Our Policy on Recruiters? - Atlanta User Groups

Not sure what you do, however…

2010-07-30T19:14:04.000Z

Not sure what you do, however I'm looking to hire a AD and Exchange Solutions Architect and SharePoint Architect in Atlanta. If interested, please send me your resume to contact@aquesst.com

Honest ABE said:

If it could net ME a job (I'm searching), then I wouldn't mind.

If it could net ME a job (I'm…

2010-03-28T10:16:13.000Z

If it could net ME a job (I'm searching), then I wouldn't mind.

At AFUG, we have a service ca…

2009-05-27T13:10:11.000Z

At AFUG, we have a service called the AFUG Job Alert. This is a broadcast email that is sent out to all our members on behalf of anyone wanting to post a job. It's better than a posting on the web site, because it goes out immediately and doesn't depend on someone checking the site. We charge $25 for this service. This helps support the VFP community in Atlanta and ultimately helps anyone recruiting VFP developers. Payment is through PayPal. I've always required recruiters to pay prior to the alert being sent. Unfortunately, there are too many unethical recruiters out there. Recruiters were more likely to stiff us, whereas private companies paid the fee. These days, with PayPal as the medium, everyone pays first. Occasionally, we'd get someone not wanting to pay the fee and you might look at it as withholding job info from people, but if someone won't pay a very reasonable $25 to target VFP developers, then I'm not sure you'd want to work with such a company. I've had more negative experiences with recruiters than positive ones, so I limit what they can do and I'd recommend that here.

Thats some great feedback Stu…

2009-05-27T05:00:48.000Z

Thats some great feedback Stuart. In some emails and in talking to others I think it will be kind of a wait and see approach, where if they add value, which they can, then that is great.

Also, starting this group out with a few proven leaders in various other user groups will start to give this community an acceptable feel before being bombarded by recruiters.

We allow recruiters to post t…

2009-05-26T22:24:52.000Z

We allow recruiters to post to our newsgroup, and yes, sometimes they can be over the top. For the most part, however, the benefit of connecting our members with job opportunities (particularly in this economic era) outweighs the negative tactics of a few recruiters. Usually they're pretty sensitive to appearance; if they're perceived as spammers, they don't get many leads.