As we’ve grown over the last couple of years, we’ve done our best to keep the mailing list on-topic. We are first and foremost a group of professionals interested in sharing knowledge, experience and ideas, but we also value the chance to hear of and share great opportunities. Those of us who maintain the mailing list and Web site do our best to encourage this atmosphere and avoid those who view Refresh as a golden rolodex of candidates. But there are some good recruiters in Austin who have good opportunities and have proven that they care enough to find the right fit for the individual. We want to encourage those connections without taking our discussions off-topic or spamming those uninterested in jobs at that moment. So we’re modifying the way opportunities will be posted to the list.

New Job Posting List

From now on, all jobs, whether full time or contract work should be posted to Refresh Austin Jobs. Once you’ve joined that group, you can send opportunities to refresh-austin-jobs AT googlegroups DOT com.

Job Posting Guidelines

Anyone is allowed to join the new group and post opportunities (including recruiters). The first message from each member will be moderated, following our practice here on the main list, to ensure we maintain a high level of quality.

All job posts must meet these requirements:

The job opportunity must be in the Austin/Central Texas area. Telecommuting opportunities are acceptable as well, as long as the applicant may work from Austin.
The opportunity must be for a Web-related role (designer, developer, writer etc.), general positions such as office manager, secretary or chimney sweep should be posted elsewhere.
The post should include the real name of the company or individual hiring. It is understood that sometimes projects have not been announced yet, but a contact name should at least be included.
Do not post the same position day after day. Give it time before re-posting.

Seeing the Jobs

We’ll send a single daily digest to the main Refresh Austin list containing all job postings added that day, so it will be easy for members to see available jobs if they are interested or to filter the message if they aren’t. If you aren’t posting jobs, you don’t have to join the new list. We will also add the job posts to the Refresh Austin site as they come in, or you can choose to join the group to receive posts directly.

Following-Up on an Opportunity

Please contact the job poster off-list (both lists).

We hope this new system will encourage the sharing of jobs without overloading everyone’s inbox.

This is an experiment, so we would love to hear your feedback. We’ll tweak, modify or tear down as needed to ensure we get this right.