A recruitment meta-discussion! These always end well! - moderate new users - if new post from new user is a job post that DOESN'T meet the existing guidelines, don't allow post - if post mentions rockstars/ninjas/pirates/gurus/sexologists/biebers etc, refer poster to costume shop rather than letting them post to list
On 08/10/2012, at 3:32 PM, Daniel Draper wrote: > Can I suggest that people use Codehire.com for this kind of thing? Its > exactly this sort of problem that we set out to solve. Right now its free to > list and we'll be giving coders the ability to subscribe to jobs of interest > very soon. It will keep Rails Oceania (and other boards for that matter) a > bit more on topic! > > (Disclaimer: Yes, Codehire is my site :)) > > On 8 October 2012 13:30, Michael Pearson <[email protected]> wrote: > Would you like to earn $80 for one hour of your time and are in the Sydney > CBD? > > Talk to me, and I'll refer you to somebody. You'll have to pretend to be me > and give me $150, but I'll give you $80, honest. > > .. > > Ok. > > There's been quite a few questionable job postings lately. By "questionable" > I mean "copy/paste the standard Looking for a Ninja/Great Dynamic Company > seek.com.au template". Recruiters I've never seen on the list before. It's > getting kind of spammy. > > This isn't helping, but I can't actually find out who moderates this list > through the Google Groups interface, so we all get to argue about it here. > > I like using RORO as a discussion forum AND as a recruitment/job pool. It's > not going to have value as either if this "free classifieds" stuff keeps up. > > The $150 / Sydney thing is a nice example. Is it $150 or $120? I dunno, hit > send, don't talk to your client. > > I've got a suggestion: if you've never posted on the list before, and your > first posting is a job ad, you've gotta come to a meetup first. Otherwise, > there's not much that's difference between whatever you're about to post and > what can be found on seek.com.au. > > I would rather a low traffic list than one I have to filter out. > > -- > Michael Pearson > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" 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/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > > > -- > Daniel Draper > CEO (Code Executive Officer), > Codefire > > www.codefire.com > > Mobile: +61 403 089 661 > Aus: +61 8 7127 6740 > US: +1 (408) 217-1859 > > AppLaunch | Rescue Ops | Integrate > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" 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/rails-oceania?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" 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/rails-oceania?hl=en.
