From: mkrupit@vulture.verity.com (Mike Krupit)
Subject: Verity Inc.: Technical Writers
Reply-To: mkrupit@vulture.verity.com (Mike Krupit)
Organization: Verity, Inc.  1550 Plymouth Ave, Mt. View, CA 94043
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 22:51:09 GMT

Verity, creator of the TOPIC(r) family of document retrieval software and
services, leads the burgeoning market with growth projected by IDC to break
$383 million by 1994.  Taking a dramatic departure from the limited keyword or
Boolean search methods traditionally used in text retrieval, we've opened new
possibilities through developing "concept-retrieval" that relevance ranks
search data.  In terms of sophistication, the TOPIC family of products supports
27 hardware platforms, 6 GUIs, 23 native document formats, 5 OSs and all major
LANs and WANs.  And we're aggressively developing mature technology and
marketing relationships with major RDBMS, software and hardware vendors to
continue to push the technology.

If you have multiple operating systems expertise and are interested in working
with an innovator where you can still make a major impact, come work with the
professionals at Verity.
Senior Technical Writer

Summary:

Position to help address Verity's need for an experienced technical writer
to assist with the design, writing, and production of documentation for
our user interfaces.  The successful candidate will have significant
experience creating end-user documentation for user interfaces, as well
as experience working as an integral part of a product development team.

Responsibilities:

This individual will assist with the design, writing, and production
of end-user documentation in the form of manuals, on-line help, and
application notes for the TOPIC interface.  The ability to develop
quality documentation, provide design and production solutions
for complex documentation tasks, and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced
environment is required.  This individual will be expected to write
according to the existing stylistic standards set by the documentation group,
and to participate in evolving new stylistic standards.

Major responsibilities are outlined below.

   o Working with the Documentation Manager to understand documention plans,
     and eventually participate in development of documention plans
   o Designing and writing documentation outlined by document plans,
     including meeting scheduled milestones
   o Producing documentation including doing copyedits of final text,
     producing screenshots and other artwork, producing camera-ready copy
   o Tracking product development progress
   o Communicating with development team members including product development
     engineers, SQA engineers, and their managers
   o Some communicating with other Verity organizations such as Marketing,
     Customer Support, and Senior Management

Skills:

A minimum of 4 years' professional experience as a software technical writer,
with significant experience writing documentation for user interface
products. BA, BS or equivalent degree.  The successful candidate must have the
following technical background:  experience using FrameMaker or a similar
desktop publishing package, and experience using multiple operating systems 
including a multi-user operating system such as UNIX or VMS.  Project 
management background must include a record of having produced quality
documentation on schedule, the ability to prioritize tasks during
the product development cycle, and an affinity for communicating well with
others in a product development environment.

Verity offers progressive company benefits and competitive compensation.  Apply
today by sending, or faxing your resume to: Verity, Attn: Herb Deitz, 1550
Plymouth Street, Mountain View, CA  94043-1230; FAX 415/960-7698 or e-mail
hdeitz@verity.com.