CAREERS IN TECHNICAL WRITING

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In these positions, you may work for industries such as:

• natural resource and energy
• construction or related fields
• industrial materials and components
• production and manufacturing equipment
• information and communications
• the consumer economy
• transportation and travel
• health care
• financial services
• business and professional services
• public administration

Possible job titles include:

technical writer technical communicator medical writer technical editor publications specialist science writer media associate marketing associate proposal writer associate editor

editorial assistant copywriter museum assistant research assistant field technician reporter lab technician designer computer programmer

Possible sources for job openings include:

• A membership directory kept by the American Medical Writers Association
• A job listing service operated by the Computer Press Association
• Employment committees organized by local chapters of the Society for Technical Communication, who also maintain a bulletin board service

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