Re: redundant telecommute posts

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My vote is once and only once


On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 5:32 AM, Jonathan Hogue <[email protected]> wrote:

> > do they have an office in columbus?
>
> Not yet. We're close. When they get enough people in the same city,
> they tend to open an office. (As they did in San Francisco, Denver,
> Berlin).  There are 3 right now.
>
> They are reasonable people. I'm sure they'll post differently if the
> list wants them to. But also, the separate listings aren't without
> merit. They are targeting those cities specifically, and they list the
> jobs on their site and other job boards the same way.
>
> But seriously, if the consensus is that the list doesn't want them to
> do that, I'd be happy to bring it up.
>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 5:24 AM, Uri Guttman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 08/13/2014 05:05 AM, Jonathan Hogue wrote:
> >>
> >> A remote contractor out of columbus for shutterstock here.
> >>
> >> Those are probably cities where they have remote workers already, and
> >> they are specifically targeting more.
> >>
> >> I know for me, its easier to talk to local peers if it says Columbus in
> >> the job description. Whether it's appropriate for this list is another
> >> question.
> >>
> >> But not a pure recruiter spam tactic. There is some reason behind it.
> >
> >
> > do they have an office in columbus? the reason i see is just to get more
> > posts out for the same job listing. there is a rule about not repeating
> job
> > posts too often and this skirts the rule. they could list every city in
> the
> > country and post dozens of times each day. in this current batch of
> posts,
> > they sent in 6 for the same job. not only is it redundant, it can crowd
> out
> > other single job postings.
> >
> >
> > thanx,
> >
> > uri
> >
> > --
> > Uri Guttman - The Perl Hunter
> > The Best Perl Jobs, The Best Perl Hackers
> > http://PerlHunter.com
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">My vote is once and only once</div><div class=3D"gmail_ext=
ra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 5:32 AM, Jon=
athan Hogue <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"">&gt; do they have an office =
in columbus?<br>
<br>
</div>Not yet. We&#39;re close. When they get enough people in the same cit=
y,<br>
they tend to open an office. (As they did in San Francisco, Denver,<br>
Berlin). =C2=A0There are 3 right now.<br>
<br>
They are reasonable people. I&#39;m sure they&#39;ll post differently if th=
e<br>
list wants them to. But also, the separate listings aren&#39;t without<br>
merit. They are targeting those cities specifically, and they list the<br>
jobs on their site and other job boards the same way.<br>
<br>
But seriously, if the consensus is that the list doesn&#39;t want them to<b=
r>
do that, I&#39;d be happy to bring it up.<br>
<div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br>
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 5:24 AM, Uri Guttman &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:uri@stem=
systems.com">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; On 08/13/2014 05:05 AM, Jonathan Hogue wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; A remote contractor out of columbus for shutterstock here.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Those are probably cities where they have remote workers already, =
and<br>
&gt;&gt; they are specifically targeting more.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; I know for me, its easier to talk to local peers if it says Columb=
us in<br>
&gt;&gt; the job description. Whether it&#39;s appropriate for this list is=
 another<br>
&gt;&gt; question.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; But not a pure recruiter spam tactic. There is some reason behind =
it.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; do they have an office in columbus? the reason i see is just to get mo=
re<br>
&gt; posts out for the same job listing. there is a rule about not repeatin=
g job<br>
&gt; posts too often and this skirts the rule. they could list every city i=
n the<br>
&gt; country and post dozens of times each day. in this current batch of po=
sts,<br>
&gt; they sent in 6 for the same job. not only is it redundant, it can crow=
d out<br>
&gt; other single job postings.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; thanx,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; uri<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; --<br>
&gt; Uri Guttman - The Perl Hunter<br>
&gt; The Best Perl Jobs, The Best Perl Hackers<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"http://PerlHunter.com" target=3D"_blank">http://PerlHunter.=
com</a><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>

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