Writing a Job Posting
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@JaredBusch said in Writing a Job Posting:
Target Employee:
Ideally, I'm looking for someone cheaper than myself for the short term, but that I expect to grow into a much larger skillset worth more money.
I'm not looking for a Scott Alan Miller, or even a DashrenderWell if they read this site, that's all the description that you need!
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@Obsolesce said in Writing a Job Posting:
IT Systems Generalist
I like this as a title. But I think I'd do something like ...
IT System Generalist (MSP Consulting Role)
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@stacksofplates said in Writing a Job Posting:
I'll do it along with my current job for $37 an hour. You don't need to pay health insurance then.
Hard deal to beat. I'd go with this!
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@flaxking said in Writing a Job Posting:
I'd axe out the preferred qualifications and go back to it just being describing the technology stacks used. And make sure basic qualifications are really the basic ones.
I agree here. List what you'll general expect done, let them decide how to show that they can do that.
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@stacksofplates said in Writing a Job Posting:
I'll do it along with my current job for $37 an hour. You don't need to pay health insurance then.
Did you miss the in St Louis requirement?
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@JaredBusch said in Writing a Job Posting:
@stacksofplates said in Writing a Job Posting:
I'll do it along with my current job for $37 an hour. You don't need to pay health insurance then.
Did you miss the in St Louis requirement?
Pitt to St Louis, easy commute once every two weeks.
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@scottalanmiller said in Writing a Job Posting:
@JaredBusch said in Writing a Job Posting:
@stacksofplates said in Writing a Job Posting:
I'll do it along with my current job for $37 an hour. You don't need to pay health insurance then.
Did you miss the in St Louis requirement?
Pitt to St Louis, easy commute once every two weeks.
I might need to crunch numbers about Atlanta to St. Louis
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@EddieJennings said in Writing a Job Posting:
@scottalanmiller said in Writing a Job Posting:
@JaredBusch said in Writing a Job Posting:
@stacksofplates said in Writing a Job Posting:
I'll do it along with my current job for $37 an hour. You don't need to pay health insurance then.
Did you miss the in St Louis requirement?
Pitt to St Louis, easy commute once every two weeks.
I might need to crunch numbers about Atlanta to St. Louis
It'd be at least $3500 a month in travel expenses for me lol.
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@JaredBusch said in Writing a Job Posting:
*We currently run on an hourly payment model. The time you bill to clients is what you are paid.
There is no vacation, but the hourly rate accounts for that. If you can't swing taking time off, it is your own fault.Wow, seems like a tough gig.
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@JaredBusch Same job you were talking to me about?
Of all the job postings I've seen the place where they lose interest is preferred qualifications, and I'd suggest keeping the pay off the job posting.. You'll end up getting joe blow interested because of the money factor and not someone who is actually going to help you with what you're looking for, knowing you would never hire them, but they'd waste your time in an interview.
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@Carnival-Boy said in Writing a Job Posting:
@JaredBusch said in Writing a Job Posting:
*We currently run on an hourly payment model. The time you bill to clients is what you are paid.
There is no vacation, but the hourly rate accounts for that. If you can't swing taking time off, it is your own fault.Wow, seems like a tough gig.
Yeah this is pretty uncertain - is there any type of assured number of hours? I mean - i seriously doubt it, but one should ask.
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@WrCombs said in Writing a Job Posting:
@JaredBusch Same job you were talking to me about?
Of all the job postings I've seen the place where they lose interest is preferred qualifications, and I'd suggest keeping the pay off the job posting.. You'll end up getting joe blow interested because of the money factor and not someone who is actually going to help you with what you're looking for, knowing you would never hire them, but they'd waste your time in an interview.
Well - unless the resume is a total lie just to get the interview, it shouldn't be that bad.
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@Dashrender said in Writing a Job Posting:
@Carnival-Boy said in Writing a Job Posting:
@JaredBusch said in Writing a Job Posting:
*We currently run on an hourly payment model. The time you bill to clients is what you are paid.
There is no vacation, but the hourly rate accounts for that. If you can't swing taking time off, it is your own fault.Wow, seems like a tough gig.
Yeah this is pretty uncertain - is there any type of assured number of hours? I mean - i seriously doubt it, but one should ask.
The work is there. I'm still working out that information, but that doesn't matter to build the rest of the job listing.
Currently I'm 100% certain there is 30 hours/week.
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@Dashrender said in Writing a Job Posting:
@Carnival-Boy said in Writing a Job Posting:
@JaredBusch said in Writing a Job Posting:
*We currently run on an hourly payment model. The time you bill to clients is what you are paid.
There is no vacation, but the hourly rate accounts for that. If you can't swing taking time off, it is your own fault.Wow, seems like a tough gig.
Yeah this is pretty uncertain - is there any type of assured number of hours? I mean - i seriously doubt it, but one should ask.
I was thinking about this also. Just figured it would be a question during the interview process vs being listed on the job posting.
Didn't want to get a FFS or WTF!
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Many jobs start offering more and more time off as an employee hangs around i.e. 5 yrs = extra year of vacation... would you expect someone who hung around this long to negotiate a salary raise commensurate with this? Not something for the posting, but a followup question.
What if a person doesn't need health insurance because their family has it through their spouse?
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@Dashrender said in Writing a Job Posting:
Many jobs start offering more and more time off as an employee hangs around i.e. 5 yrs = extra year of vacation... would you expect someone who hung around this long to negotiate a salary raise commensurate with this? Not something for the posting, but a followup question.
Anyone with seniority starts to negotiate raises of one sort or another. I think that that is baked into any thought process.
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@pmoncho said in Writing a Job Posting:
@Dashrender said in Writing a Job Posting:
@Carnival-Boy said in Writing a Job Posting:
@JaredBusch said in Writing a Job Posting:
*We currently run on an hourly payment model. The time you bill to clients is what you are paid.
There is no vacation, but the hourly rate accounts for that. If you can't swing taking time off, it is your own fault.Wow, seems like a tough gig.
Yeah this is pretty uncertain - is there any type of assured number of hours? I mean - i seriously doubt it, but one should ask.
I was thinking about this also. Just figured it would be a question during the interview process vs being listed on the job posting.
Didn't want to get a FFS or WTF!
LOL you'll just get it in the interview instead
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@Dashrender said in Writing a Job Posting:
What if a person doesn't need health insurance because their family has it through the other spouse?
Surprisingly few companies give any compensation for that. Should they? Likely. But very few do (partially because many actually make money on you having healthcare.)
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@scottalanmiller said in Writing a Job Posting:
@Dashrender said in Writing a Job Posting:
What if a person doesn't need health insurance because their family has it through the other spouse?
Surprisingly few companies give any compensation for that. Should they? Likely. But very few do (partially because many actually make money on you having healthcare.)
I know mine does - my boss gets her's through her husband's Firefighter for life insurance policy (don't get me started)... and she gets extra compensation because the company doesn't have to pay for her.. not sure it's 1:1, but hey, anything would be better than nothing.
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@Carnival-Boy said in Writing a Job Posting:
@JaredBusch said in Writing a Job Posting:
*We currently run on an hourly payment model. The time you bill to clients is what you are paid.
There is no vacation, but the hourly rate accounts for that. If you can't swing taking time off, it is your own fault.Wow, seems like a tough gig.
From your perspective maybe. But I take off when I want. I work when I want. For 2019 I put in 40/week most weeks.
You might have missed where the rate accounts for the time.
I worked 1983.5 hours in 2019. That is 96.5 less hours than 40 hours a week. Basically, I took 12 days completely off.In reality, I took off more than that, and worked more than 8 hours a day often.
Fuck your old school 8-5 bullshit concepts of a job.
