IxDA could also try something similar to UPA - they have a "find a consultant" section where members can list their names, specific skills, etc. Recruiters being able to see firsthand what skills & experience we have should help to establish what it is we actually do as well as help them be more targeted when sending out job openings. Having the member profiles adhere to the same vocabulary Jeff mentioned might really drive it home.
I think Will Evans was mentioning this idea in Andrei's original thread. Jeff On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:59:51, Jeff Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Liz wrote: > > So, what are some of the best means we (IxDA) could > > employ to communicate the IxD message & self-definition > > with recruiters, HR departments, education, business > > leaders, etc.? > > We could start by vetting the IxDA job postings. We already screen > them for format; start screening them for content. I can't imagine > anyone on the board has the time to handle that responsibility > singlehandedly but perhaps some sort of group screening or flagging. > Make that part of the value proposition for designers searching for > jobs. We screen out the cruft. > > In support of that, start teaching accepted vocabulary to recruiters. > Do it through the job board interface (first, create a job board.) > Many boards already make recruiters choose between distinctions like > fulltime/freelance and design/development. Add a few more > distinctions, explain what we say they mean, and penalize recruiters > who get it wrong in the same way we penalize recruiters who can't be > bothered to learn how to format their subject lines. > > Then, based on those trials, reach out to other recruiting entities. > Create a "Guide to Hiring Interaction Designers and Interface > Designers." Tell them what to avoid and what to try. Teach them how > to speak our language. In many ways, it's the recruiters' job to > figure out how to entice the kind of candidates they want but that > doesn't mean we shouldn't help them. Use them as a bridge to the > thousands of companies out there trying to hire designers. > > // jeff > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=26265 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
