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How do you negotiate a contract; what should be in a contract; payment in dollars or shekels?
COandPI - Copyeditors and Proofreaders Israel will meet on May 27 (Tel-Aviv) and 30 (Jerusalem) at 7:30 PM to discuss "How do you negotiate a contract; what should be in a contract; payment in dollars or shekels?" and "How would different editors edit the same material?"
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Salaries and Freelance Rates Rise in Q2 2007
The average and median salaries for technical/marcom writers rose 788.91 and 500 NIS respectively since the start of Q1. The average direct contractors hourly rate dropped by $0.74, while the median rose by $0.50. Average and median hourly rates for subcontractors on the other hand rose significantly, +$3.67 and +4.65 respectively.
A review of the detailed statistics shows a number of different trends that reflect important changes in the market. The recent drop in the US dollar had very little affect on the report because contractor rates are set in $USD and they had not yet had time to adjust rates. The change in the exchange rate was only reflected for those few writers whose rates are set in NIS because they were converted to $USD using the exchange rate in effect at the time of reporting.
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Are Tech Writing Courses Worthwhile?
The Techshoret list has an interesting thread on technical writing courses in Israel. The thread began as a question about where to find courses and turned into a discussion of how useful they are (or aren't).
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Israeli Elected as At-Large-Director of the STC Worldwide
Leah Guren was recently elected to the Worldwide Board of Directors of the STC (Society of Technical Communicators). She is the first Israeli to serve on the Board of Directors.
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Job Discrimination and Job Opportunity Ads
April 25 2007 elephant (Svi Ben-Elya) under Older Headlines | Comments (0)(edited 10 months, 3 weeks ago)
Tags:The CIWI list has an interesting thread on job discrimination in Israel that began as a Job Opportunity announcement on April 23. A number of writers felt that the advertisement was discriminatory and should not be allowed, while others felt that it was justified. It makes for interesting reading and the discussion appears to be continuing (as of April 25).
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Non-Smoker Wins Big in Court
April 19 2007 elephant (Svi Ben-Elya) under Older Headlines | Comments (0)(edited 10 months, 3 weeks ago)
Tags:Many nonsmoking writers working in hi-tech who take lunch in local restaraunts complain about cigarette smoke. Yes, Israel has a no smoking law. No, it is not often enforced. Hadas Sela took one restaraunt owner to small claims court and won 2,000 NIS (roughly $500). Press release with a copy of the verdict...
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Living and Working in English in Israel
The CIWI list has a fascinating discussion on Israelis who are native English speakers and how important is for them to learn Hebrew. The discussion began with a job offer so the string is mistitled as JOB OPP - Jerusalem - Public Relations Assistant.
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Techshoret List Changes Hands
April 11 2007 elephant (Svi Ben-Elya) under Older Headlines | Comments (0)(edited 10 months, 3 weeks ago)
Tags:Ezriel Yellin just announced that he is turning over the Techshoret list to Paula Stern. Ezriel, also an ordained Rabbi, took over the list from Marjorie Schecter 7 years ago. Paula Stern, who is also the owner of WritePoint
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Israel as an Outsourcing Alternative
March 25 2007 elephant (Svi Ben-Elya) under Older Headlines | Comments (0)(edited 10 months, 3 weeks ago)
Tags:Boston.com, the web site of the Boston Globe, has an interesting article on U.S. firms outsourcing to Israel for skilled work in English.
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Acer Notebooks - No Service in Israel
March 21 2007 elephant (Svi Ben-Elya) under Older Headlines | Comments (0)(edited 10 months, 3 weeks ago)
Tags:On December 4, 2006 the IGB DDR2 failed and I took it in to Telecode in T-A, who are supposed to give service to Acer notebooks in Israel. They do not keep any stock of spare parts (contrary to the new Israeli law passed in September 2006) ...On March 17 it was aired on Channel 2 TV's Hadshot Motza"sh program and you can see it at
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STC Israel Announces 2006 Salary Survey Results
March 17 2007 elephant (Svi Ben-Elya) under Older Headlines | Comments (1)(edited 10 months, 3 weeks ago)
Tags:Surprisingly the STC survey found salaries in Jerusalem (02 area code) to be higher than in Tel-Aviv (03 area code). This is in direct contrast to all of the Elephant surveys.
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WritersUA User Assistance Salary Survey Results
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Libel on the Internet
February 22 2007 elephant (Svi Ben-Elya) under Older Headlines(edited 10 months, 3 weeks ago)
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Technical and Marcom Writing Salaries are Up (End 2006)
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Photograph Permissions
February 19 2007 elephant (Svi Ben-Elya) under Older Headlines(edited 10 months, 3 weeks ago)
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Technical Writing - Training Programs
February 18 2007 elephant (Svi Ben-Elya) under Older Headlines(edited 10 months, 3 weeks ago)
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Copyright Issues
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Salary Negotiations
January 9 2007 elephant (Svi Ben-Elya) under Older Headlines | Comments (0)(edited 10 months, 3 weeks ago)
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Beware: PDF Threat
January 8 2007 elephant (Svi Ben-Elya) under Older Headlines | Comments (0)(edited 10 months, 3 weeks ago)
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New Group Discounts for Elephant Members
December 19 2006 elephant (Svi Ben-Elya) under Older Headlines(edited 10 months, 3 weeks ago)
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Avoiding Repetitive Stress Injuries
Geoffrey J.S. Hart's recent article in TechW-L discusses how to avoid repetitive-stress injuries.
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Ethical Questions
Read and add your input on the following issues:
Age Discrimination Affecting Tech Writers in Israel
What Should a Non-Competition Agreement Include?
Should Tech Writers have a Code of Ethics?
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Reuters Doctored Photos
August 7 2006 elephant (Svi Ben-Elya) under Older Headlines | Comments (0)(edited 10 months, 3 weeks ago)
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Upcoming Events
- Elephant Meeting in Yokneam - Free - Fun Evening
Dec 18 2008 (18:00 - 20:00) - FrameMaker User Group meeting (Petach Tikva)
Jan 07 2009 (18:00 - 20:00) - Techshoret Communicators Conference
Feb 26 2009
Upcoming Courses
- Using Captivate to Create Video Demos (enhancing software documentation)
Dec 11 2008 - Web-Based Training Session: FrameMaker Text Editing and Spelling Techniques
Dec 11 2008 (20:00 - 21:00) - Using FrameMaker
Dec 15 2008 - Dec 17 2008 - FrameMaker Paragraph Autonumbering (web-based training session)
Jan 15 2009 (20:00 - 21:00)
Summaries