[LRUG] [JOBS] Ruby on Rails Developer - 6month contract - STARTING ASAP

Sam Phillips sam at samdanavia.com
Mon Mar 12 08:09:45 PDT 2012


I was wondering only this morning if we could address this by guessing
the name of the company when an advert came through. I know at least
60% of the time who it is, and if the convention was to reveal the
name, maybe recruiters would learn(!) to not post ads without company
names?

Cheers,

Sam

On 12 March 2012 15:03, Roland Swingler <roland.swingler at gmail.com> wrote:
> At the risk of opening this can of worms again, can we not do
> something about these vague recruiter job descriptions? They seem to
> be more prevalent over the past month or so. The previous discussion
> seemed to be heavily biased against having recruiters post at all; the
> posting guidelines (http://lrug.org/posting-jobs) seem pretty clear
> about not posting job adverts like the one below, which tell me
> absolutely nothing about the company.
>
> My vote would be a warning followed by banning from the list for
> people who blatantly ignore these guidelines if this is not too much
> work to administer. To be clear, I'm not against job postings, I'm
> against postings like the one below.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Roland
>
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Matthew Geppert <matt at osrecruit.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm in urgent need of Ruby on Rails contractors to work a minimum of 6months
>> starting ASAP - The daily rate is dependant on experience.
>>
>> This company is passionate about their products and the evolving
>> technologies they use to build them. As a ruby on rails Developer you will
>> need to share their passion for craftsmanship in software design and
>> development and continuous improvement in the techniques, tools and
>> languages they use; as well as have an appreciation for business objectives
>> and delivering superior, innovative software solutions.
>>
>> Essential Skills:
>>
>> * Ruby on Rails
>> * Strong Object Oriented design skills
>> * Previous experience with test-driven development, automated testing
>> frameworks and related tools such as JUnit, RSpec, Cucumber, JBehave,
>> Selenium and JMock
>> * Proven experience working with Continuous Integration and Revision Control
>> systems such as Bamboo, Hudson and CruiseControl and Subversion, git or CVS
>> * Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills within an Agile
>> project teams
>> * Ability to understand a technology problem in light of a broader product
>> vision
>>
>> If you are interested or need further information, please send me an email
>> with your CV, github URL's and blog address now for an immediate response -
>> all conversations are strictly confidential.
>>
>> I hope to hear from you soon.
>>
>> Matthew Geppert
>> mail: matt at osrecruit.com
>> web: www.osrecruit.com
>> tel: +44 (0) 1992 565 627
>>
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