sdo@u1100a.UUCP (Scott Orshan) (12/16/83)
I am concerned (perhaps needlessly) that positions are being filled
solely on the basis of a job ad posted to the net. Are employees
or low level managers of large companies consulting with their
personnel and employment departments before posting to the net?
Companies following the spirit of affirmative action rules make
a special effort to locate qualified candidates of all backgrounds
when filling a position. This includes advertising in places where
these people are looking.
Saying "Equal Opportunity Employer" in a job ad on the net is not
going to cause the ad to reach minority candidates at a school which
does not have USENET. It won't reach the vast majority of programmers
who, through no fault of their own, work on business applications on
non-UNIX systems.
The companies that are hiring people with UNIX experience from the net
are probably getting white males responding, with white females a distant
second. I'd be interested in seeing the numbers.
The personal computer market is exploding, and there is big money to
be made by the people doing the development. No one should be
excluded because they don't read netnews or any other bulletin board.
Scott Orshan
Bell Labs - CSO, Piscataway
201-981-3064
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