, Tom, for taking the time to read the book (and it is clear from the interview that he did read the book in detail), and to speak with me about it.

4 March 2009

What Doc Managers Look for in a Résumé

Filed under: Book — Tags: , , , — rlhamilton @ 5:39 pm

Lately, a lot of technical communicators have found themselves updating their résumé for the first time in a long time. This prompted someone on the Techwr-l mailing list to ask hiring managers in the group what they look for in a résumé.

There are plenty of sources for information about how to write a résumé, but less on what doc managers are looking for. My book, Managing Writers: A Real World Guide to Managing Technical Documentation, contains a chapter that discusses hiring in detail. I have included an excerpt below that discusses how I evaluate a résumé.  I hope you find it useful.

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