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Should job postings be permitted from HOTMAIL?
Thread poster: CLS Lexi-tech
CLS Lexi-tech
CLS Lexi-tech
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Feb 12, 2002

I would like to bring to everybody\'s attention what we have been discussing in the Italian Forum. Somebody posted a bid for 100 words of technical translation. Leaving all other considerations aside, the oursourcer is using a hotmail address, which compounds other suspicions members have.



Do you think that offers made using such addresses should be filtered and eliminated?



paola l m
 
Gilda Manara
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edited, maybe Feb 12, 2002

i.e., I would have nothing against answering to an hotmail or yahoo address, but I would never accept any job offer coming from an outsourcer that isn\'t ready to give me, afterwards, all his data. Translators answering to such job postings should be made aware of this danger, as well as outsourcers should be made aware that if they give an hotmail address they could receive much less applications than wished.

I have sometimes found job postings where the outsourcer said clearly that h... See more
i.e., I would have nothing against answering to an hotmail or yahoo address, but I would never accept any job offer coming from an outsourcer that isn\'t ready to give me, afterwards, all his data. Translators answering to such job postings should be made aware of this danger, as well as outsourcers should be made aware that if they give an hotmail address they could receive much less applications than wished.

I have sometimes found job postings where the outsourcer said clearly that he wanted all answers sent to an hotmail address, because otherwise his mailbox would have been clogged - nevertheless he gave all relevant data for identification. This is a very acceptable way of dealing, in my opinion.



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Werner George Patels, M.A., C.Tran.(ATIO) (X)
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HOTMAIL is OK, but ... Feb 12, 2002

... I expect to see the outsourcer\'s full contact information (website, address - no PO Box! - phone, fax, etc.).
 
CLS Lexi-tech
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Good points Feb 13, 2002

from Gilda and Werner. Thanks!

paola
 


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