3.12 misc.jobs Posting Guidelines: Should I combine multiple openings into one posting?
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This article is from the Jobs FAQ, by Snoopy snoopy-at-sopwith.uucp.
3.12 misc.jobs Posting Guidelines: Should I combine multiple openings into one posting?
The main issue here is allowing the user to do automated
searches among the thousands of openings available. The majority
of computer searching is done using the Subject line. If the
jobs have the same location, general description, and company,
then they can share the same Subject: line, and thus can be
combined into one posting. Otherwise they will need separate
postings.
For example, if your company needs 2 senior wine tasters, 3
intermediate wine tasters, and 2 junior wine tasters, you could post
Subject: FR-Paris wine tasters Acme Grapery
and then in the body of the posting explain that you need
various skill levels.
Conversely, if you were to combine two unrelated jobs into a
single posting, such as this bad example:
Subject: FR-Paris wine taster, COBOL programmer Acme Grapery
A wine taster might have their KILL file set up to throw away
postings looking for COBOL programmers, and a COBOL programmer
might have their KILL file set up to throw away postings
looking for wine tasters. Thus you wouldn't get any resumes.
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