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Yes. Job postings are quite similar to one another (expect for the
Tennant's Treehouse posting of course). Discussions can be more interesting
and diverse :)

Uldis


On 29 May 2014 15:34, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Is there anyone that found the original job postings to the list actually
> MORE distracting and inconveniencing than the incessant discussion of what
> to do about them?
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> On 5/29/14 7:44 AM, Ross Singer wrote:
>
>> THIS IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE AGREED TO
>> On May 29, 2014 7:38 AM, "Andreas Orphanides" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>  YAY FULL JOB POSTINGS
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 11:40 PM, BWS Johnson <
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>>  Research Analyst I
>>>> Royt's Treehouse
>>>>
>>>> The prestigious Tennant's Treehouse is accepting applications for the
>>>> position of Research Analyst I for the Juniper Club Library. A
>>>> collaborative position in nature, the Research Analyst I will indenture
>>>> themselves to the library duhrector artisanally collecting redundant
>>>> data
>>>> via Diebold-O-Tron. The Research Analyst I will be abused at any given
>>>> opportunity, be paid only in hard liquor, maintain all digital object
>>>> collections, regardless of relevance or irrelevance of said collection
>>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>>> shepherd digital humanities projects, whatevertheheckthoseare.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The successful candidate will have 17 years experience in Koha despite
>>>> this being an entry level position that only freshly minted graduates
>>>> may
>>>> apply to and that proficiency not possibly existing in this reality,
>>>> archiving meaningless discussion threads, ragging on royt at any given
>>>> opportunity, and collating mimeographs since we forgot to take this out
>>>>
>>> of
>>>
>>>> our job description sometime when MARC was merely a glimmer in a data
>>>> nerd's eye. None of these skills relate in the slightest to counting
>>>>
>>> votes,
>>>
>>>> but that's what HR told us, and ours is not to reason why.
>>>>
>>>> We will not tell you where Royt's Treehouse is located since you are
>>>>
>>> meant
>>>
>>>> to already know. As with conference, you were meant to apply for this
>>>>
>>> post
>>>
>>>> prior to it making the rounds in your hemisphere, so if you are located
>>>> outside of the continental United States, too damn bad.
>>>>
>>>> For further information, feel free to contact
>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>> ,
>>>
>>>> where your email will fester in a pile since your résumé will be thrown
>>>>
>>> out
>>>
>>>> for having a funny name or not matching spurious keywords.
>>>>
>>>> All applicants are REQUIRED to have a beating a dead horse Code{4}Lib
>>>> t-shirt.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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