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 Archive-name: jobs/welcome-faq 
 Posting-Frequency: monthly 
 Last-modified: 1997-09-01 
  
 Welcome!  This is the introductory posting for misc.jobs.offered, 
 misc.jobs.resumes, misc.jobs.misc, and misc.jobs.contract.  It answers 
 frequently asked questions about these newsgroups including the posting 
 guidelines. 
  
 Contents: 
  
  Q-1   What is (and isn't) misc.jobs.offered? 
  Q-2   Why have posting guidelines? 
  Q-3   What are the posting guidelines? 
   Q-3.1 The Subject: line must have a specific format. 
   Q-3.2 All postings must be for actual positions. 
   Q-3.3 The organization posting must be identified. 
   Q-3.4 Do not post to inappropriate newsgroups. 
   Q-3.5 Job offerings must be verifiable. 
   Q-3.6 Location of the position must be provided. 
   Q-3.7 A salary or salary range must be provided. 
   Q-3.8 A word about skill and legal requirements. 
   Q-3.9 Is there a time cut-off? 
   Q-3.10 A word about abbreviations and terms. 
   Q-3.11 How to redirect followups. 
   Q-3.12 Should I combine multiple openings into one posting? 
   Q-3.13 What about character sets? 
   Q-3.14 Do I need to respond to every resume I receive? 
   Q-3.15 Anything else I should include? 
  Q-4   What is misc.jobs.resumes? 
  Q-5   What is misc.jobs.misc? 
  Q-6   What is misc.jobs.contract? 
  Q-7   How many people will see my posting? 
  Q-8   How often can I re-post an article? 
  Q-9   How do I update an article with new information, 
        correct a mistake, or otherwise improve it? 
  Q-10  What do I do once the job is filled (or I find a job)? 
  Q-11  How do I cancel an article? 
  Q-12  What is a "Keywords:" line, and how do I make one? 
  Q-13  I have this great idea to make money. 
  Q-14  What about multi-level marketing? 
  Q-15  How do I find out the cost of living in another city? 
  Q-16  Where can I get more information about this network? 
  Q-17  Is misc.jobs archived anywhere? 
  Q-18  Is there a mailing list? 
  Q-19  What are the country codes?  (for subject lines) 
  Q-20  Codes for US states and Canadian provinces.  (for subject lines) 
  
 Q-1  What is misc.jobs.offered? 
  
  It is a news group for the posting of job offerings by individuals, 
 companies, or other organizations with positions to offer.  Job offers may 
 be made by any organization with a job opening, or by a professional third 
 party recruiting firm which has been hired to fill the opening.  Third party 
 recruiters, however, should note that their being allowed to do business via 
 Usenet is an unusual exception to the general rule which forbids using 
 Usenet 
 for commercial profit.  They should therefore be especially careful to 
 adhere 
 to the guidelines for posting.  Violations and abuses upset readers, who may 
 call for prohibiting these commercial postings. 
  
  Readers may note that postings are mostly computer related.  This is 
 due to Usenet being a computer-based medium.  (You have to use a computer to 
 use Usenet, and computer users are more likely to have computer related jobs 
 to offer.)  Offers of non-computer jobs are appropriate here. 
  
  
 What isn't misc.jobs.offered? 
  
  It is not a discussion group or a group for posting resumes.  General 
 discussions concerning jobs should be held in misc.jobs.misc.  Resumes 
 should be posted in misc.jobs.resumes.  Your co-operation is greatly 
 appreciated.  If you feel you must followup an article posted here, 
 please edit the "Newsgroups:" line: 
  
     Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc 
  
  Misc.jobs.offered is for offering jobs, not business opportunities. 
 The posting must meet all legal requirements of the country where the 
 work will be done.  Before complaining about alleged illegalities in a 
 posting, readers should remember that Usenet is an international network, 
 and that what is illegal in their country may be legal in the poster's 
 country.  If a posting is illegal, readers should inform the poster via 
 mail.  For more serious problems, contacting the news administrator of the 
 poster's site and/or posting a followup article to misc.jobs.misc may 
 be appropriate. 
  
 Q-2  Why have posting guidelines? 
  
  Given the very high number of postings in these groups, it is no 
 longer reasonable to attempt to read all the postings manually.  According 
 to stats from uunet, misc.jobs.offered had 8824 articles totaling 11062.9 kB 
 during a two week period in December 1994.  Misc.jobs.resumes had 4286 
 articles 
 totaling 18282.0 kB.  With this amount of information to examine, it is now 
 essential to be able to use the computer to quickly screen articles. 
 As in buying a house, for many people the three most important things 
 about a job are: location, location, and location.  Someone in New York City 
 may not be interested in relocating to Berlin, and visa-versa.  Brief job 
 descriptions are also useful as a first-level screen.  Thus, it is important 
 that the location and brief job description appear in the Subject line. 
 In order to allow computerized searches, it is important to use the syntax 
 provided in section Q-3.1 below. 
  
  If you follow the guidelines when posting, it is easier for a reader 
 to find your article.  The reader will have enough information to know 
 whether or not they are interested in the position.  Conversely, many 
 readers 
 will ignore articles that do not follow the guidelines.  Many readers will 
 give up attempting to find a position through Usenet if they cannot use the 
 computer to search for the articles they are interested in, or if the 
 articles do not have enough information to tell if it is worth contacting 
 you.  Following the guidelines will get you more good leads, and fewer poor 
 leads.  Thus, it is to your benefit, as well as the reader's, to follow 
 these 
 guidelines. 
  
  The same logic applies to misc.jobs.resumes.  You need to use a 
 good subject line to allow prospective employers to easily find the 
 articles they are interested in reading. 
  
  These guidelines embody the consensus of opinion as to the proper 
 form for postings of job offers.  The guidelines are based on what the 
 readers want.  They are not the opinion of the FAQ maintainer. 
  
 Q-3  What are the posting guidelines? 
  
 Q-3.1 The Subject: line must have a specific format. 
  
  Three pieces of information belong in the Subject: line. 
  In order: the location, a brief job description, and the hiring 
  organization.  The location and job description are required, 
  the hiring organization may be left out of the Subject: line 
  by third party recruiters, or to make room for a better 
  job description. 
  
  Format: 
  
     Subject: COUNTRY-STATE/PROVINCE-City Job_Description Company 
  
  Examples: 
  
     Subject: US-IL-Chicago   Foobar Developer,  Acme Widget Inc 
  
     Subject: US-NY-NYC   Foobar Developer,  Acme Widget Inc 
  
  
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