Looking for Several UnixLinux SysAdmins NYC 1612

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.misc, in article

We have four newsgroups locally (az.jobs, alt.bestjobsusa.phoenix.jobs, phoenix.jobs, and phx.jobs). I think the local agencies have gotten the message that they're of little use.

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Looking upstream of the filter for May and June, it seems to be three clueless pimps who are offering the same (likely non-existent) jobs, and several drive-by spam runs. For what it's worth, the killfile has 89 entries applicable to those four groups only.

The fact that the jobs groups are plugged up with spam is no reason to allow the sewage to run down the street as well. This newsgroup is already got enough sewage (1435 articles posted so far this month - 254 end by my filter).

There is another problem - this (like a majority of newsgroups) is distributed world-wide, and few news servers have heard of a 'Distribution:' header, much less honor it. Thus, "job offers" from out-of-country (never mind out-of-region) would occur, rarely if ever including a relocation reimbursement, never mind help with visa-immigration requirements. And where do you draw the line? I see jobs postings in all kinds of inappropriate newsgroups, posting about jobs that don't even have even a tenuous connection with the charter or primary subject of a newsgroup.

Frankly, people searching for employment should not be looking in news groups. The majority of the ads seen there are placed by agencies or pimps who won't be able to deliver - because many employers recognize them as a waste of HR time. These agencies "improve" any resume or CV they receive before forwarding it - to better match the applicant to the listed job requirements (even if the applicant never heard of the supposed skill they are being touted as having). That's why HR where I work requires the applicant to supply a resume at the first contact - so we can identify un-ethical agencies who have "improved" the resumes they submitted. And, most of our positions are filled through networking - an employee knows of a good candidate, or through intern programs with several local education facilities and the state employment service.

Old guy