{"id":77,"date":"2020-10-08T16:25:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/acctechcomm\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2021-03-29T17:45:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T17:45:56","slug":"career-outlook","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/acctechcomm\/career-outlook\/","title":{"rendered":"Technical Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-77","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"layouts":[{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"","column_1":"

Technical writers, technical communicators, information specialists, desktop publishers\u2014the job titles<\/a> are many\u2014occupy a small but important part of the technical, government, and business world. They may rarely have all the expert technical knowledge\u2014in fact, rarely do\u2014but they excel at communication, at handling information, at document design, at meeting readers\u2019 needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is an excellent career path for people with liberal arts degrees, especially those who have had difficulties getting employment that draws upon the capabilities they developed in college. But it is also a popular choice for technical people who have good communications skills but need a change of scenery.<\/span><\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#eaeaea","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"What is Technical Communication?","column_1":"

Technical Communications as defined by The Society for Technical Communication (STC)<\/a> is any form of communication that exhibits one or more of the following characteristics:<\/span>
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