More information in job notification emails please Thread poster: Shannon Summers
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Shannon Summers 
United States
Local time: 18:04
Member (2008)
French to English
Before the job notification emails were recently re-formatted, they included a little more information about the job and job poster. All emails used to include who/what company was posting the job. The new email notification format doesn't. This was very helpful information to determine whether I wanted to click the link to find out more about the job. If I knew it was from a company I've already communicated with and/or was undesirable, I could make my decision whether to click through. Now, I ... See more Before the job notification emails were recently re-formatted, they included a little more information about the job and job poster. All emails used to include who/what company was posting the job. The new email notification format doesn't. This was very helpful information to determine whether I wanted to click the link to find out more about the job. If I knew it was from a company I've already communicated with and/or was undesirable, I could make my decision whether to click through. Now, I have to click on the link every time just to see what company is posting, and more often than not, it wasn't worth it.
Why did this change, and can it please be included back?
It would also be nice to include other pieces of pertinent information in the emails, such as brief description, price, etc. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Marina Aleyeva
Israel
Local time: 04:04
Member (2006)
English to Russian
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I would like to see that included, too - at least the name of the job poster.
| | | | Hoda Omar
Egypt
Local time: 03:04
English to Arabic
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| Agree with you! | Aug 1, 2009 |
This will save much more time and also very helpful.
| | | | | Improved classic job notifications | Aug 3, 2009 |
Hi all,
Classic jobs notifications have been improved to include just basic information about the job such as language pair(s), field, delivery and quoting deadlines and title:
Subject line: New job posting on ProZ.com: Body: URL: http://www.proz.com/job/xxxxxxx ----------------------------------------- Language pair(s): [language] to [language] Title: [job title] Delivery deadline: [date] [time] Quoting deadline: [date] [time] Subject field: [field] This job is available only to ProZ.com members until [time] [date] URL: http://www.proz.com/job/319462 ------------------------------------------ You are receiving this email message because you signed up for email notifications of this type in your ProZ.com email preferences. Set your jobs notifications preferences here: http://www.www.proz.com/?sp=dashboard&sp_mode=jobs To unsubscribe from ProZ.com email notifications, go to: http://www.proz.com/?sp=unsubscribe Need help? Please contact staff via a support request at http://www.proz.com/support Do not reply to this message! Use the links provided above. ======= Tips for service providers ======== Before accepting work from an outsourcer, you may want to: * Check the Blue Board, http://www.proz.com/blueboard/ * Check the outsourcer's contact information for reliable email addresses, telephone numbers, etc. * Investigate the outsourcer as fully as possible * Don't forget to request a Purchase Order (PO) * Be wary of large test translations
Note that outsourcers' real and company names have been excluded from the notification to respect job posters' confidentiality, specially for cases in which the notification recipient does not finally meet the job requirements to submit a quote and then see the outsourcers' contact information.
Hope this explains.
Please let me know if you have any doubt.
Regards,
Lucia
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Shannon Summers
United States
Local time: 18:04
Member (2008)
French to English
TOPIC STARTER
Lucia, while the job notifications may have included some of the improvements you mention, the removal of the job poster is far from an improvement. Your comment about excluding job poster's information because of confidentiality in case the recipient doesn't meet the job requirements does not make any sense at all. If the recipient doesn't meet the job requirements, he/she shouldn't be receiving the job notification anyway! Aren't notifications restricted to those who meet the job poster's sele... See more Lucia, while the job notifications may have included some of the improvements you mention, the removal of the job poster is far from an improvement. Your comment about excluding job poster's information because of confidentiality in case the recipient doesn't meet the job requirements does not make any sense at all. If the recipient doesn't meet the job requirements, he/she shouldn't be receiving the job notification anyway! Aren't notifications restricted to those who meet the job poster's selected criteria?? If the recipient meets the criteria, then there is no violation in confidentiality! ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Classic jobs notifications criteria | Aug 4, 2009 |
Hi Shannon,
Please note that classic jobs notifications are sent taking into account the following fields in a job posting, apart from jobs notifications preferences:
* Language pair
* Service type
* Subject Field
* Rates
However, note that outsources may also restrict their jobs using the following criteria:
* Membership
* Account type
* ... See more Hi Shannon,
Please note that classic jobs notifications are sent taking into account the following fields in a job posting, apart from jobs notifications preferences:
* Language pair
* Service type
* Subject Field
* Rates
However, note that outsources may also restrict their jobs using the following criteria:
* Membership
* Account type
* Native language
* Software
* Credentials
* Location
* Specific field
* Expertise
Thus, when receiving a job notification what you are receiving is an alert that a job was posted in the language pair reported in your profile, in one of your fields, within your rates and looking for one of the services you offer. But this is just an alert. To the see the job's details, you must visit the job posting.
Hope this explains further.
Just let me know if you have any questions.
Regards,
Lucia ▲ Collapse
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