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What skills do Technical Writers need the most?

April 19th, 2009 · Comments · Writing


The UK recruitment site, itjobswatch.coc.uk, adds that for the 6 months to 17 April 2009, IT jobs within the UK that cited Technical Writer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. A quick glance at this list shows us the popularity of Adobe and Microsoft tools, especially FrameMaker, Visio and RoboHelp.

 

What surprised me in this list was ‘Advertising’. This comes in at 12, higher than Microsoft Office, Acrobat and business analysis skills.

 

Read the full article at www.ivanwalsh.com

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