7 Reasons to Hire a Former Teacher for a Content Marketing Job

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Looking to fill out your organization’s content marketing team? Make sure you’re not overlooking a significant resource. Find out why a former teacher might be just the person for a content marketi…

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

Does that image look like Cornell West, formerly of Princeton University? That aside, the author of this article makes an excellent point. As the daughter of a lifelong education professional as well as someone who has integrated herself in education in an unconventional way and has done some teaching herself, I know that many of these skills not only apply to teachers, but many social science and humanities majors out there. We all can’t be computer developers who know how to write. We all can bring something to the table having multiple skillsets.

–techcommgeekmom

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Author: TechCommGeekMom

Danielle M. Villegas is a technical communicator who currently employed at Cox Automotive, Inc., and freelances as her own technical communications consultancy, Dair Communications. She has worked at the International Refugee Committee, MetLife, Novo Nordisk, BASF North America, Merck, and Deloitte, with a background in content strategy, web content management, social media, project management, e-learning, and client services. Danielle is best known in the technical communications world for her blog, TechCommGeekMom.com, which has continued to flourish since it was launched during her graduate studies at NJIT in 2012. She has presented webinars and seminars for Adobe, the Society for Technical Communication (STC), the IEEE ProComm, TCUK (ISTC) and at Drexel University’s eLearning Conference. She has written articles for the STC Intercom, STC Notebook, the Content Rules blog, and The Content Wrangler as well. She is very active in the STC, as a former chapter president for the STC-Philadelphia Metro Chapter, and is currently serving on three STC Board committees. You can learn more about Danielle on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/daniellemvillegas, on Twitter @techcommgeekmom, or through her blog. All content is the owner's opinions, and does not reflect those of her employers past or present. View All Posts