On Sun, 17 Jan 2010, Mike Connors wrote: > Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:23:14 -0800 > From: Mike Connors <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help; civil and on-topic" > <[email protected]> > To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help; civil and on-topic" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Looking for sys admin > > Scott Garman wrote: >> Dwight Hubbard wrote: >> >>> I think it's an interesting idea, but I would be concerned about the small >>> number of less than scrupulous recruiters posting a bunch of crap that would >>> make it nearly useless for it's intended use. Like nearly every job and >>> resume site on the net. >>> >> >> Personally I would never post my resume online. My LinkedIn profile has >> a summary of my background and experience, but that's as far as I would go. >> >> The best way to avoid it is to never submit your resume if you don't >> know where it's going. Craigslist postings that don't mention the >> company name are red flags to be avoided in particular. >> >> I apologize if this post is a bit too off-topic. > Okay, this is starting to get a bit like the game "heard it through the > grapevine" > > Let me reiterate for clarification how this thread evolved and what the > relevant points are: > > 1. A PLUG member post about a friend who is looking for some Sys Admin > help and wants to know if he should (A) Post it to another mailing list > and (B) Is it bad mailing list etiquette to post his resume. > > 2. I tell him about the [PLUG-jobs] list. Which for informal gigs/projs > through people who are in some way associated w. PLUG might or might not > be the most appropriate place... > > 3. The Orig Poster posts to plug-jobs > > 4. "Jackman" responds and asks if it's good mailing list etiquette to > respond on the list w. his resume. > > 5. I throw out the idea of having a place where people who are > interested in picking-up gigs/projs could post a short summary of their > skills/experience with contact info for people who are affiliated with > PLUG to go look at when then need to find a 'hired gun'. > > 6. A bunch of people freak out about unscrupulous recruiters, laws > around job recruiting, and their personal opinion on the wheres, whats, > and whys the post their post their work history. > > So, let's try this again shall we? > > Here's what I'm suggesting, a page on the PLUG site for PLUG members who > are interested in picking up gigs/projs with people who are somehow > affiliated w. PLUG. > > Let me try to make a few things *crystal* clear... > > 1. This is *not* for recruiters nor is it for *job postings*. > 2. If *you* are not interested in doing this, that's fine, don't do it, > but I'm not interest in hearing excuses, horror stories, etc... > 3. This is for the people that ask someone who is an existing PLUG > member the question > "hey do you know someone who can do x, y, z". > And the PLUG member responds, "no, but go to the PLUG site and maybe > someone who can do x, y, z and is looking for 'hired gun' work has a > work skill/experience profile posted" > That person looking for the 'hired gun' goes to the PLUG web site, finds > a person or two they think might be qualified and then contacts them. > > Pretty simple, useful, and harmless, eh? > > So, here's what I'm asking. > > A. Is anyone interested in posting a brief summary of their > skills/experience for 'hired gun' work for people who are in one or > another associated with PLUG? > > B. Who decides whether or not we can do something like this on the PLUG > web site. > > Thank you in advance for reading this thoroughly and responding > appropriately.
I think it is a great idea to have a place where PLUG job seekers can get the inside scoop on employment opportunities. These are tough times, and the unemployed need all the help they can get. Even in good times, all the best jobs I've had were obtained via word-of-mouth. Only a person who is already gainfully employed would object to such a thing. And the answer for such a person is simple: ignore it, it doesn't apply to you. I just started a 5-year trek through school. When I get out, I will be looking for jobs in the Pacific Northwest because that's where a computer programmer can expect to find a good job and the best possible living environment (vs SoCal or the East Coast). I would very much like to keep my finger on the pulse of the Portland job scene so I don't come in cold. If there is some work to be done in writing the webapp for this tool, I can help. Carlos _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
