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Some of the opportunities found in the field of professional and technical communication include the following: authors, copy editors, writers, editors, graphic designers, information architects, proofreaders, webmasters, web designers, project managers, product specialists, and research scientists.
Use our resource page to explore these and other positions in addition to our online resources. Our resource list includes helpful websites, resources for writers, employment agencies and search engines, and STC related sites that will help you build or enhance your career as a professional and technical communicator.
The following websites offer free E-zine or newsletter subscriptions. These include helpful articles and market updates:
Helpful Websites
www.ed2010.com/jobs — a great place to find out who’s looking for writers, editors, and interns. Even if it mentions a full-time position and you want to freelance, you can use the information to track down the right editor to query.
www.mediabistro.com — there is some free content on this site, but they reserve the best stuff for AvantGuild subscribers ($49/year). They have a free “Daily Media News Feed” which you can sometimes glean useful information from.
www.writersmarket.com — another site you have to subscribe to, but it’s about the same price as buying the actual book. You can pay $29.99 a year or 3.99 a month. The site is supposed to be updated now and then, a huge advantage over the actual book.
http://www.idratherbewriting.com/students/ — an excellent blog full of helpful tips and advice for students aiming at a career in technical writing.
Employment Resources
NIU Career Services
http://www.niu.edu/CareerServices/
STC Employment Placement
http://jobs.stc.org/home/index.cfm?site_id=360
BtoB Magazine
www.btobonline.com
Career Builder
www.careerbuilder.com
Indeed
www.indeed.com
iHirePublishing
http://www.ihirepublishing.com
Monster
http://www.monster.com
Pro-Edit
http://www.proedit.com/index.asp
Wet Feet
http://www.wetfeet.com
External Resources (STC-Related)
ACM Special Interest Group for Design of Communications (SIGDOC)
www.acm.org/sigdoc/
American Medical Writers Association (AMWA)
www.amwa.org
Association for Business Communication (ABC)
www.businesscommunication.org
Association for Educational Communications and Technology
www.aect.org
Association for Women in Communications (AWC)
www.womcom.org
American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)
www.astd.org
Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC)
www.cpstc.org
International Communication Association (ICA)
www.icahdq.org
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Professional Communication Society (IEEE/PCS)
www.ieeepcs.org
International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)
www.iabc.com
Media Communications Association – International
www.mca-i.org
The National Association of Science Writers (NASW)
www.nasw.org/
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
www.ncte.org
Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)
www.prsa.org
Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP)
www.sspnet.org
Usability Professional's Association (UPA)
www.usabilityprofessionals.org
PR Newswire for Journalists
http://media.prnewswire.com — you have to register for full access to the site, but it’s free for journalists. The site’s best feature is ProfNet. You can search for contact information for experts in virtually any field, or you can send out a ProfNet query — basically an e-mail stating the article you’re working on, your deadline, what sort of experts you’re looking for, and how they can contact you.
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