On 2 March 2011 00:00, Birgitte SB <birgitte...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Also you have to remember that the purpose of > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings/Storyteller is not to explain > the job to curious community members.
Maybe but it's the only information we have (openess not being the foundation's strong point) and it's no secret that the community contains people with a lot of experience in reading job adverts, >The only purpose that should be > considered in writing a job opening is to attract people who may be a good fit > for the job and inspire them to apply, while repelling people who would be a > bad > fit for the job. The target audience of the job opening is job seekers. The > only > useful measure to judge if a job opening was "good" is whether it resulted in > lots of applicants that you would like to find out more about and few > applicants > that are an obviously poor fit. Wasting your time processing the applications > of > obviously unsuitable people is nearly as bad as not producing an interview > pool > filled with equally great applications. And the former has become the more > likely scenario these past few years. So if you personally find that a job > opening turns you off, it may just be working quite well. A good job opening > should turn off a fair number of people. However this person is meant to be working with the community. I would suggest if the advert for a position turns off those who that position is meant to be working with then you have a problem. Obvious exception would be the likes of prison officers but I would suggest that that is not a model we wish to explore. -- geni _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
