On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 01:59:44PM -0400, alonb wrote:
> Our company is a garage model Start-up located in New York USA, we have
> developed a prototype of a Linux email management gateway
> and would like to find excellent developers who believe in our field to
> take action toward our upcoming success story.
>  
> At this point of time we can't make any F/T offers, however we can offer
> an attractive benefits plan based on the team member's contribution.
> we are looking for dedicated entrepreneurial experts to join our highly
> professional team.
>  
> To best handle this process please answer the following basic questions:
> 1. What is your weekly availability for P/T work (in hours) ?
> 2. Are you familiar with Linux/Apache/Perl/JSP/C/C++ (server side only)
> and if so at what level (work / studies / home use / other) ?
> 3. What is the most convenient time for you to have an introduction call
> ?
> 4. Do you Enjoy and experienced on scripting (shell,perl,python, sql)

Following are some guidelines which may or may not prove useful when
sending job offers to a technology oriented crowd:

 1) Please specify a full name in the From: header. People find it dubious
    when a potential employer identifies himself only using his first name.
 2) Trim down the subject. You don't need to specify the job requirements 
    in the header; a subject saying "Job Offer" should be good enough.
 3) Don't phrase the job requirements like cheesy spam. Indicating what
    is required from the prospective employee in the form of questions 
    sounds foreboding and somewhat ridiculous.
 4) Make sure your website is not cluttered with buzzwords and lacking in
    content. Reading the description of your product, I was only able to
    get a very vague idea as to the purpose of your work.

Since post job offers has become common place on this list, the above 
guidelines may be useful to other potential employers.

        Regards, Yotam Rubin

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