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Posted by : Molly Joss

Dear Molly: After many years of teaching English part-time at various college campuses in Houston, I am looking for a full-time job in the IT industry (college teaching is a field in which it is almost impossible to find a full-time job).

I have tried to sell my abilities as a technical writer or as any kind of writer to companies in Houston, but I have never received as much as an interview. How do I get hired? How can I make employers understand that I have very valuable skills that their companies need and that they should give me a chance to help them? I see bad writing everywhere I look, and cannot understand why some company will not give me a chance to improve the quality of their publications and company documents by making use of my long experience at doing writing in English courses and at teachingwriting.

Molly says: I think your last statement, "long experience at doing writing in English courses and at teaching writing" is the key to what you should try to do next. You're a teacher, not a writer--at least that's how most HR departments would see you. So, why not parlay that teaching experience and move it into the IT field by applying for jobs at companies that create online and computer-based training courses? I guarantee that once you're in the door at one of these companies, they will let you try your hand at technical writing as well as course development and monitoring.

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