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We used to have this problem at the Minnesota Daily, the U's paper of 40,000 daily print circulation, and found 4 strong sources for hiring. 1) Craigslist 2) Ta
by ecaron 16y ago
We used to have this problem at the Minnesota Daily, the U's paper of 40,000 daily print circulation, and found 4 strong sources for hiring.
1) Craigslist
2) Talk to the CS profs and ask to promote your on-site event with free pizza to get feedback on what should be done with the papers site.
3) Talk about the pay, despite objections to keep it hush hush. The recruits need to know they're getting paid a decent amount, like $11/hr (which is still fair for on-campus work with flexible hours)
4) Find alumni to talk about the experience and how that was worth more than the pay.
If you have questions, ping the active staff at the Daily - they're always open to sharing ideas.
- danielbachhuber 16y agoWhy do you think Craigslist was particularly effective, and how did you convince management to pay $11/hour?
- ecaron 16y agoCraigslist is effective because the programmers on campus (just like the HR professionals or people in finance) don't think about the college paper as a place where people other than writers are looking. College coders are looking for gigs on Craigslist to fill their free-time, simply because they probably don't know there's an opportunity at your paper. Regarding talking to management, have them find out what the board members are paying their coders and have them call other college papers in the circuit to find out what the average is (and tell them to compare the rates they hear to the quality of the site). Its one of the beautiful things that I miss about the college paper world - other college papers aren't competitors, they're colleagues and welcome inter-paper exchanges.