[wplug] I don't want to see job postings to the wplug list (WAS: Re: Contract Job Opportunity)

[Chris Teodorski]

I agree with Billings -- let's keep random recruiter job postings off
the mailing lists.  



On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 18:28 -0400, Jonathan Billings wrote:
> Do we really want to have random recruiters posting jobs to the mailing 
> list?  There is a wplug-jobs list.  Most recruiters aren't really 
> interested in linux, they just want to get their postings out on as many 
> lists as possible -- so they can make a buck in the referral.  They have 
> little interest in Linux itself, in fact, most of the recruiters I've 
> talked to were completely clueless about linux.  One was genuinely 
> surprised that I couldn't run Microsoft Word to write my resume.  (This 
> was before OpenOffice was out.)
> 
> Frankly, I'm surprised this message got posted at all.  It must mean 
> that the recruiter either subscribed to post, or the current moderator 
> let it through.
> 
> Am I alone in wanting recruiter job postings off this list?  I don't 
> think it's all bad if a subscriber or WPLUG member wants to post 
> something, just the recruiters.
>