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

[Jamie Cobbett]

I think the thing is that many (most?) LRUGers are anti-recruiter.

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Jason Green <jason.green at nogeek.org> wrote:

> How about a new tag like [LRUG][JOBS][RECRUITER]
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> Jason Green
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> On 12 Mar 2012, at 15:22, Max Williams wrote:
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> That seems overly anti-recruiter.  They're easy enough to ignore if you're
> not interested - that's why the JOBS tag was adopted.
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> On 12 March 2012 15:19, Paul Doerwald <paul at liquidmedia.ca> wrote:
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>>  Maybe that says something about your actual value. Perhaps there is no
>> value to posting/reposting a job advertisement in a mailing list. Perhaps
>> your real value is in directly pursuing potential candidates.
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>> Paul.
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>> Paul Doerwald
>> Chancellor
>> Liquid Media Inc.
>> 902-412-2492
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>> On Monday, 12 March, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Anna Burchfiel wrote:
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>> Exactly. As a recruitment consultant, I won’t post the company I’m
>> working with unless I am working exclusively on a role, because if someone
>> applies directly to them I get nothing for passing on the information about
>> it and having them get the job. Perhaps we could come to some sort of
>> gentlemen’s agreement of giving the company name in the first instance
>> someone contacts you, since you would then already have their details to
>> confirm your interaction with them?****
>> ** **
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>> *From:* chat-bounces at lists.lrug.org [mailto:chat-bounces at lists.lrug.org<chat-bounces at lists.lrug.org>]
>> *On Behalf Of *Tom Blomfield
>> *Sent:* 12 March 2012 15:13
>> *To:* London Ruby Users Group
>> *Subject:* Re: [LRUG] [JOBS] Ruby on Rails Developer - 6month contract -
>> STARTING ASAP****
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>> I had the same thought a couple of weeks ago, and it is a lot of fun...**
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>> I'm just a little concerned that we're just encouraging recruiters to
>> post even vaguer descriptions....****
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>> Tom Blomfield
>> +44 7767 484619****
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>> On Monday, 12 March 2012 at 15:09, Sam Phillips wrote:****
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>> I was wondering only this morning if we could address this by guessing***
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>> 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,****
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>> Sam****
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>> On 12 March 2012 15:03, Roland Swingler <roland.swingler at gmail.com>
>> wrote:****
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>> 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****
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>> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Matthew Geppert <matt at osrecruit.com>
>> wrote:****
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>> 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:****
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>> * 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**
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>> 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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