Hi all A suggestion was made for a dedicated section where contractors/consultants and companies with need for temporary/one-off projects can meet. The team at RealContacts tells me they need to do one thing to make it work better for contractors, and that is to allow you to search for jobs and be notified of jobs based on the job being a short-term/contract position. They are working on this, along with usability and wording to make it clear to employers that contract work is as welcome as permanent.
Once they have that, you will be able to set your notifications to only hear of contract work. For now, you have to set notifications on just the job category and location, and filter them by looking at them. But since RealContacts only works in personal and organised networks, there are usually less than 5 jobs per day emerging in your network. Still, they recognise that better searching is required, not only by job length and seniority, but also by keyword, and it's on their list of to-dos. They appreciate all feedback and ideas, and anything I collect here I will relay to them. Note - they are usually tuned in to the forum, too. Regards, James -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Mageanu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2003 14:10 To: Canterbury Software Email Forum Subject: Re: [csforum] Making the most of the Real Contacts system Yes, I have a suggestion. There is a new breed in town: Contractors. And they are active and have no way of making themselves known through a formal forum. I had a chat with Grant from RealContacts, he told me some interesting things and he asked me an even more interesting question: Have you ever been contacted after you posted your ad in CSC web page? 'Nope, ever' I answered. I haven't noticed it until then that indeed, no one called in relation with any ad I posted in any of the job servers available in NZ in their Contractors sections. I made a few phone calls to others contractors I know (not many indeed), I asked them the same question and invariably got the same answer: Nope! The market may not be that strong for this, but there is a market out there, otherwise we will not be in. The CSC initiative with the Jobs Wanted section is the only one I know where those actively looking for work can say so and is in plain view. Nowhere else is this possible, hence on all servers, RealContacts included, you can only see the available jobs, not the available people. By the way Vicky, expect more ads soon in that section :) And now the suggestion: Can RealContacts do something about this? A dedicated section where contractors/consultants and companies with need for temporary/one-off projects can meet? Cheers, Adrian Mageanu ********************************************************************** This electronic email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. The views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the Canterbury Development Corporation Ltd. If you are not the correct recipient of this email please advise the sender and delete. Canterbury Development Corporation Ltd http://www.cdc.org.nz ********************************************************************** --> via Canterbury Software email forum: Success through Connections Email your messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Leave or rejoin the list: http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/forum.htm
