Help Wanted Help

We’re Hiring!
Posted by Derek Powazek on 24 October 2006If you’re in the San Francisco area and are interested in a fulltime job putting together the coolest magazines anywhere, read on!

We have two positions open now to work on JPG and future magazines. We’re looking for a talented Programmer and Web Developer.

The Programmer should love PHP like a brother – you know him well, love his capabilities, and tolerate his eccentricities. You should also be able to rock the MySQL, and have tons of experience building intensely member-driven sites. Bonus points for photography buffs. We’re neutral on the Nikon/Canon debate.

The Web Developer should know the difference between XHTML strict and transitional, and why one is better than the other. You should know CSS inside and out and be almost as good at Javascript so you can help with all that newfangled Ajax stuff the kids are crazy about these days.

We’re looking for passionate, talented people for both positions now. Your presence in San Francisco is strongly preferred. We’ll consider telecommuters, but only if you’re crazy skilled. I mean like “you can move things with your mind” skilled. Seriously.

Wanna apply? Drop us a line! Be sure to include links to your work and a description of your role in each project.

The following post was posted today on Robert Merrill’s Good Recruits…

I received a funny note about the way classified ads are written:

Word processing skills essential:
There’s a crippling case of carpal tunnel syndrome in your future.

Salary range $24,000 – $32,000/yr:
The salary is $24,000.

Civil service:
This job was filled from the inside six months ago.

Top-notch communications skills:
Telemarketing.

Outstanding benefits package:
Health insurance.

Progressive Company:
Employees get to wear jeans every other Friday.

Dedicated:
You’re looking at a minimum of 80 hours a week from now until you’re forced into early-retirement.

Tons of variety:
They took all the heinous tasks no other employee would do and rolled them into one job.

You have to give it to Mark Cuban.  He is awfully smart and has the money, too. 

He has a very popular blog—and basically allows the world inside his head.  It alone is an entertaining read.

So…he wants to find a new player for his team…not his Mavericks team, the other, a business one.  Does he take out an ad on Monster?  No….he challenges job seekers to apply by giving him an idea he needs and hasn’t heard yet.  This sounds a bit like Nick Corcodilos’s advice to jobseekers: Be sure you tell your prospective employer exactly what you can do for him.

So, the Mark Cuban Challenge is up now, and only about 1,000 people have responded—scroll through their responses.

The point is, is your help wanted advertising getting this kind of response.  You might not have this type of platform, but you can get the word out by being creative.