Hello Melinda - I find it very discouraging that Company executives believe that a TechNet job posting would be a source of employee loss - if an employee is unhappy they will be finding a way to leave despite any obstacles. The current policy results in a severe loss of opportunity - companies that are looking for individuals are now deprived of a source of qualified people. Yes, we all could go pursue another forum but that takes time and resources - something that many Companies/managers are trying to better utilize. Dave Hillman Rockwell Collins [log in to unmask] ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: ADMIN: Job Postings on TechNet Author: [log in to unmask] at ccmgw1 Date: 2/14/97 1:14 PM Hello. My recent message reminding you about our job posting policy drew a significant response from TechNet participants. Two major questions were: - Why is it OK to post jobs in the DesignerCouncil forum but not on TechNet? - Where can we post jobs? We apologize for not clarifying the company's reasoning for the decision to prohibit job postings. Regarding the first question: IPC membership is paid by the companies, most of which have very strong feelings about "headhunters" using this service. They have even stronger feelings about their own personnel looking for a new job "on the company's money". DesignerCouncil, on the other hand, is an individual-based membership service, therefore no company policy is involved. Regarding the second question: A proposal to create a special forum for job postings was rejected by the board of directors for the reason outlined above. We are working on other alternatives. One of them, the closest to implementation, is providing links from our Web site to the Web sites of the companies in the industry that have job openings. The procedure and format of how to do this are yet to be determined. Below you will find the message on this topic send to the TechNet on November 5th 1996. Again, we apologize for the misunderstanding caused by this issue. We will keep you informed about any changes that might occur. Regards, **************************************** Dmitriy Sklyar Electronic Communication Manager IPC 2215 Sanders Road Northbrook, IL 60062-6135 voice 847-509-9700 ext. 311 fax 847-509-9798 e-mail [log in to unmask] URL http://www.ipc.org http://www.eecs.uic.edu/~dsklyar **************************************** ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 12:47:52 -0600 (CST) From: Melinda Robinson <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: GEN: Job Postings on TechNet Dear TechNet participants, For nearly two years, IPC's TechNet e-mail forum has been a valuable tool for people in the electronic interconnection industry. It has been a place to go for help from experts who have shared freely. Many of you have told us how much you appreciate IPC's TechNet. The issue of job postings on TechNet has come up several times over the past two years and has been a source of controversy. There have not been very many, but the IPC Board of Directors has been monitoring the situation and believes that TechNet is not the appropriate place for job listings; that TechNet should be reserved for the exchange of technical information. Staff have been directed to work on developing an alternative to TechNet for job listings to satisfy a need identified by member companies and hopes to present a proposal to the IPC Board of Directors at their December meeting. It is likely that the Board will establish a policy for TechNet use that discourages job postings on TechNet, just as we discourage commercialism on TechNet. If you have any suggestions on how we might assist member companies with job searches outside of TechNet (i.e., a JobsNet) please reply directly to me and not to the entire TechNet list. Your input will be used and appreciated. In the meantime, we request that everyone continue to enjoy the tremendous benefits of the IPC TechNet e-mail forum and the technical networking it provides and please do not use TechNet for job postings. By the way, did you know that you are now one of over 1,100 technologists throughout the world participating on the IPC TechNet e-mail forum? Pretty amazing! Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. Regards, Melinda Robinson ******************************* Melinda Robinson Director of Information Systems IPC 2215 Sanders Road Northbrook, IL 60062-6135 voice 847-509-9700 x314 fax 847-509-9798 e-mail [log in to unmask] URL http://www.ipc.org ******************************* *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To unsubscribe from this list at any time, send a message to: * * [log in to unmask] with <subject: unsubscribe> and no text. * *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To unsubscribe from this list at any time, send a message to: * * [log in to unmask] with <subject: unsubscribe> and no text. * *************************************************************************** * If you are having a problem with the IPC TechNet forum please contact * * Dmitriy Sklyar at 847-509-9700 ext. 311 or email at [log in to unmask] * *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To unsubscribe from this list at any time, send a message to: * * [log in to unmask] with <subject: unsubscribe> and no text. * *************************************************************************** * If you are having a problem with the IPC TechNet forum please contact * * Dmitriy Sklyar at 847-509-9700 ext. 311 or email at [log in to unmask] * ***************************************************************************