Hello all, Being a member of the IEE for nearly 40 years I clearly do not qualify as a 'younger member', nevertheless I am tempted to start a thread since this forum has lain empty for a month.
My question is: "how many members consider the Appointments Supplement to the IEE News indispensable."
Personally, I have not been looking for a new appointment for the last 30 years yet I am still receiving the supplement every fortnight. Now I receive at intervals, uninvited, an even more expensively produced Recruitment brochure. Even if I was job-searching I am certain not to find anything suitable advertised at my age and salary requirements. I know of many former colleagues in the same situation. Needless to say these publications are discarded unread.
Shouldn't these be circulated only to those positively requesting them and thereby saving on publication costs and a few forests?
Ken, Even worse, the recruitment supplement is sent to all overseas members where it only serves to increase the amount of junk recycling material. Even wusser, the IEE mailing is always late, so many of the jobs are past closing date even before receipt (in San Jose CA). (So are ballot papers). However, the income received from the advertisers is factored on the circulation numbers and exceeds the cost of printing and mailing. (It had better do). This profit helps to pay staff salaries, so don't expect to see it stopped by anyone at Savoy Place.
I always have used the section as a guide to how happy or otherwise I am in my current job. Quite simply, if the jobs on offer look exciting and worth applying for, it reminds me to look to my current post to work out what is going wrong. Occasionally I have applied for one of the posts to see how the company compares.
As a result, I'm still with the same employer after 15 years. (Previous record 3-and-a-bit)
Keep up the good work IEE - otherwise I'd have to look further afield to convince myself I'm in a good job after all.
I am grateful for your response regarding IEE Recruitment publications but note that there does not seem to be any answer to the question why over 100,000 copies are printed each fortnight and posted only for the majority to be discarded unread. I understand but am unimpressed by the logic that it is done solely for the money!
On the point that peterthorp raises about the late arrival of the IEE News abroad, are there any plans to publish an electronic edition on this website? One can regularly read on-line 'The Times', 'Daily Telegraph' and many other newspapers from around midnight GMT onwards on the day of publication - wherever one is in the World. I suggest we ought to be moving in the same direction with IEE publications.
As an oversea member of the IEE, sending me a copy of the IEE Recruitment is just a waste of IEE's resources. If its intention is to create equal opportunities for overseas engineers, than it is good. However considering the fact that overseas members receive the IEE Recruitment, does gives them a disadvantage over UK members. In my opinion however, it is a waste of IEE time and money sending out the IEE Recruitment to overseas members. Why not include it in IEE Review?
I agree with the majority of previous replies that the IEE recruitment News is a waste of our fee money. Most job adverts in the press and elsewhere do not give a true picture of the posts advertised and many are too ashamed of their salaries to publish them.
Many do not want CEngs or to pay the going rate for the job and at the same time wonder why the quality of their designs and products deteriorate. It is about time the Advertising Standards Authority stooped the types of job adverts mentioned. Regards, Paul CEng.
