Yes.

--  
Tim Slattery
Slattery_T@bls.gov

Not necessarily, provided that:

1. You don't do it very often.
2. The jobs are clearly and directly related to Java programming.
3. You clearly identify that it's job position, and the location.

i don't have much experience with usenet groups, but perhaps you could
set up a comp.lang.java.jobs.columbus_ohio group somehow.  i don't
think anyone would have a problem with that, and would appreciate it if
they knew about it.

I hope you weren't expecting to get a unanimous answer to your question :-)

Like all unmoderated newsgroups, there is no single voice - dictator or
elected leader - to speak for us all so you will probably get as many
answers to your questions as there are users of this newsgroup.

As far as I'm concerned, go right ahead and post your jobs here. But please
bear in mind that this newsgroups has participants from all over the world
so, if you're going to post a plum job, try to give some information on the
circumstances under which foreign nationals can hope to apply for the job.

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you are an ethical
recruiter but if you are not, I'd really rather you just went away and
didn't come back. Remember that old saying: "hell hath no fury like a woman
scorned"? Well, if you jerk around the people on this newsgroup, you may
find that scorned women have nothing on upset Java programmers.

Rhino

Order? I guess you mean offer. To answer your question: Yes, you would
abuse the public resources of a discussion(!) newsgroup for your own
advertising of a job. Post to one of the job offering newsgroups, some
of the many job boards, or pay for normal advertising.

/Thomas

I don't speak for the group, but I wouldn't have a problem with it.  Even  
though many (most?)posters, myself included, would not be interested in  
jobs in Ohio.  If it's a specific Java position and flagged as a job  
posting in the subject then I don't see an issue.  If it's some  
recruitment company posting every single IT job they have on file then it  
would quickly become unwelcome.

A couple of suggestions I would make to anybody advertising a position:

1).  This is an international group so you should indicate whether, and  
under what circumstances, international applications would be accepted.

2).  Please indicate which country the position is in.  US companies seem  
to be particularly guilty of omitting this information.  Many places in  
the US are named after European towns and cities (Athens, Birmingham,  
Boston, Cambridge, Dover etc.) so if you don't specify the country it's  
not clear where you are (state abbreviations often mean nothing to  
non-Americans).

Dan.