We finally have some good job news on several fronts indicating job growth for technical writers. The New York Times reported today that 162,000 jobs were added last month, the largest private sector job growth being in health care and temporary services. Temporary help services added 40,000 jobs last month. In addition I can tell you antecdotally that hiring of software engineers and U.I Designers has really picked up steam. You know the way it goes, documentation and training hires closely follow.
Another interesting observation is the merging of these positions in terms of shared skills. I’ve seen more companies looking for technical writers who can produce educational videos and do some stand up training themselves. After all isn’t that what all the content is for? Getting the customer up and running. Yet not every product wil lend itself to this pared down model of content development. As the number of technical writing jobs begins to increase, I’ll keep reporting on the changes as I see it.
Happy Spring!
Carol