The Work Buzz: Best Cities for 2010 Grads

Graduating soon? Check out this article to find the best city to get your career started.

ProEdit's hometown came in at... #1!

Improve Your Grammar and Spelling: Quick Tips

Do you ever question if MS Word's spelling and grammar checker catches all of your typos? Well in short, it does not! You should always have your important documents edited by a professional editor. At the very least, read the document one more time and follow the tips in this article.

Fifteen Great Job Markets for Technical Writers

If you are  technical writer looking to make a move, check out this list. 

The following list represents the fifteen job markets in which about half of all U.S. technical writers work and the top three industries for technical writers in those job markets. 

1. San Jose, CA (Silicon Valley) – Software, Hardware, Healthcare
2. Boston, MA – Financial/Banking, Telecommunications, Insurance
3. Seattle, WA – Software, Aerospace, Telecommunications
4. Washington, DC – Government, Healthcare, Information Technology
5. Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN – Banking/Financial, Healthcare, Software
6. Chicago, IL – Banking/Financial, Healthcare, Insurance
7. Atlanta, GA – Telecommunications, Healthcare, Banking/Financial
8. Denver, CO – Telecommunications, Healthcare, Energy
9. New York, NY – Banking/Financial, Telecommunications, Healthcare
10. Houston, TX – Energy, Healthcare, Aerospace
11. Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX – Telecommunications, Banking/Financial, Software
12. Philadelphia, PA – Healthcare, Banking/Financial, Telecommunications
13. Portland, OR – Software, Hardware, Healthcare
14. Los Angeles/Anaheim, CA – Banking/Financial, Healthcare, Aerospace
15. Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC (Research Triangle) – Healthcare, Software, Telecommunications

Survey Results - Ratio of Technical Writing Staff to Development Staff

ProEdit recently asked a large pool of technical writers the following question:

In your organization, what is the ratio of technical writing staff to development staff? (Development staff includes developers, BAs, QAs, and installers/implementers.) Select the answer that most closely resembles your organization. For example, 1:4 = 1 technical writer to 4 developers.

We have included a graph of the survey results (click to zoom).