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The important piece to remember is that this costs companies $300 per posting on sites like Github ($350 for JoS, $400 on 37Signals), but $0 to post on their ow

by ecaron 16y ago

The important piece to remember is that this costs companies $300 per posting on sites like Github ($350 for JoS, $400 on 37Signals), but $0 to post on their own site. So companies like Twitter (http://twitter.com/jobs http://twitter.com/jobs) are still going to post on their site first, and are only going to post their hard-to-fill jobs on these boards. So yay for GitHub and 37Signals for offering more alternatives to Dice and Craigslist, but remember that the best jobs still come directly from the employer's website. (Speaking of Twitter, am I the only one who loves their new recruting video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU6epAkC9wg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU6epAkC9wg)

look_lookatme 16y ago
About that video. I was going to write something scathing about it, but that'd be useless. All I'll say is imitating Wes Anderson is tired and boring. Looks like it was fun to make and some people will like it for sure, but I think it pales in comparison to the Etsy recruiting video: http://codeascraft.etsy.com/2010/07/09/etsy-is-hiring/ http://codeascraft.etsy.com/2010/07/09/etsy-is-hiring/ I hate to bring this up this tired discussion, but is this a NYC vs SF thing? The Etsy video could almost be considered dark and pessimistic, while the Twitter video is full of whimsy and infantilization.
- seiji 16y ago
  The twitter video looks like it's recruiting for a private high school (join our clubs! have friends! be awesome! we're so wacky!). The etsy video looks like a formalistic Hollywood trailer from the 80s. I don't want to go back to high school or be stuck in the 80s. :(
- ecaron 16y ago
  How funny! I was going to mention Etsy, also, but their jobs page isn't working right (http://www.etsy.com/jobs/ http://www.etsy.com/jobs/) and I didn't want to start an off-topic thread about them, because I have nothing but awesome things to say regarding Etsy. And I love both videos, but I'm based in Minneapolis. So that might mean that both coasts like 1 so I like them both, or just that people from Minnesota like everything:)

by ecaron 16y ago

look_lookatme 16y ago

About that video. I was going to write something scathing about it, but that'd be useless. All I'll say is imitating Wes Anderson is tired and boring. Looks like it was fun to make and some people will like it for sure, but I think it pales in comparison to the Etsy recruiting video: http://codeascraft.etsy.com/2010/07/09/etsy-is-hiring/ http://codeascraft.etsy.com/2010/07/09/etsy-is-hiring/ I hate to bring this up this tired discussion, but is this a NYC vs SF thing? The Etsy video could almost be considered dark and pessimistic, while the Twitter video is full of whimsy and infantilization.

seiji 16y ago
The twitter video looks like it's recruiting for a private high school (join our clubs! have friends! be awesome! we're so wacky!). The etsy video looks like a formalistic Hollywood trailer from the 80s. I don't want to go back to high school or be stuck in the 80s. :(
ecaron 16y ago
How funny! I was going to mention Etsy, also, but their jobs page isn't working right (http://www.etsy.com/jobs/ http://www.etsy.com/jobs/) and I didn't want to start an off-topic thread about them, because I have nothing but awesome things to say regarding Etsy. And I love both videos, but I'm based in Minneapolis. So that might mean that both coasts like 1 so I like them both, or just that people from Minnesota like everything:)