Hi Maria, I think the biggest danger in losing job postings is in edge cases. If my company posts a job, and I'm simply trying to let my fellow interaction wonks know about it, there's no chance at all I would bother considering that posting fee. I think you'd find almost unanimous agreement with that sentiment.
For recruiters and companies looking for IxDers, it makes total sense, but can we work out some system by which members can forward jobs from their parent companies without having to pay a fee? After all, that's almost like a community service, expsoing our fellow IxDers job opportunities in a recession economy is one of the core benefits of having an association like this. Unless your model would also permit users to post jobs in the forums without penalty, it might result in a net loss of postings. I don't have a strong opinion on this, I'm just using my self as a generic persona example. If I found out that there was a job at my company, but my company was unwilling to pay a posting fee, what could I do with that information? If I could still post it to the forums, well, no problem, but if I would have to pay a fee, I would not bother. Just some thoughts. Sincerely, Damon Dimmick SitePen Inc. Maria De Monte wrote: > Hello IxDA members, > > IxDA is considering undertaking a partnership with Coroflot > (http://www.coroflot.com/) to handle the job-related posts that now come > through our discussion list. We need your input on this question! > > Coroflot > has hosted the Job Board at both Interaction conferences, and they’re > eager to work with us. Here are a few lines from Coroflot’s “About Us” > page (http://www.coroflot.com/public/aboutus.asp): > “Coroflot was started by designers, and is still run by designers […] > Coroflot is an open system. There are no membership requirements, > application processes, or invites. […] Coroflot is the creative world > at work.” > > To pursue this partnership, IxDA would integrate > a Coroflot-hosted Job Board into our upcoming new website at IxDA.org. > Additionally, there is a possibility for Coroflot to provide us with a > portfolio service, so that IxDA members could have a personal portfolio > at IxDA.org and reach a wider audience. To see some examples of how > Coroflot provides partner-branded Job Boards, some of their partner > sites are with: > > Business Week (http://jobs.businessweek.com/a/all-jobs/list); > > Design Observer (http://designobserver.coroflot.com/public/jobs_browse.asp); > > AIGA (http://www.aigadesignjobs.org/public/default.asp) > > For IxDA members, searching for jobs and having an online portfolio > would be free. However, POSTING > a job would involve a $265 fee paid to Coroflot that would be split > 50/50 with IxDA. This income provides a potential revenue stream to > fund IxDA’s activities at the global and local level. > > However, > we are concerned about having a possible conflict with IxDA’s current > totally-free philosophy. We don’t want to lose job postings that may be > coming from IxDA members who do not have a budget for posting such > opportunities. Additionally, we would have to work with Coroflot to > customize their service so that we can ensure that local job postings > are displayed/accessible from the upcoming Local Group mini-sites. > > So, here are some of our questions to the membership: > > 1) > Would you pay a fee to post a job at IxDA.org using Coroflot’s service, > knowing that half of the fee you’ll be paying would go to fund IxDA > activities? > > 2) How would you want to deal with other job-related opportunities such as > internships, PhD, part-time positions and so on? > > 3) How valuable would the portfolio service be to you? > > 4) Should a Coroflot-hosted Job Board at IxDA.org display available jobs in > categories OUTSIDE > of Interaction Design? The other specialities they presently handle > include fields such as Architecture; Art Direction; Design Management; > Industrial Design; and Motion Graphics. > > Please let us know your thoughts—we’re waiting for your contribution! > > Regards, > > Maria and the IxDA Conan team > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > 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 ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
