gnu@l5.uucp (John Gilmore) (01/03/86)
I don't have any problem with headhunters posting to net.jobs -- as long as they keep up the high standards of the newsgroup. The latest from Marilyn, > LISP Hacker: 2 or more years of industry experience required for > New England startup. Salary to 60K. Degree prefered. > > For more information, call Marilyn Dee Associates at (617)891-3300, > or write to ...allegra!mit-eddie!mdee!md. looks like it belongs in a newspaper, not in this newsgroup. It doesn't say who is hiring, or what the company does, or how big it is, or what the person would be doing, or even what city the job is in. It spends as much space advertising the job agency as it does advertising the job. Maybe she thought that using the word "hacker" would make it all OK for us. Contrast it to the posting a few weeks ago by National Semi looking for RISC hackers. Marilyn, I think you'd get less flak and better job results if your postings were more complete, rather than in the "don't tell anybody anything until you've lured them into your office" style. PS: Steven Pope mentions > If you allow > employers to post, you must also allow their agents, the headhunters. Headhunters are agents for both employee and employer. When I was looking for an interesting job (a few years ago), I used various headhunters. Talking with Michael Sunday (the best headhunter I found) about what I wanted (and was capable of) really clarified a lot of things.