Published On Sep 18, 2020
Hiring is always hard, but the more specialized your hire, the harder it will be. If you’re managing a technical blog and you want to stop writing everything yourself, you’ll need to recruit and hire technical writers to help you out.
While traditionally used in education, rubrics are a fantastic tool for hiring, and I’ve used them for years both as an engineering manager and content manager at Draft. Whether you are bringing on a part-time freelancer or a full-time hire, having a good rubric will help you objectively evaluate candidates and keep you focused on the criteria that matter for your job.
In this video, I'll introduce the key elements to my technical writing rubric that I use to hire writers at Draft.dev. To download the whole rubric and learn more, read the article at Draft Academy: https://learn.draft.dev/content-manag...