Technical communicators beware: The next generation of high-tech recruiting methods

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 276-290

  Munger, Roger ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Job boards; Online recruiting; R sum management systems; R sum s; Technical communication

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; MARKETING; ONLINE SEARCHING; TECHNICAL WRITING;

TECHNICAL COMMUNICATORS;

INTERNET;

EID: 0036903108     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2002.805933     Document Type: Article

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