Web Links
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Job Search |
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| CareerBuilder: Jobs Database | Provides a searchable database for job seekers and employers. |
| Now Hiring | Provides a searchable database for job seekers and employers. |
| Craig's List | This interesting site is a community of all kinds of things, including a very good listing of writer and editor jobs. |
| DICE | A nationwide job-search Web site for computer professionals, DICE is a great source for tech writer job openings in the SF Bay Area. Includes a searchable database and a comprehensive employer directory. Post your resume to DICE before you go anywhere else. Everyone looks there, and they will find you. It will stay up for 30 days. |
| Net-Temps | "A world of jobs neatly packaged." Visit this site to create a Free Desktop to assist in your job hunt. |
| The Wall Street Journal Executive Career Sitel | The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition offers nationwide job search and career management advice. |
Career Enhancements |
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| This is a very comprehensive site. If you want to learn all about being a contractor, try this one. | |
| The W3C governs the Web, so this is a good place to check for the latest news, versions of HTML, etc. | |
| Strunk's Elements of Style | Strunk's is the classic style guide, and this site is set up just like the book. |
| Online Dictionaries | Quick word look-up, lots of information about linguistics, and more answers about words than you ever had questions. |
| CompuMentor | CompuMentor matches technology experts with non-profits and schools. When you are looking for ways to share your skills in a volunteer effort, check this site. |
| Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility | CPSR is a public-interest alliance of computer
scientists and others concerned about the impact of computer technology
on society. We work to influence decisions regarding the development
and use of computers because those decisions have far-reaching consequences
and reflect our basic values and priorities.
As technical experts, CPSR members provide the public and policymakers with realistic assessments of the power, promise, and limitations of computer technology. As concerned citizens, we direct public attention to critical choices concerning the applications of computing and how those choices affect society. |
| MicroType | Free FrameMaker resources are available on this site, including shortcut guides, articles, and reference materials. They also provide Framemaker training. |
| editcetera | Editcetera is an association of freelance publishing professionals. They offer workshops to the public, and some may be particularly appropriate for STC members. |
| Journal of Computer Documentation | The Journal of Computer Documentation (JCD) is a quarterly publication of the Association for Computing Machinery. JCD features multiple open commentaries accompanying each original paper (or classic reprint) it publishes, and each issue also includes a "literature awareness" essay on some field related to documentation (such as graphics, indexing, human factors, or CBT). |
| Information Mapping, Inc. | Information Mapping conducts seminars on a wide variety of information design topics. Several are scheduled for the Bay Area. |
Education |
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| UC Berkeley Extension |
UC Berkeley Extension has a professional sequence in Technical Communications. |
| UC Santa Cruz Extension |
On-line enrollment in Technical Writing certification program. No on-line courses yet. |
| Academy of Web Design, San Francisco | Their quality instructor-led training leads you through a structured 3-month evening program, designed to give you the technical skills and teach you how to be successfull in the world of web design. Their goal isn't just to teach you how to build websites; they prepare you to run your own successful web business! |
| Book Indexing at UCB Ext | Book Indexing (3 semester units in Journalism). This course is for individuals pursuing a career in freelance indexing, authors who want to prepare indexes for their own books, technical writers who prepare indexes, editors who contract with indexers and prepare indexes for publication, and anyone else interested in books and publishing. |
| On-line Learning | Instructor-led distance learning from UC San Diego, UCLA Extension, and California CPA Educational Foundation. Many courses offered for credit, but at a high cost, $500+. |
| On-Line Learning: San Francisco State | College credit at about $500 per course. |
| On-Line Learning: Bellevue Community College, Washington state | A complete curriculum of video and on-line courses for credit. Prices range from $80-$300+ per course. |
| KeyStone Learning Systems | Big variety of video and CD courseware. Prices from about $50 per course and up. Easy to follow and high quality. |
| Learn2University | Offers technical courses on-line via subscription. Sub-site of Learn2.com, which offers a wider range of courses. |
| IT Courses at SkillSoft | Another site that offers on-line courses for techies. This is a sub-site for the more generalized SkillSoft.com. |
| Barnes and Noble | OK, it's the bookstore. You can order instructional
books and CBT on-line, or see what's available and go to your neighborhood
Barnes and Noble and buy it in person. And be sure to check out Barnes and Noble University for some great, free courses. |
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