Comments on: What do you do with a B.A. in communications?

By: Serena

Serena — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:57:37 +0000

It may be illegal to charge people to find jobs, but many companies do. Look at southernmainehelpwanted.com - many of their postings are through "hiring companies" that charge a flat rate and guarantee to find you a job within 6 months. Illegal or not... they still do it.

By: Kate M.

Kate M. — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:06:23 +0000

I've been looking for work on and off for a year, and recall one Craigslist posting that required you to do page layout and graphic design, web design including Flash and scripting, sound and video editing, and they were offering a princely $10 an hour. But it's true, sometimes they just don't want to pay. Maybe it's just as well if they're up front about that. I saw a posting recently asking for a drupal hacker who "wasn't hung up on the paycheck." As if drupal was something you'd do for shits and giggles...

By: David

David — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:57:20 +0000

I work in the translation field, and some freelance translation offers from places like China or India offer a mere 0, 0090someting per word. Image, tt's not even a cent per word in us dollars, I see this all the time on freelance websites.

Even starting at 13 $ an hour feels a little like outsourcing.

By: Guillaume Theoret

Guillaume Theoret — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:09:26 +0000

Fagstein already responded to the major issue.

What I was wondering was is it illegal to have an english-only website? I didn't think so. I thought you just might not be eligible for certain government tax breaks that had such conditions. I would like to see a link for more information about that though.

By: Fagstein

Fagstein — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:00:17 +0000

Standout doesn't charge people to find them jobs. It charges companies to create websites to post jobs to.

By: Jean Naimard

Jean Naimard — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:38:44 +0000

Standout is blatanly illegal, not only because the site is english-only, but because it is illegal to charge people in order to find them jobs.

By: Jean Naimard

Jean Naimard — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:36:33 +0000

Well, they cannot afford more than $13/hour, because the boss absolutely has to come to work in a $90,000 car because a $50,000 car just won’t do.

By: DAVE ID

DAVE ID — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:34:38 +0000

Damn dude 13$/Hour??? That freaking highway robbery. You can't even make rent with this. LOL our student call-center hell-desk calltakers get paid more than that and that's just to open tickets and reset passwords, they're not even debuggers.

By: Fagstein

Fagstein — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:17:08 +0000

I took a look at some jobs at Standout Jobs. Not a single one listed salary, so I can't really compare. It's amazing how many job listings make no reference to how much money someone will make. I understand sometimes salary is negotiated, but to not even have a ballpark figure is to invite people who are either grossly overqualified or grossly underqualified.

By: Guillaume Theoret

Guillaume Theoret — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:06:23 +0000

Christian it's like that in every industry. Even in my field (programming) which is in constant lack of qualified personnel available to do the work you get postings like those.

There are companies bucking the trend though. Take standoutjobs ( http://standoutjobs.com/site/ ) for example. It's a Montreal startup that helps companies build a "micro-site" to recruit and promote themselves among job seekers. The idea is to seem attractive and more companies I think are going to start realizing that the standard depressing job posting just isn't going to cut it anymore soon.

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:01:58 +0000

I find browsing job postings such a depressing activity. They're all about working under pressure, administrative side-tasks, entry-level salaries and "occasional" overtime...

By: Michel

Michel — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:52:33 +0000

Sounds like Silanis, except they expect you to perform the same work as an *intern.*