Aittvax.317
net.news.group
utzoo!decvax!ittvax!swatt
Wed May  5 08:42:18 1982
Jobs newsgroup
	From decvax!harpo!npois!alice!sjb Tue May  4 22:07:38 1982
	Date: Tue May  4 17:57:16 1982
	I wouldn't think that there are enough postings to warrant
	a job group.
	
	
Apparently Mark disagrees:
	
	
	From uucp Tue May  4 22:36:26 1982
	Date: Tue May  4 22:36:24 1982
	To: usenet
	Subject: request for new newsgroup
	
	A new newsgroup called 'net.jobs' has been created by
	decvax!harpo!ihnss!wheps!eagle!mhuxt!cbosg!cbosgd!mark.

It's not just a matter of the number of postings (which are bound 
to rise if people feel it is of any use to them), but the ability 
of the news user to make  the  news  system  sift  out  stuff  he
definitely  does  not  want.   I  spend  roughly  1 hour each day
reading news; I would like to  limit  the  time  spent  rejecting
articles that could easily be classified into a newsgroup I don't 
use.

There is also the concern that "management"  might  not  want  to
accept  news  that  allows  their  employees access to job offers
elsewhere.  Since "management"  pays  the  bills  this  is  their
right.   My  own  opinion  is  that  if "management" where I work
depends on the ignorance of their employees (read me)  about  the
open  job  market  to keep them, then I don't want to work there.
So if "net.jobs" exists and you work for  a  place  that  doesn't
accept  that group, you might want to consider working elsewhere;
what ELSE don't they want you to know?  

On the other side however, prospective employers should be  aware
that  they  are  not  likely  to get "position wanted" notices on
net.jobs from people currently employed in industry  (as  opposed
to  academic  centers), as those individuals might not want their
employers to know they are looking for other jobs.  

	- Alan S. Watt

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