New job opportunities

April has certainly been busy on the jobs front. We have opportunities for 13 technical authors in the East Midlands (12-month contract), 8 freelance trainers throughout the UK, a permanent account manager/project manager for a documentation role in Herts and for a systems administrator in Cambridge. We also need a training project manager in Bristol.

Funding technology/software start-ups

A contact of ours has access to £500 million of venture capital, and he is looking to invest it in high risk, high return, start-up companies based in Europe. If you would like to be put in touch with him, then do email us and we’ll make the introductions.

Starting a career as a Technical Author

We are often asked for advice on how to start a career in Technical Writing. As with many jobs, it’s hard to get a job without experience and it’s hard to get experience without a job. Here are some tips that might help: 1. Join the professional bodies for technical authors and writers. In the… Read more »

Tech Writing 2.0 – AJAX

More news from WritersUA conference – the prediction that AJAX ( a part of Tech Writing 2.0) will be the dominant technology for Help in the future.

WinHelp RIP

News from the WritersUA conference – Windows Vista won’t support WinHelp, the original Windows 3 Help platform.