New Jobs Indeed!

Technical writers tend to move from job to job. That's partly because many companies eliminated actual technical writing departments long ago, and only take on contract writers when they have the need. It's also partly because many people get into technical writing part-time, long-distance, which isn't the way permanent jobs usually work.

In any event, part of a technical writer's life is to be on the lookout for that perfect opportunity, just the right match between skills, preferences, and requirements. And that used to mean keeping up with up to a dozen job search sites, like Monster, Dice, and CareerBuilder. Well, here's one site that may give you all you need to search for jobs: indeed.

www.indeed.com lets you do simple searches – like keyword and location – and instantly displays all matching jobs, from thousands of career websites. A recent search on the phrase "technical writer" and my zip code yielded over 350 jobs. In two clicks, I had narrowed this to only jobs with the title of technical writer and only full-time positions.

If you're looking for a job – and if you aren't now, you will be one day – give indeed.com a try. I don't think you're going to find a more extensive, and easy, way to find your next position.