Society for Technical Communication, Philadelphia Metro Chapter Announces the Career Makeover Workshop

Philadelphia, PA, September 23, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Informative and entertaining career makeover workshop for technical writers, instructional designers, technical trainers, and others who are involved in communicating technical information and want to further their career.

About the Workshop
The dot com bust has come and gone and many companies are again making record profits, but are you getting record raises? Is the new wave of corporate income rolling down to you?

If not, attend the Philadelphia Metro STC chapter (STC-PMC) Career Makeover Workshop. In this event, professional recruiter Jack Molisani will present an informative and entertaining workshop on:

- The Top 10 Mistakes Writers Make When Looking for Work
- How to Use a Portfolio to Ace a Job Interview
- How to Make a Six Figure Income as a Technical Communicator

If you want to increase your standard of living, don’t miss this event.

Speaker
Jack Molisani is an Associate Fellow of the STC, president of the Aloha STC chapter, and was the chair of the STC Year 2000 Region 7/Region 8 Pan-Pacific conference in Hawaii.

Jack has worked as a project officer in the Space Division of the US Air Force and as a documentation manager of a multi-million dollar software company. After years of hands-on technical writing, Jack went on to start ProSpring Technical Staffing www.ProspringStaffing.com, a staffing agency that specializes in placing perm and contract technical writers.

He also produces LavaCon: The Conference on Advanced Technical Communication and Project Management. LavaCon 2007 will be held in New Orleans October 27-30 as a joint event with the Greater New Orleans chapter of the Project Management Institute, offering over 60 sessions and hands-on workshops on technical communication and project management. See www.lavacon.org for the conference program and information about a special community service day in New Orleans.

Note: At the end of the workshop Jack will raffle off a free entrance to LavaCon, so remember to bring a business card for the drawing.

Agenda
Registration: 9:00 - 9:30
Workshop: 9:30 - 1:30
Lunch Break: 12:00 - 12:30

Where
West Chester University Graduate Business Center
1160 McDermott Dr. (near Boot Rd. exit off Route 202)
West Chester, PA 19380
Directions: http://www.wcumba.org/facilities/facilities/directions_to_wcu_graduate_business_center

Pricing
STC-PMC Members & Full-time Students: $60
STC (but not PMC) Members: $80
Non-members: $100
Lunch (pizza) is included.

RSVP
To register for this exciting workshop, go to www.stcpmc.org and click the Events link.

If you have any questions or would like additional details, feel free to contact:

Nancy Kotkin
President
Society for Technical Communication, Philadelphia Metro Chapter
president@stcpmc.org

More Information About The Society for Technical Communication
The Society for Technical Communication is a professional association that advances the arts and sciences of technical communication. Its 15,000+ members include technical writers, editors, graphic designers, multimedia artists, Web and intranet page information designers, translators and others whose work involves making technical information understandable and available to those who need it.

The Society’s Philadelphia Metro Chapter includes more than 250 members who work in a variety of industries for various public and private companies, government agencies, and small businesses. Find out more online at www.stcpmc.org.

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