Orange County STC
Other Employment Resources
You can always increase your chances by networking and attending a chapter meeting. When you do, bring copies of your résumé. During certain portions of the meeting, announce that you are seeking employment. Members whose companies are looking for employees frequently announce job openings at the same time.
Résumé Enhancement
What kind of response are you getting to your résumé? If the response is not as high as you might expect, you might want to consider Associate Fellow Brian McCaleb's presentations at OCSTC Chapter Meetings, along with a presentation by Carrie Damschroder:
- A Reader-Centered Approach to Creating Your Résumé, by
Carrie Damschroder (November 2003)
Microsoft
PowerPoint (PPT 94K) - The Resume Checklist, by Brian McCaleb (July 2001)
Microsoft Word (DOC 46K)
Adobe
Acrobat PDF (PDF 39K) - The Consultant's Resume, by Brian McCaleb (December 2000)
Microsoft PowerPoint 98/2000 (PPT 115K)
Adobe
Acrobat PDF (PDF 148K) - Your Resume is Not Your Tombstone, by Brian McCaleb (June
2000)
Microsoft PowerPoint 98/2000 (PPT 48K)
Adobe
Acrobat PDF (PDF 23K)
Employment Services
The following Employment Agencies regularly submit jobs through the Orange County STC Web site. All agencies listed below are members of STC, and links to their sites will open a new browser window.
- ProSpring Technical Staffing
- Escoe Bliss Communication, Inc.
- The Write Connection
- Technical Standards
- ProEdit
- Clarity Consultants, a Division of Pacific NetSoft
Other STC Chapter Employment Resources
Besides OCSTC, you have some other resources within STC:
- Los Angeles Chapter
LASTC has two resources that can assist you:- An email listserv you can subscribe to and receive regular updates (NOTE:
You must be a member of STC to use this resource), including updates to jobs found
on the OCSTC Web site.
To subscribe to the listserv- Go to the STC Chapter Lists web site located at
http://lists.stc.org/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=lastcjobs-l - Click the button "Join lastcjobs-l"
- In the form fields on the page, enter your email address and your name (for STC membership verification purposes)
- Click the Save button
- Go to the STC Chapter Lists web site located at
- A Web page of job hunting resources
- An email listserv you can subscribe to and receive regular updates (NOTE:
You must be a member of STC to use this resource), including updates to jobs found
on the OCSTC Web site.
- Silicon Valley
Chapter
The format for their employment section is the same as ours, and you need not be a member of STC to access their list.
Other Non-STC Employment Resources
The following entities have many positions, not just confined to the technical communication profession. Please note that these links are for convenience only. Neither the Orange County Chapter nor the Society for Technical Communication endorses the editorial positions and content of these organizations:- Orange County Register classifieds
- Los Angeles Times classifieds
- CBS 2 / KCAL 9, Powered by CareerBuilder.com (a CBS Broadcasting, Inc. affiliate)