We’ve all spent a long time trying to decide how to craft the perfect cover letter and resume to apply to new positions. To get a gig as a professional technical writer, we're often expected to present writing samples, too. These samples are the key to showing potential employers that you can concisely explain a process in various mediums.

I went through this process many times while applying for different technical writer positions. From my experience going through the interview process and writing submissions for Google, I learned more about what was expected of a technical writer and how to better position myself as an expert technical communicator.

In this talk we’ll discuss:

+ How to pick the best writing samples for a job application
+ How to approach additional writing prompts and homework
+ Document design and packaging writing for print and the web
+ Empathy for our potential employers, readers of the writing samples

We’ll also touch on how to update your existing work to meet the expectations in the job description.