The community events listed below may be of interest to STC Canada West Coast members. For a list of current and upcoming chapter events, click the links under the Upcoming Chapter Events heading in the left column.

STC Job Seeker Bootcamp

STC announces a FREE program for members who are currently seeking employment or contracts.

In this tough economic climate, STC would like to extend a helping hand to those conducting job searches. While members have free access to the Job Seeker Boot Camp, as well as many other benefits, STC has made this program available to nonmembers for the affordable rate of $65. So if you have friends or colleagues seeking employment, be sure to tell them about this special offer.

The STC Job Seeker Boot Camp includes four elements to help the effectiveness of your search:

FREE access to the STC Career Center where NEW job postings specific to technical communicators are listed and shown to members EXCLUSIVELY FOR 14 DAYS before they are released to the public. STC recently partnered with the top recruiters in the tech comm field to post the best job openings on our Career Center.

FREE access to a dozen-plus articles written by and for technical communicators about how to distinguish yourself, how to identify hidden job markets, what questions to expect during the interview, and how to increase your perceived value to your next employer. The work of technical communicators is an important contribution to a company’s bottom line. Learn what to emphasize when describing the value of your accomplishments.

FREE access to audio podcasts by well-known STC recruiters. John Hedtke and Jack Molisani speak on topics such as: mistakes technical communicators make during job searches, résumé tips, creating buzz about yourself during your search, and how to ace the interview.

FREE access to the latest STC Salary Survey to help you establish your value during negotiations. The survey also shows how technical writers have shifted from state to state or metropolitan areas, where salaries are holding firm, and where the largest increases in salaries have occurred. Learn what the average, median, and 90th percentile salary are for technical writers in your area.

HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS

The STC Job Seeker Boot Camp is presented as an additional FREE benefit for members.

Think you’re funny?

Think you’re funny? Enter this contest and prove it!

The SFU Summer Publishing Workshops has partnered with an amazing group of literary organizations to offer the best writer of humour a chance to win big! If you can make us laugh the hardest, you can win:

• Two tickets to the Symposium on the Book (humour) on July 18th
• Two complete sets of books from each of the authors at the symposium
• Two nights at the Delta Suites Vancouver
• Passes for two to an event during the Vancouver International Writers Festival

• A year’s subscription to The Walrus magazine
• A year’s subscription to The Globe and Mail
• The latest book from esteemed designer Robert Bringhurst (CCSP Press)
• Dinner with the authors and panelists in the symposium

Incredible right?
All we want is a 500-700 word essay of your best humour writing. Three judges will make the final selection and we will announce the winner on July 14th. Be prepared to have your piece read on air by North by Northwest and published on Books on the Radio and the SFU Summer Publishing website.

Deadline for entries is: Monday, July 5 at 5:00 p.m.

Send your submission to one of three places by mail, email or in person. Be sure to clearly label it SYMPOSIUM CONTEST.

SFU Summer Publishing Workshops
3573-515 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
North by Northwest
CBC Vancouver
Box 4600
Vancouver, BC V6B 4A2
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

The Vancouver International Writers Festival
202-1398 Cartwright St.
Vancouver BC, V6H 3R8
Email:viwf@writersfest.bc.ca

Space is still available in many of our Publishing Workshops this July and August. For information please visit http://www.ccsp.sfu.ca/pubworks

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