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

[Ed Stewart]

I agree 100% with you. I am about 100 miles northeast of Pittsburgh and
could care less to hear about jobs, I joined this list because it is
linux, I don't say much, but read every post and have learned a lot
here. Take care, $Ed

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.
>

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