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Posting Specific Jobs

These guidelines are for posting specific, detailed job openings in the Jobs Offered folder. To post general openings, please see the guidelines for the Always Hiring folder.

If you're a recruiter, employer or employee who knows of job opportunities at your company, you may may post active, no-fee, US and international job openings in science, technology, healthcare and medicine. Please read the FAQ about what is inappropriate to post on this forum. If your opening is appropriate, please be specific, detailed and post to the Jobs Offered folder. Provide:  

• Job title
• Brief job description
• Experience required
• Job location
• Company name (agency, recruiter or employer)
• Contact person
• Phone number with area code
• Address (especially email) or fax number and instructions for résumés
• Employer site URL for job seeker research, if available

Job seekers must be able to send their résumés directly to employers or recruiters for specific job openings, via email, snail-mail or fax without additional steps. For example, directing job seekers to submit résumés or search for jobs by linking to job and résumé sites is not allowed in the forum. The categories here at Job Searching - Technical are the appropriate places for such. If you wish to submit a site for consideration, please see Sites under Frequently Asked Questions in When to Email Your Guide.

If you wish to link directly to an employer's site so that job seekers may research the company, that's okay. But, it's not okay to link to consulting firms, staffing firms, temp agencies, etc. Again, categories are the appropriate places for such. When linking to employers' sites, please don't link away from the forum. In other words, omit targets in your links; the forum automatically opens a new window for your URL.

For the benefit of our audience, include the job title and location. (e.g., Windows NT Administrator - Chicago, IL) Be sure to provide the state (or province and country) if there are other locales by the same name. (e.g., Jackson, MS and  Jackson, TN.) Please, no excess punctuation (!!!), symbols ($@#) or UPPERCASE characters. That's called shouting on the Net, it's considered rude, and it draws the wrong kind of attention to your message. You may get flamed! It also hints to the wise that your opportunity may be a scam or scheme, as opportunists often include such in tabloid-style ads.

Please follow the guidelines closely. It's in your best interest to provide as many details as possible, to establish trust and distinguish your genuine job openings from vague, questionable and fraudulent "opportunities" often posted to forums. Posts such as "Seeking computer talent worldwide" are too broad and misleading. They're recruiting commercials, not jobs. ;-) Vague, questionable and fraudulent posts, and advertisements for sites, products or services (free or otherwise) will be removed from the forum. Please see Be an Advertiser for information about advertising at About.com.™

Please don't ask me to post jobs for you, as you are solely responsible for your content and must register to post.

Typically, I delete job posts after six months. If you want to remove your post sooner, just

• Log on.
• Open your message.
• Click the Delete button near the bottom of your message.
• Be sure to confirm the deletion when asked.

For more instructions about how to use this forum, please see Forum How To's.

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