Small & Simple Thoughts

As many have noted, it is extremely difficult to find qualified talent in our field in Utah. The market is tight – I believe the last statistic I heard was that unemployment in the field of web development in Utah is less than 1%. (correct if wrong).

With that in mind, I felt it was important for me to do everything in my power to draw as many qualified applicants as possible to my recently posted web designer opening. I approached Cameron Moll about his Authentic Jobs website (http://authenticjobs.com). It costs $250 for a full-time posting, so my bosses wanted to make sure it was money well spent. They thought it might be counterproductive since we don’t pay relocation costs.

Cameron assured me that the church postings that have appeared there pulled local as well as non-local applicants (note: the church does pay relocation costs). Our web designer position can be seen here:

http://authenticjobs.com/jobs/1358/

I will post a result of my experience with Authentic Jobs here when the hiring process is completed.

So now that Newsvine has been acquired by MSNBC.com does that mean that New York times will stop linking to Newsvine via their article sharing tools? Principles of good web citizenry say no.

I was just on iStockphoto when suddenly this page popped up.

I was disappointed and delighted at the same time.

I’ve never wondered how soap works. I never bothered to care. But it came my way anyway.