I have also be observing the job posting that have from time to time
appear on the technet. Your concerns are valid. My personal opinion
is that there is nothing wrong with job postings, but I would prefer
that the IPC set up a separate Job posting board. Employer concerns
aside I'd prefer that technet discussions be oriented on technical
problems, not want adds.
Regardless as to whether it is done separate or not, in current times
I do not think that it will be possible to for a shop to isolate their
engineers from this forum, even if you they want to.
Anyone with a PC and a modem, for ~$10/month can from home subscribe
to an on-line service like Compuserve, AOL, or Prodigy and get a
E-Mail address. With an E-Mail address anyone can subscribe to the
technet forum. In addition they can tie into the Internet's other
resources which include major job posting & job search resources.
Even if the IPC discontinued the forum, someone somewhere would set up
their own forum that anyone could subscribe to. This would be a pity,
because the IPC is the best place for this.
All of this is a result of the emerging phenomena of the Internet. In
the past we had groups of technical "experts" in various companies.
The "experts" generally kept within their company, with little
interaction to other companies. Consider the "interaction" of the IPC
committees and meetings. These typically involved only a small
percentage of the total technical community. Think of how many people
you sent to the last IPC annual meeting vs how many interested
engineers you had.
Today this is rapidly changing. The technical "experts" can now
freely communicate to their peers in other companies. The isolated
groups of engineers that work PCB/PCA related technical issues are
evolving into a much larger worldwide community of engineers. They
can compare notes on process, problems, even things such as working
conditions and salaries.
Human Resource folks from various companies are beginning to realize
this also. Using the internet to pursue these experts has just begun.
Several major PCB companies have already set up Worldwide Web home
pages on the internet that include sections on job opportunities. I
would expect to see much more Job traffic on the technet, unless an
alternative is provided.
My two cents.
Regards,
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Subject: Survey re Job Postings
Author: [log in to unmask] at Dell_UNIX
Date: 8/5/95 4:06 PM
I have been silently reading all of the postings now for just about two
months and I think this forum offers tremendous advantages to its members
and the companies that allow their employees to participate. As a short-cut
to problem solving, it has no equal so I am considering granting access for
my engineering and technical staff and encouraging active participation.
Yet as the president and owner of my own pcb manufacturing company, I have
mixed emotions about the recent increase in "jobs available" postings. These
postings offer both positive and negative benefits:
A) TechNet is the perfect place to advertise for experienced and
technically-oriented individuals
B) Clearly, I don't want my best engineers lured away by targeted mailings
from my competitors
C) If one of my employees is dissatisfied and looking for another job, then
should I really be overly concerned if he finds a position on TechNet
D) If my employees are being solicited, then I have a right to solicit.
I can go on and on, but you see my quandary. Do I post my openings or not?
If I don't post and my competitors do, then should I allow uncensored access
to this forum by my technical staff? As members of this forum, I think we
all have a voice. What is your vote....
Do we want companies to post their job openings to this forum?
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