I think that allowing job postings enables people who aren't currently looking to see what skills they are expected to have in case they decide to start looking. It helps you to keep your skills up-to-date!. This is good for people who have been with one company for a long time and have had set responsibilities - they might not even think of these skills, but developing them might help them in their current position or get them ready for the next. And it also gives a somewhat inside track (sometimes even to the ones responsible for hiring) to both those who are and are not currently looking. And I agree with Alan - it's also interesting to see which companies are hiring and where and what they're looking for. And lastly, it gives us a reading on how the economy is doing...no job posts means no jobs...more job posts means that things are starting to look up, and that companies are starting to hire again!
Courtney -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Wexelblat Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 3:05 PM To: Elizabeth Bacon Cc: Interaction_Designers Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] On the topic of Recruiters On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Elizabeth Bacon <[email protected]> wrote: > Right now, job posts are definitely noise amid the discussion for > those uninterested in opportunities, That's an interesting assumption - I'd be curious to know if you've surveyed people on that. For myself I'm not looking but I keep a file of job postings that I might refer to later. Likewise I check the subjects of job postings because they give interesting data on geographic locations and often company names/industries where hiring is taking place. I'd be sad to see all postings forced off the list. I though the application of a label such as [JOB] allowed easy enough filtering, but perhaps that's not universally true either... Best, --Alan ________________________________________________________________ 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 ________________________________________________________________ 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
