On 07/11/2011 08:35 AM, David Chandler wrote: > As a moderator of this group, I reject almost a dozen job postings per > day. Several per week actually relate to GWT, but even so are > inconsistent with this forum's mission. However, I approved Jeff > Burnham's post because I think there is some benefit in this discussion. > > The GWT team doesn't feel that it's our place to maintain a GWT jobs > forum; however, if the community wants to take this on, we'll certainly > be glad to help promote it. Also, if there are things you want > recruiters to know, I'll be happy to write up a sticky post with info > for recruiters (as well as a restatement of the job postings ban on this > forum). > > In the mean time, if you're a GWT consultant looking for work, here's > some advice I can offer as a former consultant. > > 1. The best jobs are those that find you, so make yourself findable. > Write a GWT blog. Put "GWT developer" in your Google+ and LinkedIn > profiles with a link to your Google Groups profile so recruiters can see > how often you post on this group. Also put "GWT consulting" or something > more descriptive in your signature so it shows up in every post on this > group. Good recruiters know how to search Google Groups and > StackOverflow to find the real experts. > > 2. Give a GWT talk at your local JUG or GTUG. Recruiters often frequent > the larger JUGs and if you're giving the talk, you're their expert. > > 3. Get your resume in the database of every credible technical staffing > shop you can find. Apply for every GWT job. Even if it's slightly > over/under your abilities, that will get you in the recruiter's resume > database. Put a link to your online profiles in your resume so they can > read your blog, see how long you've been posting on this group, etc. > > 4. Post your resume in the various online job services like Dice and > Monster. Don't just search for jobs--make yourself searchable. Many jobs > are never posted--the recruiters search the online databases and contact > you directly. Also make sure you update your resume in these services > every couple months as recruiters tend to look for recent updates. > > Again, let me know where you want me to direct GWT job postings, and > I'll be happy to help out. > > /dmc
Well, that's a nice segue! To take nothing away from dmc's excellent advice, we still have the list out there. As I was moving manure this morning, I was thinking about this issue. To that end, I would like to propose that we share the moderation task. Given that the jobs list is a commons, we shouldn't ask Google employees to moderate the list, and "we" and "us" means "those who subscribe to GWT users list". I should think that if we get somewhere between 5 and 10 volunteers, one person from that pool can moderate the jobs list for some period (nominally 2 weeks). At the end of that period, the next person in the list assumes the task. Perhaps a Google calendar to track each moderator's schedule. The idea is to share the soul-sucking zombification that is list management, yet still maintain a useful service to the community. Cheers, jec -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
