Technical Writer

TWCS is seeking exceptional technical writers, who are committed to helping organizations build a solid foundation for their business by developing clear, comprehensive documentation, including all policies, processes, and procedures.

If you are an excellent communicator with vision, focused on discovery, development, and innovative solutions, we want to hear from you!

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Business Analyst

TWCS is seeking exceptional Business Analysts to help move organizations into the future. If you are an excellent communicator with vision, focused on discovery, development, and innovative solutions, we want to hear from you!

In this competitive job market, your resume is often your introduction to prospective employers!

On average, employers take 10-15 seconds to review your resume and decide if they want to interview you in person. It's up to you to make that first impression a lasting one!

Use this checklist to help get your seat at the interview table!

Before you begin typing the resume, gather information, write notes, and create an outline, including a list of accomplishments on each job.

Confirm your contact information and that of previous employers’ are correct.

Highlight your accomplishments – not just tasks and responsibilities - both in your Professional Summary and throughout the resume. Employers want to know you are a contributor who cares about the job you’re doing.

Check your use of past and present tense.

Keep style and flow consistent throughout. Is it easy to read and follow?

Don’t leave them guessing… Spell out and explain acronyms or jargon specific to a particular job or organization.

Compare your resume to others in your field. Seeing other similar resumes may help you determine the best layout and content for the industry you work in.

Read your resume OUT LOUD (to others if possible) to be sure it is clear and error-free!

Call a friend! Ask a trusted colleague or friend to read your resume and encourage them to ask questions if they don’t understand something. Then, make it clear!

Run SPELLCHECK!! and Run SPELLCHECK again!! And then, read through it just once more to be sure you are presenting the BEST version of Y.O.U.!!

Written by Victoria Glaude, with contributing author Judy Ross

1. Read a lot more. This can include articles, blog posts, print/ebooks or magazines. But, whatever it is, you need to read more in order to get better at writing.

2. Journal every day. Writing about your day and feelings will not only lead you to get more used to writing frequently, but you’ll be more in tuned with your inner writing voice.

3. List all the topics you want to write about and create questions from them. Make it a goal to answer the questions in different ways (for example: essay style, story form, “how to” posts).

4. Find writing prompts online and work on them to keep the creativity flowing.

5. Make a goal of a new word count each week, so that you’ll get used to writing at a set limit. For example, if you’re used to writing 250 words in a session, up it to 350 words for a week.

6. Use a voice recorder to essentially “talk out” what you want to write about.

7. Resist the urge to edit so that you can get everything you want on paper.

8. As uncomfortable it may seem, share your work with others. Be receptive to criticism.

9.  Find a time you like to write. Many people believe it’s better to write as soon as you wake up, but I find that I do better writing in the middle of the day, at about 2 or 3p.m. Try writing at different times of the day and create your writing schedule around that time.

10. Realize that writer’s block is a real thing but can only be defeated by writing. Even if you write on a subject different from the previous one, it’s better to get all what’s on your mind out on paper.

11. Do timed-exercises to see how much you can write. This can be useful for increasing the amount of words you can write in a non-distracted time limit. See how much and how well you can write in 15 minutes, then increase it by 15 minutes more when you notice your writing getting better.

12. Challenge yourself to produce and publish more writing. Sometimes it can be discouraging to write when you feel like others aren’t noticing your work. The more people see your writing, the more exposure you get. The secret is to make it a goal to publish often so that your writing fears will start to diminish!

Guest Blogger Tori Glaude is a D.C. lifestyle blogger and author of "Sour Grapes into Wine: How to Leave a Toxic Relationship to Create a Productive Lifestyle." When she's not writing or working in television production, she enjoys kickboxing and trying out new restaurants.

Is landing the right job in the right place with the right people a crap shoot? Is it true what “they say” that we attract people and situations into our lives based on who we are?  

I’ve had job experiences that ranged from being so fulfilling that some days our sides hurt from laughing, to working with teams so closely that nobody complained when our days morphed into long nights trying to get a system back up and running, while sucking up coffee and pound cake, to traveling the U.S. on the company’s dime… to … HOW THE HELL did I end up here in this toxic suite with these backstabbing lunatics?!?!  

Are these experiences based on company culture, human dynamics, that “attraction” they speak of, luck, or choice?

There are hundreds of studies, and of course opinions, about what people say job satisfaction means to them. Do those statistics really get to the heart of what people need in order to feel a true sense of accomplishment, contribution, and self-worth?

We’re not going to deal with statistics here – let the experts calculate numbers… I’d like to invite you to really think about how many pieces and parts need to come together pretty consistently in order for you to feel a true sense of satisfaction and success at work.

My mantra as an employee was always “I have to work, but I don’t have to work here!” Because, in the end, we all have choices.  

Of course we can’t all design the perfect career and choose our life work, but what if we could?  What would that look like for you? What motivates and inspires you?

Let’s get the standard answers like higher pay, flexible hours, shorter workweek, less hassle from the boss, and less work off the table.    

When you think about what you do daily (and might possibly be doing every day for 8 or more hours for the next 20 to 30 years) …are you in mindless motion? Do you feel a real sense of contribution and accomplishment? Are you making a difference in your city, the community, or the world?  Do you have a pleasant, satisfied feeling after a hard day at work?

If we make long-term career choices like we choose a mate – even a lifetime friend - the requirements would go a little deeper.  Now, we would want respect, fairness, cooperation, acknowledgement, appreciation, compromise, communication, consideration, support, loyalty, honesty, security, trust.  Doesn’t that just feel good when you think about it? And, is that too much to ask from the people you spend more time with than you spend with your family?

I hope you weren’t holding me out for answers to the questions I posed! I only know for sure that each of your answers will be as unique as you are!