RE: [PHP] Re: RFC: Job listings

2004-03-07 Thread Larry Brown 
I don't see how it could be to anyone's disadvantage.  As a matter of fact,
I think that it would be great to also have it available as a soap service
as well.  If people well versed in different open source projects were able
to be listed on each projects' sites and provide soap service as well,
anyone could create an all-encompassing list of open source tallent at any
one place on the web and pull from all of the resources.  Sounds great for
the unemployed and the employers.

-Original Message-
From: Ben Ramsey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 8:05 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Anders Hellström
Subject: [PHP] Re: RFC: Job listings


Anders,

I think this really depends on how we get the word out to employers
about this service.  I, for one, hope to use the new Atlanta PHP
(http://www.atlphp.org) group as a resource not only to educate and
network PHP developers, but as a way to bring knowledge of PHP to the
business world in the southeastern US.  I think that local user groups
worldwide will need to take part in promoting such a thing to the local
business owners.

-Ben


Anders Hellström wrote:

 Hi,


 I'm one of the volunteers working on PHPCommunity.org.

 There's been some talk about having a Job Listings section on the site,
something along the lines of jobs.perl.org, and We're wondering how much
interest there is in such a service. I'm sure all the unemployed PHP
developers on the list would like it, if companies actually used it. So the
biggest question is probably if companies looking to hire PHP developers
would use it.

 I would really appreciate it if you could reply to this message, off-list,
if you're interested in this or have anything to say on the topic. Please
mention in what way you're interested, if you're in a position to hire
people, looking for work, etc. Anything you feel is relevant.

 All comments are welcome, both positive and negative.

 I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED]


 Looking forward to reading your comments!



 Thanks in advance,


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Regards,
  Ben Ramsey
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  http://www.phpcommunity.org/wiki/People/BenRamsey

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RE: [PHP] Re: RFC: Job listings

2004-03-07 Thread Chris Shiflett 
--- Larry Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I don't see how it could be to anyone's disadvantage.  As a matter of
 fact, I think that it would be great to also have it available as a soap
 service as well.

I was thinking the same thing after reading Ben's comment. I think people
might be more interested in local job boards, but a global resource could
provide an organized outlet for this by sharing this data via feeds.

So, people can post job openings on this board, and local user groups can
syndicate this data based on local preferences, or they can even let their
users sign in and have even more personalized listings (bypassing the
necessity of searching). Along the same lines, local user groups can help
syndicate data back to the core PHP job resource as well.

If the resource can do a better job of bringing together quality talent
and employers than existing resources do (which probably isn't too hard),
I think it can quickly become the dominant job board for PHP, which can
only help everyone.

Chris

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