[Novalug] [OT] MA-jobs list vs. NoVA LUG list

[Ken Firestone]

On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, Paul D. Bain wrote:

   ---- Original message ----
   >Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:42:22 -0400
   >From: Rich Goodwin <rich.goodwin at cox.net>
   >Subject: [Novalug] [OT]  Linux folks w/clearances??
   >To: NOVALUG <novalug at calypso.tux.org>, dclug at calypso.tux.org
   >Cc: Rich Goodwin <Rich.Goodwin at PinnaclePointTechnologies.com>
   >
   >Are there many folks in NOVALUG/DCLUG who, in the day job, have SCI
   >clearances?  If you do (with poly) - and are open to discussing other
   >opportunities, I would like to talk with you.  I'd rather talk about the
   >opportunities after vetting the requisite bonifides.  You can reach me
   >at either my personal or corporate address.
   >
   >Rich
   >
   >My apologies for using this list but the folks I'm looking for are
   >likely not on MA-JOBS...


   Rich,

        I am curious as to why you believe that the candidates that
        you seek "are likely not on [the] MA-JOBS" mailing list. Is
        the caliber of the participants on _this_ mailing list (or the
        DC LUG list) higher than on the MA-jobs mailing list? Or are
        the participants hereon more likely to have the necessary
        clearances?

        FWIW, I have not been able to discern much about the nature of
        the participants on the MA-jobs list notwithstanding that I
        have been on that list for years. Apparently, the participants
        thereon use it primarily for posting job vacancies rather than
        discussion. On that list, there appears to be little
        discussion of, say, the job market, IT employment, IT
        employers, or jobs generally.


I look upon the MA-jobs list as read only. I look for jobs there. Not
being an employer, I don't post.

If I see an employer or headhunter posting on any other list, I do not
think well of them, and I would not be likely to apply for the position.


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