list of persons from meeting who were looking for jobs?

[Aaron DaMommio]

This is a good idea Andy has re: adding a column about this issue to the 
sign-in form.
I don't see why anyone would be upset by discovering that someone in the 
leadership was trying to find them a job, though.
Karen's point that we don't currently do much with the info we collect 
is well taken.

We could make a big impression on people by dedicating a
volunteer to contacting people who listed themselves as looking for work,
getting a statement re: what they're looking for, and making sure they 
are aware
of our jobhunt resources. 

It'd be more efficient to just add it to the sign-in form, but the high 
touch thing has
potential for us.

Might overlap with what Cheri is doing re: contacting new members, of 
course.

Adding something to the form seems like a good first step, in any case.
--Aaron

AndyRogers at aol.com wrote:

>Cheri and Karen both make good points. 
>
>Let me suggest this, based in part on years of running the Contractors' SIG: 
>Add a column on the right, after the "Looking for Work?" column headed "Are 
>you interested in being contacted about possible jobs?" or words to that effect. 
>
>For this whole enterprise to actually be useful, however, we probably need 
>also to ask what kind of work they are looking for, direct/contract, 
>hardware/software, user/reference/programmer, writing/editing/training, etc. I'm not sure 
>what the best way to collect that information is, but unless you know what 
>people are looking for, in my experience, you're not likely to be much help to 
>them in their search. 
>
>Cheers, 
>
>Andy
>
>Andy Rogers
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>In a message dated 3/3/06 3:57:19 PM, kemulholland at yahoo.com writes:
>
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>
>>then what in the HELL is the point of providing the
>>"looking for work" checkbox?
>>
>>
>>
>>if i came to a meeting and indicated that i was
>>looking for work, i would go home expecting that my
>>information would be forwarded to people looking to
>>fill jobs - and i would be genuinely pissed off if i
>>discovered that my contact info had been *withheld*
>>    
>>
>>from recruiters after i'd said that i was looking for
>  
>
>>work. 
>>
>>
>>
>>we ask people for all kinds of info that we never use
>>once we've collected it. either we should start using
>>it, or we should stop collecting it. we need to decide
>>what we want to do for our members, and redesign
>>EVERYTHING to accomplish those specific goals. start
>>with the forms, because they're easy. 
>>
>>
>>--- Cheri Mullins <Cheri.Mullins at genband.com> wrote:
>>
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>>
>>>When they sign in, their email address, according to our sheet, is for us 
>>>      
>>>
>to
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>>>add them to the general d-list. It does not give us authority to contact
>>>them for jobs or to us their emails in that manner. I think we have to make
>>>a separate job-seeker sign-in on which they can state how we can use their
>>>information.
>>>      
>>>
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>>> General Bandwidth Inc.
>>>Cheri Mullins
>>>Director, Information Development
>>>General Bandwidth
>>>12303 Technology Blvd.
>>>Austin, Texas 78727
>>>512.681.5540
>>>512.681.5541 fax
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Wanda Hill [mailto:whscribe at sbcglobal.net] 
>>>Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 3:30 PM
>>>To: STC Austin Administrative Discussion List
>>>Cc: whscribe at sbcglobal.net
>>>Subject: [stc-austin-admin] Re: list of persons from
>>>meeting who were
>>>looking for jobs?
>>>
>>>No one's ever asked me that. I think it would not be
>>>proper to pass the info
>>>beyond the admin list. Did the scanned sign-in sheet
>>>make it to the admin
>>>list? If so, Tamara, the names of jobseekers are on
>>>it. I would suggest that
>>>if/when you contact them, you start off with
>>>something like the following:
>>>"Hello, I am in the STC Austin board and officers
>>>group and saw you are
>>>looking for work. ...". --Wanda
>>>
>>>--- Tom Comey <tcomey at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
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>>>
>>>>What's the policy for this?
>>>>   
>>>>  tom
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>Tamara Dwyer <Tamara.Dwyer at ClearOrbit.com> wrote:
>>>>        st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }    
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>           Hi Tom,
>>>      
>>>
>>>>   
>>>>  Would it be OK to get a list of names and emails
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>who signed in at 
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Tuesday's meeting as looking for a job?
>>>>   
>>>>  Tamara
>>>>        
>>>>
>>><snip>
>>>
>>>---
>>>      
>>>
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