Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.mathworks.com!wn13feed!wn12feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!attbi_s02.POSTED!not-for-mail From: nejobs-mod@comcast.net Newsgroups: news.answers,ne.jobs.company Approved: news-answers-request@mit.edu Subject: ne.jobs.company FAQ 12/03 Summary: ne.jobs.company is a moderated newsgroup for NE jobs posts. Organization: ne.jobs.company Moderator Message-ID: <8mh9tvcqjc2gk9a2hema01lb3p82gsmunf@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 78 NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.147.213.141 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: attbi_s02 1070909253 24.147.213.141 (Mon, 08 Dec 2003 18:47:33 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 18:47:33 GMT Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 18:47:33 GMT Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu news.answers:262493 ne.jobs.company:1057 Archive-name: jobs/ne-company Posting-Frequency: monthly Last-modified: 12/08/03 Version: 1.14 URL: http://theworld.com/~sculver/njc-faq.html Maintainer: Sandy Culver The ne.jobs.company newsgroup FAQ Version 1.14 December 8, 2003 Maintained by: Sandy Culver What is ne.jobs.company? What geographic area does ne.jobs.company cover? What kinds of posts are acceptable for ne.jobs.company? What kinds of posts are unacceptable for ne.jobs.company? How can ne.jobs.company be read? What are some tips for writing job posts? Can Google be used to read and post jobs to ne.jobs.company? How can a company post to ne.jobs.company? What is the moderation e-mail address for ne.jobs.company? What is the moderators' e-mail address for ne.jobs.company? 1. What is ne.jobs.company? Ne.jobs.company is a Usenet newsgroup devoted exclusively to the posting by companies of job openings located in the New England area. 2. What geographic area does ne.jobs.company cover? Ne.jobs.company covers the six states in the New England region, MA, RI, CT, VT, NH, and ME. 3. What kinds of posts are acceptable for ne.jobs.company? Ne.jobs.company accepts posts only from companies for jobs in the New England region. 4. What kinds of posts are unacceptable for ne.jobs.company? Ne.jobs.company does not accept posts from third parties, such as employment agencies (permanent or temporary), contract houses, posting services (fee-based or free). In addition, ne.jobs.company does not accept posts for positions requiring investment or opportunities such as work at home or multi-level marketing schemes, or similar arrangements. The moderator reserves the right to reject any post considered inappropriate for the ne.jobs.company newsgroup. 5. How can ne.jobs.company be read? Ne.jobs.company can be read with a news reader which may be a web browser feature or a separate software program. Technical support groups and Internet service providers can provide access by adding ne.jobs.company to their news feed. 6. How can a company post to ne.jobs.company? The best way to post a job is to send a plain text of the job by email to nejobs@comcast.net Please allow partial days before your post will appear at newsgroups at your Internet service provider. Posts via the newsgroup will be moderated and sent to the newsgroup if appropriate. 7. Can Google Groups be used to read and post jobs to ne.jobs.company? Yes, you can read newsgroups at http://groups.google.com and after creating a free account for your company, one can post jobs which will be moderated. 8. What are some tips for writing job posts? Read a few posts at the newsgroup to see how job posts are written. Notice that the subject line of the job post is often a brief listing of the job's title, location, and/or company. The return address of the company's originating e-mail or newsgroup post becomes the sender's address for each job post. No introductory note such as, "this is a job post" should be sent. Make sure you are sending text suitable for a wide range of computer systems, such as ASCII text. Please do not send text with word processor formatting. 9. What is the moderation (submission) e-mail address for ne.jobs.company? The moderation and submission e-mail address is nejobs@comcast.net. Job posts should be sent to this address in plain text. 10. What is the moderator's e-mail address for ne.jobs.company? The moderators' e-mail address is nejobs-mod@comcast.net. Job posts should not be sent to this address.