Re: [jobs-discuss] posting guidelines

2001-02-25 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Tom Metro wrote: becomes active. Once it is, I'd expect the form to guide posters as to what's appropriate. Though even then, it could probably use some intro Well, what I meant was guidelines on what constitutes sufficient/appropriate information. I added this to the

Re: job seeker page musings

2001-10-31 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Vicki Brown wrote: W2 (US) means they take taxes (federal, state, social security) out of each paycheck (along with various other things such as life insurance or pension plan). W2 is the usual term for an employee (even if the person is a contractor, they are consider

Re: job seeker page musings

2001-10-31 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Vicki Brown wrote: Corp-to-Corp: This indicates that the employer would prefer to deal directly with another corporation. The main reason for this preference is to avoid some of the potential liability that might exist in dealing with an independent on a 1099 basis.

Re: scam warning

2001-12-27 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Paris Sinclair wrote: So, applicants, it is asked that if you would like to take on this venture that you accept a waiting period for payment of your work of a few months in order to generate the necessary profit to pay you, or, at your option, instead of a fixed price,

Re: [mplspm]: [Perl Jobs] Perl/Pro*C Developer (onsite), UnitedStates, MN, Minneapolis (fwd)

2002-01-09 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Thomas Eibner wrote: To the local pm lists yes. I think the only reason I got to know about this job is since Dave forwarded it. How does the data look in the database? About what you'd expect: - title - location - salary - required skills etc.. Maybe if the person

Re: scam warning (redux)

2002-01-21 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Vicki Brown wrote: At 13:10 -0800 1/21/02, Vicki Brown wrote: We appreciate you response to our recently posted ad for programmers, we are looking for motivated, talented individual who are willing to work for a 30 evaluation period for company stock. We are a privately

Re: Your job posting on jobs.perl.org (fwd)

2002-01-21 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Casey West wrote: I don't think it matters much now. With a reply like his, there's no way I'd want to step foot in his office, or log in to his boxes. He's a fool for losing his temper and I can bet it wouldn't be the last time. Good point. Plus, if I any of my

Re: QCI/jobs.perl.org suggestion

2002-01-21 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Ask Bjoern Hansen wrote: Actually, I just got another warning about these guys off the list. Dave, we really should make that list ... added as docs/killfile in CVS. -dave /*== www.urth.org we await the New Sun ==*/

Re: scam warning (redux)

2002-01-23 Thread Dave Rolsky
On 23 Jan 2002, Michael R. Wolf wrote: no money implies unethical Non-sequitor!!! My point was that in my experience there is a corrolation between the two. We're in a community centered around free software. Larry Wall, himself, does not currently have an income stream. Yes, he

Re: regarding a completely free job site

2002-02-08 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Terrence Brannon wrote: Is it asking too much to request a donation of gratitude for the jobs.perl.org services? I mean, even if I were starting a startup company in my garage, I would be willing to pay 20-100 dollars (perhaps to YAS or something) for them finding me a

Re: [Perl Jobs] Perl /Java applications developer

2002-02-18 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Douglas Wilson wrote: URL for more information: http://www.hrpro.ca/job_details.asp?id=2271 Contact information: To learn more and apply for this position click link http://www.hrpro.ca/job_details.asp?id=2271 Gee, I was hoping to find out more information

jobs.perl.org site stats

2002-03-12 Thread Dave Rolsky
I added a page of site stats at http://perl.jobs.org/about/stats Looks like March will be our biggest month yet. -dave /*== www.urth.org we await the New Sun ==*/

Re: jobs.perl.org site stats

2002-03-12 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Jonathan Scott Duff wrote: On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 03:42:20PM -0600, Dave Rolsky wrote: I added a page of site stats at http://perl.jobs.org/about/stats Surely that's http://jobs.perl.org/about/stats :-) um, yeah ;) -dave /*== www.urth.org we await

Telecommute RSS feed

2002-03-25 Thread Dave Rolsky
I just added this. Someone asked about this a week or so back, I think. -dave /*== www.urth.org we await the New Sun ==*/

New record for jobs

2002-06-01 Thread Dave Rolsky
We got 46 postings last month, which beats our old record (34) from March of this year. Cool! -dave /*== www.urth.org we await the New Sun ==*/

Re: perljobsnyc@yahoo.com

2002-10-04 Thread Dave Rolsky
On 4 Oct 2002, Uri Guttman wrote: has anyone dealt with [EMAIL PROTECTED]? i think he has posted before and he just posted a telecomm opening. i am holding off approval until i hear some feedback. i am just worried he might be the guy we banned a couple of years ago who had a nyc agency.

RE: [Perl Jobs] Perl programmer (onsite), United States

2002-10-06 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Adam Rinehart wrote: Following the link to guruperl.com only results in a page advertising their product. Not employment info. Did they pull a fast one on us? I just assumed they wanted people to mail them at the address on the page. I'll check it out with them. -dave

Re: [Perl Jobs] Programmer Wanted (part onsite), United States, TX, Corpus Christi

2002-10-16 Thread Dave Rolsky
On 16 Oct 2002, Perl Jobs wrote: Required skills: PERL, Php and Linux operating systems As an FYI to potential applicants, this job was first posted as being 80% PHP, 10% Perl, and 45% MySQL (yes, I know that's 135%!). They changed it so I posted it, but I debated on whether or not I should,

Re: [Perl Jobs] Programmer Wanted (part onsite), United States, TX, Corpus Christi

2002-10-16 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Charles Albrecht wrote: Yeah, and I notice that MySQL doesn't even show up in the new description. Yep. To be honest, we often get very borderline postings on jobs.perl.org. My general rule (and Ask's as well, I believe) is to give posters the benefit of the doubt,

Re: PERL - Yahoo! Software Developer (onsite), CA, Sunnyvale

2003-01-02 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Jeremy Zawodny wrote: She was showing someone else here how to edit postings for Perl jobs. In fact, she wasn't expecting it to post. She thought she was merely editing an expired post and hadn't intended to post it (yet). (Having never looked at the UI myself, I don't

Re: PERL - Yahoo! Software Developer (onsite), CA, Sunnyvale

2003-01-02 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: Perl == Perl Jobs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Perl Required skills: PERL, HTML, HTTP, C++, C, UNIX Hmm. I don't know about PERL. Just Perl. (And some perl.) And I don't know any UNIX... just Unix. Perl URL for more information:

Re: recent stats

2003-01-17 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Uri Guttman wrote: just looked at the job posting stats (http://jobs.perl.org/about/stats) and the numbers have been steady. in fact it is hard to see any real dip or climb. so far this month has been a very good one and it could top 40+ posts. there are still plenty of

Re: From a friend's weblog: Jobs web sites: They ARE black holes

2003-02-09 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Vicki Brown wrote: One more thing I forgot to mention. Even if _you_ think you are qualified for a position, the posters often do not. I have pushed back on some postings I applied for by sending another note a few days later to the effect I am so qualified, why didn't I

Re: scary hiring

2003-03-22 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Sat, 22 Mar 2003, David Kaufman wrote: but i wasn't. i was looking for a salaried job. and just hoping to find one at around at least 2/3 of my former salary (with the economy swirling so low in the bowl, of late) which means i would have been happy to bring home something at least in

Re: 94!

2004-04-04 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Steve Lane wrote: i've pretty much decided that if i want a job posted to this list, i need to find a way to move to CA or the DC/Boston corridor and -then- apply. i wonder if that's accurate. has anyone else here lived in a non-top-50 metro area in the US, and found a

Re: Fwd: [Perl Jobs] Mason/Perl Developers (20 openings), United States, WA, Seattle

2004-06-17 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Anthony Ettinger wrote: Wow, 20 openings for one position. Too bad the payrate is a little low. Even for Seattle I think. $35/hour as a W2 isn't _too_ bad, I don't think. That's approx $70k/year at 40 hours/week. Since it mentions Mason and is in Seattle, I'm guessing

Re: [Perl Jobs] very entry level (VISTA) cgi mod_perl and system scripter (onsite), United States, MA, Lowell

2004-07-05 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, Andrew Brosnan wrote: On 7/5/04 at 6:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Perl Jobs) wrote: Online URL for this job: http://jobs.perl.org/job/1625 Posted: July 5, 2004 Job title: very entry level (VISTA) cgi mod_perl and system scripter Location: United States, MA,

Re: Pearl/SOAP programmer needed (part onsite), United States, Ca, Los Angeles

2004-09-21 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Uri Guttman wrote: RLS == Randal L Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: RLS Got Pearl? RLS :-) yeah, spelled it that way in the subject and inside but also had PERL inside too. not someone i would want to work for :) Which is why I approve thes things unedited.

Re: Junior Perl/Mod_Perl/Java Typist required

2004-12-14 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Marty Landman wrote: The subject is from a jobs posting I just saw. Am I the only one that doesn't get what a Junior Perl/Mod_Perl/Java *Typist* is? Yeah, it was weird. I usually approve such things on the theory that people's stupidity in postings reveals something about

Re: Junior Perl/Mod_Perl/Java Typist required

2004-12-14 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Brad Greenlee wrote: Heh. Maybe a typist is on a lower pay grade than a programmer. I also thought this was funny: If you can't write HTML without an editor, this is not for you. So I guess that pretty much limits you to using cat ? You wuss. You're supposed to use Perl

Re: [Perl Jobs] inexperienced developer wanted (onsite), United States, IL, Justice

2005-01-11 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, Paris Sinclair wrote: crap of course probably meaning much more than the typical inexeperienced but capable person will actually accept in the current tech job market. This is because, most of them end up with a non-tech job. It amazes me, it continues to amaze me, the

Re: [Perl Jobs] inexperienced developer wanted (onsite), United

2005-01-13 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, Warren Smith wrote: As for the argument of looking for a Junior programmer, that's exactly what it is. I wanted to post a job description bereft of marketing hype and straight to the point. I failed in some areas, and succeeded in others. And as far as the bedazzle ...

Re: [Perl Jobs] inexperienced developer wanted (onsite), United States, IL, Justice

2005-01-10 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, Steve Leibel wrote: PlatinumTel is looking for an inexperienced perl developer. Yes, you heard me. An *inexperienced* perl developer. snip Note -- I am not in HR, but will be hiring you. Please be professional, but friendly. Bedazzle me with your technical abilities. Is this a

Re: Job posting gone from the database

2006-05-31 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Tue, 30 May 2006, Ron Hill wrote: What happened to this job listing? http://jobs.perl.org/job/4157 Why was it removed The person who posted it removed it. -dave /*=== VegGuide.Orgwww.BookIRead.com Your guide to

Re: I value my freedom more than almost anything... except duckets

2006-11-23 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: Terrence == Terrence Brannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Terrence I am willing to cover my condo lease while I work elsewhere to get Terrence away from my current employer's repeated attempts to police the Terrence employees like a bunch of

Re: I value my freedom more than almost anything... except duckets

2006-11-25 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: That's what I was trying to get at. Few would fault me if I claimed that my former employer practiced incessant micromanagement, as long as I had a few sane examples to back up my claim. However, the phrase repeated attempts to police the

Re: I value my freedom more than almost anything... except duckets

2006-11-25 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006, Andy Lester wrote: On Nov 25, 2006, at 11:46 AM, Dave Rolsky wrote: I think Terrence's phrase could be altered just a little to something like my employer makes me feel like I'm a kindergartner or I feel like my employer thinks I'm a kindergartner and it would be more

Re: Lenght of resumes

2007-11-12 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, José Alves de Castro wrote: A quick question: what's the standard size for resumes in your countries? It depends. I've heard rules like 1 page for every 5 years of experience, or something like that. Nowadays, resumes are often online, and never printed, so this seems

Re: Lenght of resumes

2007-11-13 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote: Usually 1-2 pages. If you are very experienced then 2-3 pages. Everything in the resume should be interesting and relevant though. As lont as it is, the length isn't so important. One way to keep the resume shorter is to start trimming