Job ads in CLUG.

[james]

hi everyone, 

I think most of the time a job post is made by me only once in any given
month, there has probably been times when an ad might have been
re-posted twice in the same month though (I'm not a fan of this but
sometimes the response has been very dry). 

Any post relating to a job ad I do prefix with JOB: so this should allow
members to setup rules in their mail clients to deal with these posts or
simply click the delete key rather than open and read. 

In terms of anybody benefiting from my posting jobs ads, I am hoping
that it could benefit the group as a whole.   I have a genuine interest
in all things open source and this could be of benefit to a CLUG member
looking for a new job or a CLUG member that maybe even a client looking
to recruit themselves.  

I do run Linux on several machines and there are times when I could do
with a bit of help myself, but I tend to turn to Google and find out the
answers quicker.  However, where and when possible I am happy to offer
any assistance to others.

If the general consensus of the list is that you don't want me to post
jobs ads please let me know and I will immediately stop - I don't want
to upset anybody.  

I'm not promising anything but assuming all is ok for jobs ads to
continue to be posted maybe I could come along to one of the CLUG
meetups and get a few beers in or someone might like to get in touch
with me to talk about arranging a CLUG meet-up.  This would be good as
you can meet and get to know me ....and me you. 

thanks James


On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 04:34 -0700, hjenkins wrote:
> I guess it's currently a gift economy; the CLUG mailing list gives free
> exposure to job advertisers, and gives subscribers free access to
> interesting jobs. One might hope that some of the money saved on placement
> agencies goes to charity, one might suggest it, or one might require it.
> 
> Separately, if people are annoyed by the job postings, why not ask job
> posters to include the string "[JOB OFFER]"/"[JOB WANTED]" in the subject
> line?
> 
> The people with good jobs can route anything from CLUG with that string to
> /dev/null, and if job posts start to eat serious bandwidth it could be
> made a subscription option. It would also make it easier to post the jobs
> on the website, should anyone find it worthwhile to do that :-).
> 
> My 1p worth, at current exchange rates.
> 
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