[Discussion] Usergroup: Professionals

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2006-06-15 03:37am

Usergroup: Professionals

A group of professionals including job seekers, contractors, potential employers, industry experts or whoever fits along those lines. Membership will be limited to members that can be trusted with personal information should anyone wish to submit a CV or resume.

It will serve as a basis for industry professionals (any field) to discuss job tips, employment leads, store information on obtaining appropriate visas for different countries and as a place to communicate with each other and if possible network with other professionals.

Members of 'Professionals' may also offer advice to non members in other parts of the board based on what they learn within the group.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2006-06-15 09:48am

The main problem I see with this is how far apart most of our user-base is. While it would be nice to know of jobs available, if it's in Toronto, and I'm in West-by-god... I dont care how qualified I am for the position, that's a little far to go.

See also the job offer from WeeMadAndo to help with his gaming company in Aussie.

Post by **Edi** » 2006-06-15 10:43am

No use for a dedicated user group. If somebody has a need to ask for some job interview tips or if there's something available in a specific location, let them post a thread about it in Off Topic and see what response they get. OR if some people want to talk shop, let there be a thread for that.

You'd also have a hell of a time cobbling together the membership and defining what criteria you're going to choose for making those decisions.

Edi

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2006-06-15 11:00am

If we're going to have something like this, why not make it a forum like ARSE?

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2006-06-15 11:35am

I agree. It seems like defining what qualifies as a professional is pretty broad and we've got alot of people that qualify anyway. It seems to make more sense to make a Professional and Career Life sub-forum, since concerns about work and such effects everyone really.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2006-06-15 11:40am

If we're worried about personal information being leaked we could have a policy that resumes should have certain information redacted.

GrandMasterTerwynn · Post by **GrandMasterTerwynn** » 2006-06-15 11:50am

Gil Hamilton wrote:I agree. It seems like defining what qualifies as a professional is pretty broad and we've got alot of people that qualify anyway. It seems to make more sense to make a Professional and Career Life sub-forum, since concerns about work and such effects everyone really.

Will such a forum really generate enough traffic to justify its existence? I did a quick search in Off-Topic, plugging in the word "professional" and counted the number of hits which looked relevant. Only 17% of the topics looked like they would've made a good fit for such a forum, and this number is grossly exaggerated, since I went by thread title alone. I'm going to agree with Edi on this one; such topics are well-suited to the present Off-Topic forum as it is right now.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2006-06-15 11:51am

Well, you shouldn't post personal information that you don't want out in the world on a public forum in any event. However, we could make the forum like ARSE and the HoS and make it board member only.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2006-06-15 11:54am

GrandMasterTerwynn wrote:Will such a forum really generate enough traffic to justify its existence? I did a quick search in Off-Topic, plugging in the word "professional" and counted the number of hits which looked relevant. Only 17% of the topics looked like they would've made a good fit for such a forum, and this number is grossly exaggerated, since I went by thread title alone. I'm going to agree with Edi on this one; such topics are well-suited to the present Off-Topic forum as it is right now.

ARSE isn't known for its traffic either. I'm just saying that if we do it at all, we should do it as a sub-forum, rather than a usergroup.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2006-06-15 12:40pm

besdies depends on what your professions in (as long as we have no "cleaners" like mr. Leon....

Post by **Lagmonster** » 2006-06-16 07:39am

My opinion would be that if you read comments from someone you want to network with, you can PM that person, and they can choose whether or not to give you advice or a leg up.

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2006-06-21 09:52pm

Though an interesting idea, I'd think I'd have to concur with the consensus here. "Professional" is too vague a category to form a dedicated usergroup and I suspect the traffic would not bear up sufficiently to justify the bandwidth.

Post by **Coyote** » 2006-06-23 10:37am

It sounds like something that can be handled through Off-Topic and leads to a PM if serious.