Robin's Ruminations

NAPPS has a new feature on their website called Post a Job.  I'm trying to decide whether or not it is a good idea.  Or, let me put that another way, I actually think it is a good idea but I'm having trouble with their implementation.

Currently, if you post a job using this new tool, when you hit the submit button it will be sent to all NAPPS members.  So if I post a job for service in Portland, Maine, members in Los Angeles (along with the rest of the country) will receive the notification.  The only option members have at this point is to opt out of the entire program.  But that hardly seems reasonable because if I've opted out and a job is posted in Bellingham, Washington, (where I'm at) then I'll miss out on the opportunity.  So, as I see it, "opt out" is not an option at all.

Now I give NAPPS credit for efficient use of the subject line in the Post a Job e-mails.  It tells me it is a NAPPS Post a Job and the city and state where the job is intended for service.  So I don't have to open them in order to know it isn't for my area.  Fine and good but as the Post a Job system becomes more popular the number of these e-mails is going to increase from a trickle to a flood.  

NAPPS needs to limit distribution to those members in the area where the job needs to be done.  They could limit it by state or city or ZIP Code or in some other way.  

Like I said above, I think this is a good idea but I think it needs a tweak or two.