October Meeting: Staffing and Interviewing
Expert Jack Molisani Visits LSC
by Jim Korth, PR Committee member
“As
someone who has sat on both sides of the interviewer's desk (as a technical
writer and documentation manager), I was always surprised how many technical
writers didn't realize what a valuable tool their portfolio was,” said
industry staffing veteran and long-time writer, Jack Molisani. “Writers
who had fantastic samples didn't leverage the samples effectively.”
“Over the years, I tried not to make the same mistake and developed a methodology that walks a potential employer down a path of understanding that I am a professional in my field, I really have done what I claim, and I can solve the problems they are having because I've already done that for other candidates. Plus, I discovered a final critical step that would lead to the next step.”
Mr. Molisani will be the featured speaker at the Lone Star Community’s October meeting. His talk is entitled “ Portfolios and Interview Strategies: How to Ace a Tech Communications Job Interview.” The dinner meeting is scheduled for 6:15 PM, Thursday, October 4, 2007 at the Crowne Plaza North Dallas/Addison Hotel, 14315 Midway Road, Addison, Texas.
If you’ve ever interviewed for a position you didn’t get, chances are you didn't achieve each of the critical steps needed to receive an offer. As a follow-up to his informative, entertaining presentation on "The Top 10 Mistakes Writers Make When Looking for Work," Jack will show how a portfolio is not just a sample of your work. It is a tool you can use to control an interview and achieve four specific objectives that result in a job offer. “It is not a passive way of showing samples,” Jack continued, “it is a very exact, very proactive way of using your portfolio to steer the interview exactly where you want it to go…”
The critical steps of Jack’s methodology include:
- Establish that you are professional in your field
- Ensure the interviewer knows you know what you are talking about
- Show that you really have done what you say you have
- Show how you can solve the problems they are experiencing
The presentation includes what to put in a portfolio, how to get things to put in your portfolio, and most importantly, how to use your portfolio to ace a job interview. 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 U.S. 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, a staffing agency that specializes in providing permanent and contract technical writers. |
DetailsThursday, October 4, 2007, 6:15 to 8:00 p.m. Crowne Plaza Hotel North Dallas-Addison Need directions! Reservations (Reservations made after 5pm Dinner (with reservations):
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