Good evening, Lisa, One place to start looking at the salary aspect is the recent WritersUA Salary Survey. Please see the link below.
http://www.writersua.com/surveys/salary06/index.html I'm sure there are other sources, but this one came to mind first. Hope this helps, Kind regards, Frank M. Palinkas M.C.P., M.C.T., M.C.S.E., M.C.D.B.A., A+ Microsoft Registered Partner Senior Technical Communicator, Web Standards & Accessibility Designer --------------------------------------------------------------------- super group trading ltd. Sandhurst, Gauteng, South Africa website: http://www.supergroup.co.za --------------------------------------------------------------------- Member: Society for Technical Communications(S.T.C.) Guild of Accessible Web Designers (G.A.W.D.S.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- website: http://frank.helpware.net email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Work: +27 11 523 4931 Home: +27 11 455 5287 Fax: +27 11 455 3112 Mobile: +27 741 091 908 --------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lisa M. Bronson (TCP) Sent: Thursday, 16 November, 2006 18:18 PM To: tcp@techcommpros.com Subject: [TCP] speaking to a college group Good morning, I have a speaking engagement at the local community college on Monday night with a group of students interested in technical writing. I have plans to tell them how I got started in technical writing, show them the interactive 3D documentation I'm working on, and of course, tell them about TCP. :) In the past, I've spoken at several high schools where one of the most common questions is "How much money do you make?", but this is my first time presenting to a college group. * If you had heard a speaker like this in college, what would you have liked to know about the career? * If you *did* hear a speaker like this in college, what types of information presented were helpful, and what you wish they would (or wouldn't) have covered? * If you've been a speaker, your comments about your experiences would be invaluable to me! Thanks! Lisa B. _______________________________________________ Are you a Help Authoring Trainer or Consultant? Let clients find you at www.HAT.Matrix.com, the searchable HAT database based on Char James-Tanny's HAT Comparison Matrix. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. Interested in Interactive 3D Documentation? Get the scoop at http://www.doc-u-motion.com -- your 3D documentation community. _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals To post a message to the list, send an email to TCP@techcommpros.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com or, via email, send a blank message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the TCP site at http://www.techcommpros.com To find out more about the list, including archives and your account options, visit http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com If you need assistance with the list, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Are you a Help Authoring Trainer or Consultant? Let clients find you at www.HAT.Matrix.com, the searchable HAT database based on Char James-Tanny's HAT Comparison Matrix. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. Interested in Interactive 3D Documentation? Get the scoop at http://www.doc-u-motion.com -- your 3D documentation community. _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals To post a message to the list, send an email to TCP@techcommpros.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com or, via email, send a blank message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the TCP site at http://www.techcommpros.com To find out more about the list, including archives and your account options, visit http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com If you need assistance with the list, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]