Selecting the Right Technical Writers
Hiring is one of the toughest challenges any company can face, either large enterprises or new startups. There is a great deal of know-how kind of experience when hiring a Technical Writer, not all companies have the right processes that can warrant best hires.
At SupportFinity, we streamlined our processes and in-house standards to make sure of having one of the top world-class hiring processes. The magic mix of skills ingredients is what separates a great hire from a not-so-good one. We came to this conclusion through consulting top technical and HR experts in addition to our years of work and exposure with most sophisticated projects across almost all tech verticals and areas of expertise. So you get one of the best recruitment processes to hire a Technical Writer.
As we have created and crafted a unique method of teams’ customization, we have also perfected our signature model of matching the right skills for our customers to hire either one Technical Writer or a team of Technical Writers. We have a long lasting belief in the power of data analytics in creating unmatchable results, thus, we apply our analytical models on our hiring process same as we do in our business model.
Technical Writer Job Description Template
Technical Writer
AKA: Technical Content Creator
- The Technical Writer provides technical documentation for systems as requested.
- Meets with stakeholders to gather knowledge about systems and surrounding processes.
- Diagrams current systems at various levels of detail and abstraction.
- The Technical Writer revises existing documentation to reflect changes and upgrades.
- The Technical Writer cross reference information among all documented systems.
- The Technical Writer assures consistency of processes/procedures in latest documentation.
- Maintains a comprehensive library of technical terminology and documentation
- Analyzes documents to maintain continuity of style of content, Manages updates and revisions to technical literature.
- Knowledge of how to edit and maintain documentation and documentation website.
- Proven experience working in a technical writing position.
- Ability to quickly grasp complex technical concepts and make them easily understandable in text and pictures.
- Strong understanding of document formatting and presentation techniques.
- Knowledge of how to edit and maintain documentation and documentation website.
- Able to write in explanatory and procedural styles for multiple audiences.
- Ability to deliver high-quality documentation paying attention to detail.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office. .
We receive requests of hiring from candidates among more than 100 countries.
As we bring skills from each and every place in the world, we make sure we have the
right match of language proficiency with our clients' requirements.
Your Technical Writer or team of Technical Writers will have the needed level of language knowledge you expect,
each candidate passes through our language tests that warrant at least a good
command of reading, writing and speaking of the languages our clients ask for.
We know that communication starts from speaking common languages, thus we put this aspect as a first factor in
our selection process, we do not proceed with hiring for Technical Writer before making sure that the
candidate passes the language ability tests first.
The next level of screening we perform at SupportFinity is the
communication quality, in this stage we make sure that the Technical Writer
can deliver high quality of communication; especially on the technical aspects of the job.
We conduct our assessments to cover multiple aspects of communication
quality, such as:
The ability of self-explanation ( writing – speaking )
The ability of describing problems structurally and technically ( writing & speaking)
The ability of explaining ideas, situations and problems ( reading, writing & speaking)
This part mainly measures the logical, numerical and analytical aptitude of each candidate, top ones are the only ones we select for next stages.
We have a set of interview tests that measure the agreeability levels of each candidate for
Technical Writer, we do so as we believe that likability of any person starts from the ability
to achieve high levels of agreeability without compromising critical thinking.
We also measure the creativity side of the Technical Writer you look for, where we see when and how each
candidate can apply out-of-the-box and innovative ways of fixing problems or creating new solutions.
Some people can do well when working on their own, some others cannot!
Knowing this matters a lot when hiring a Technical Writer with regard to the team size needed.
Remote work needs a special level of team work skills, so we make sure that your Technical Writer can adapt and work well with your team
and be quickly part of it if needed.
We care about hiring someone who can deliver, create and perform the way you expect
with passion and enthusiasm.
We assess our people’s technical abilities on the merits of achievements more
than anything else.
Hiring the right Technical Writer is an uneasy decision, we consider
measing the actual technical skills of each candidate.
Having a great resume
is just the start for us, we select candidates know what they say
they know!
We conduct advanced technical tests to make sure we cover the needed knowledge your
Technical Writer needs to have to excel for your business.
We weigh academic qualifications as well, we also request our full time employees to submit their education evidence as a major hiring rule to follow. We believe having the right academic qualifications can make a great difference, especially in advanced science based areas like electronic design, engineering planning...etc.
One important metric for us is the ability of your Technical Writer to learn new skills, so we make sure that we select people who are only dynamic and willing to learn new ones.
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