Liz wrote: > So, what are some of the best means we (IxDA) could > employ to communicate the IxD message & self-definition > with recruiters, HR departments, education, business > leaders, etc.?
We could start by vetting the IxDA job postings. We already screen them for format; start screening them for content. I can't imagine anyone on the board has the time to handle that responsibility singlehandedly but perhaps some sort of group screening or flagging. Make that part of the value proposition for designers searching for jobs. We screen out the cruft. In support of that, start teaching accepted vocabulary to recruiters. Do it through the job board interface (first, create a job board.) Many boards already make recruiters choose between distinctions like fulltime/freelance and design/development. Add a few more distinctions, explain what we say they mean, and penalize recruiters who get it wrong in the same way we penalize recruiters who can't be bothered to learn how to format their subject lines. Then, based on those trials, reach out to other recruiting entities. Create a "Guide to Hiring Interaction Designers and Interface Designers." Tell them what to avoid and what to try. Teach them how to speak our language. In many ways, it's the recruiters' job to figure out how to entice the kind of candidates they want but that doesn't mean we shouldn't help them. Use them as a bridge to the thousands of companies out there trying to hire designers. // jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=26265 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
