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Environment and entertainment value (Score:1)

by Denny (5407)

When I'm looking for work, I look at the company to see if it would be a fun place to work - casual dress, flexitime, a generally friendly atmosphere. I also look at whether the work is going to be reasonably interesting or not.

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I may be prejudiced... (Score:1)

by sigzero (5768)

If the ad says "PERL", I ignore it.
- Re: (Score:1)
  
  by jplindstrom (594)
  
  Doesn't have to be bad.
  
  It may be the HR department who messed things up and didn't involve the dev team enough. Which in itself might be a bad sign, but nothing even close to being a showstopper.
  - Re:I may be prejudiced… (Score:1)
    
    by Aristotle (5147)
    
    Yeah, by itself, that does not say anything. It immediately makes me suspicious of other warning signs, though.
    - Re:I may be prejudiced… (Score:1)
      
      by sigzero (5768)
      
      It immediately makes me suspicious of other warning signs, though.
      
      Yes, I should have qualified it a bit more.
What makes a good or bad Perl job advert? (Score:1)

by Adrian (66)

You might want to read Ovid's piece [perl.org] and my rant [perlmonks.org] on the topic.
- Re: (Score:1)
  
  by Aristotle (5147)
  
  Please repost that rant here!
  
  You don’t write enough here anyway :-), and that rant’s worth being a bit easier to dig back out than a node on PerlMonks.
  - Re: (Score:1)
    
    by Adrian (66)
    
    Please repost that rant here!
    
    done. [perl.org]
what do you do with Perl (Score:1)

by Lecar_red (5694)

I hate when I read a job posting and I have no idea how the company uses Perl. The python job site has a "what is Python used for" and I think that is really important part of the posting... since its on a Perl board.
Include information about location of candidates such as if you are willing to pay relocation or if you are willing to talk to candidates from other areas. I may be willing to move for a cool job without the company paying for it.
I agree with Ovid's past post that including a salary rang