If there were, hypothetically, someone interested in making some kind of improvement to the jobs page, would that be welcome, and if so, how should it be done? That is, should they just do it? Should they propose the change first to Mike or first to the list or some other procedure? I ask mainly because I don't understand how such things work at SeaPIG (or have worked in the past), and it would be interesting to know (for myself or for others who might have something they want to contribute) how to do so without fear of doing something "wrong" or unwelcome. It strikes me that many on the list are web programmers and that making a cool web utility for the SeaPIG website might be one neat way for such a person to showcase their skills, particularly for those web programmers who are job-hunting. Just a thought.
Thanks, in advance, for educating me! Best regards, Melissa ----- Dr. Melissa Rice, PhD Full Moon Technical Solutions, LLC 14202 60th Ave, NW Stanwood, WA 98292-4808 email: mailto:[email protected] phone: 360-654-0709 cell: 425-923-7713 Friday, August 12, 2011, 10:20:58 AM, Mike Orr <[email protected]> wrote: On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Melissa Rice <[email protected]> wrote: 1. Is there some utility to having a jobs page at SeaPIG? I would say an advantage is that the focus is on local jobs compared to the national/international focus at Python.org, for instance. 2. Since the jobs page at SeaPIG is self-serve (true?) then why are job offerers not using it? Are they not aware of it? Not aware how to use it? Other problems? Perhaps someone is interested in putting some energy into investigating and addressing these issues? The jobs page is intended to be a revolving list of local jobs available. The list has always accepted job listings, and recently I've been encouraging companies who contact me to post both on the list and on the jobs page. A lot of people don't realize the jobs page exists, both because it's fairly new, and because they either don't know the website exists, or they don't see the jobs page because there's no big buttom for it. So it's the best thing we have for now but it's not that great. We have never tried a "Who's hiring this month?" thread; that may be a good idea. I think it would be easier to just let them reply directly to the list. -- Mike Orr <[email protected]>
