[python-uk] job postings to this list

[Richard Barran]

This thread does sound like a meeting of the People's Front of Judea.

(PS: and that’s my convoluted attempt at slipping a Monty Python reference into this mailing list)

> On 2 Sep 2016, at 17:09, S Walker <walker_s at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> And once again the amount of posts in a discussion about whether or not there are too many job postings significantly exceeds the amount of job postings!
> 
> S
> 
> On 02/09/16 11:44, Stephen Thorne wrote:
>> I've not only accidentally done this, but ended up working for that employer for 5 years! (not this list)
>> 
>> On Fri, 2 Sep 2016 at 09:49 Tom Viner < <mailto:tom at viner.tv>tom at viner.tv <mailto:tom at viner.tv>> wrote:
>> Potential candidates as well as recruiters are reminded that hitting reply will result in a mail aimed back to the list.
>> 
>> You must then manually edit the To: field.
>> 
>> Furthermore: Outlook's "recall this message" will not work, rather it will send a further email to the list, each and every time you click it. Although perhaps third time's a charm? <https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-uk/2013-January/002760.html>
>> 
>> You have been warned!
>> 
>> 
>> On 2 September 2016 at 07:09, Nicholas H.Tollervey < <mailto:ntoll at ntoll.org>ntoll at ntoll.org <mailto:ntoll at ntoll.org>> wrote:
>> On 01/09/16 22:49, Chris Withers wrote:
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > What's the current state of play with job ads and this list?
>> >
>> > Last I knew, they weren't allowed. Seems to be the majority of list
>> > content now...
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
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>> As people have mentioned, the consensus that I've seen is that posting a
>> job ad is fine so long as it's not recruiter spam.
>> 
>> Of course, recruiters advertising for a specific job with an appropriate
>> level of detail about the job in question (location, salary, expectation
>> of role, desired skills and experience, information about what the
>> company does) is also fine.
>> 
>> What is recruiter spam? How about, "exciting opportunity for Python
>> ninja in green-field project at one of London's most exciting employers"
>> is, IMHO, NOT welcome. It's just meaningless noise and probably
>> recruitment phishing.
>> 
>> Hope this helps,
>> 
>> N.
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