[ale] The ale-unempoyed mailing list

[Jeff Hubbs]

My feeling is that since the consumers of the list are going to be job 
hunters - including job hunters who are doing so under duress - resumes 
are the *last* thing that the list needs.  What it needs are position 
descriptions that are more tightly targeted to Linux-heavy people in the 
Atlanta area than the stuff that floods Monster, ComputerJobs, etc., 
which any of us can use and search within with equal capability. 

Fulton Green wrote:

>On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 02:50:38PM -0500, Randy Ramsdell wrote:
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>>On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 14:34 -0500, Fulton Green wrote:
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>>>Actually, it seems that the ALE unemployed list has had some policy
>>>changes recently.  For starters, the list is now moderated, and not
>>>very frequently at that.  Also, the list moderator has expressed a
>>>desire to disallow re'sume' postings.  I don't know if that would also
>>>bar a posting containing a link to one's re'sume'.
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>>Just a formal comment regarding the limitation of resume posting.
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>>Why? :) I think finding jobs these days is difficult so adding new
>>features and not reducing them would make more sense. 
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>I think in the case of posting actual re'sume' files, attachments can
>get unwieldly.  I don't even know if they get archived, and I think that
>at least a few people on the ALE list (some of which would also be on the
>"unemployed", or whatever it gets called in the future, list) don't like
>receiving attachments.
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>As far as inline text or HTML, that might be a better way to go.  But I
>don't know if the motivation lies with trying to keep message sizes
>manageable or if there is some other concern about job seekers posting
>re'sume' content, or just a link to a re'sume', or even simply an
>announcement regarding their availability for employment.
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>Also, another demotivator for opening that list up to job seekers would be
>the possibility of getting crapflooded by, for example, every single Joe
>TechEd looking for their first gig after getting that fresh new MSCE /
>CNE / whathaveyou cert.
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>>Is this open for discussion?
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>Since this is a community-driven resource, I would think it is, and that's
>why I'm discussing it.  However, the actual physical resources themselves
>(hardware, bandwidth, etc.) are owned by Chris Farris (look for his addy
>at the bottom of www period chrisfarris period com).
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>When he announced the new policy changes and proposals to the "unemployed"
>list a few days ago, he indicated that he would take feedback and even
>post any relevant responses (which I guess would exclude "flamebait" and
>such) back to that list.  However, that was a few days ago, and I haven't
>seen my thoughts posted back nor a rejection notice.  I wouldn't be
>surprised if he's suffering a "beat-down" by his weekday workload, but I'd
>be surprised if I didn't see some kind of response over the weekend.
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>If the "no job seekers" policy sticks, you might want to start building
>your LinkedIn network. Now.  Actually, that's a good idea regardless.
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>And there you have it.
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