20th July 2014, 10:06 AM
(This post was last modified: 20th July 2014, 12:50 PM by kevin wooldridge.)
Good luck with the rebranding!
When BAJR first started it had 2 very strong features. One was its function as a single site showing where archaeological work was coming up and the second was the opportunity to compare the wage offered by different contractors. Perhaps the site has become a little detached from those elements.....
Firstly it strikes me that adverts offering the immediate prospect of work should be central to the BAJR web-page....adverts asking people to register their availability for future undefined work seem to me a different kettle of fish to adverts offering immediate work. Not saying they don't have a place, but they should be in a separate section. They should also come with a proviso that anyone who posts a 'fishing' ad is obliged to reply to applicants telling them whether or not they have been successful....
Secondly....the element of looking at the bottom line, of cash in hand on a Friday evening, has also been made less explicit. Whilst benefits in kind or investment in futures do make a difference if full time permanent employment is under consideration, the majority of jobs advertised on BAJR are (and always have been) temporary and short term. Surely the main appeal of BAJR is the imperative of paying next weeks rent and not necessarily the retirement villa on the Algarve.
As is often mentioned in this forum, we are clever and intelligent people (at least if paper qualification means anything). Apart from the requirement to adhere to the National Minimum Wage, wouldn't it save BAJR a lot of bother if every advert was just accompanied by the warning 'Buyer beware'....... Discuss
When BAJR first started it had 2 very strong features. One was its function as a single site showing where archaeological work was coming up and the second was the opportunity to compare the wage offered by different contractors. Perhaps the site has become a little detached from those elements.....
Firstly it strikes me that adverts offering the immediate prospect of work should be central to the BAJR web-page....adverts asking people to register their availability for future undefined work seem to me a different kettle of fish to adverts offering immediate work. Not saying they don't have a place, but they should be in a separate section. They should also come with a proviso that anyone who posts a 'fishing' ad is obliged to reply to applicants telling them whether or not they have been successful....
Secondly....the element of looking at the bottom line, of cash in hand on a Friday evening, has also been made less explicit. Whilst benefits in kind or investment in futures do make a difference if full time permanent employment is under consideration, the majority of jobs advertised on BAJR are (and always have been) temporary and short term. Surely the main appeal of BAJR is the imperative of paying next weeks rent and not necessarily the retirement villa on the Algarve.
As is often mentioned in this forum, we are clever and intelligent people (at least if paper qualification means anything). Apart from the requirement to adhere to the National Minimum Wage, wouldn't it save BAJR a lot of bother if every advert was just accompanied by the warning 'Buyer beware'....... Discuss
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