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The Hall Of The Chosen

Have you found a job or field school through ShovelBums? Do you want to have eternal good field and lab karma? Well fret no more my friend! The deal always has been there is never a charge for you to find jobs or field schools on ShovelBums *but* if you have found one (or many) of either and we meet at some point I will never turn down a beer and hearing about your adventures. But the reality is I rarely make it to conferences so you can buy me a beer virtually using this link below. By doing so you too can ensure yourself eternal good karma, always sharp and functioning tools, and so little body order after long sessions in the field and lab that your friends might wonder if the lilacs are in bloom. Experience what your peers below enjoy everyday now!

www.PayPal.me/ShovelBums

Robert B - Morrison, IL 

Kara K - Highland, UT 

Matt S - Kennard, NE 

Yvette O - St, Aiea, HI 

Alexander A - Havertown, PA 

Donald W - Deerfield Beach, FL 

Stephen D - Springfield, MO 

Will B - Chandler, AZ 

Anne H - Grove City, PA 

Russell W - Redmond, WA 

Lesley H - Phoenix, AZ 

Nick R - Phoneix AZ

John K - Elgin, IL 

Kathleen S - New Orleans, LA 

Lisa Kelley - West Des Moines, IA 

Michele W - Ronks, PA 

John B - Lafayette, IN 

Michael P - Los Angeles, CA 

James Moses - Prescott, AZ 

Mandy Ranslow - Windsor Locks, CT

Joanne Minerbi, - Los Angeles, CA

Seabrook Griffin -  Citrus Heights, CA 

Jason F - Vernon Center, NY 

Marsha W - Nashville, TN

Julie S, - Fort St John, British Columbia

Elisa B - Dover, DE 

Charles P - St. Cloud, MN 

David W - Batavia, NY 

Natalie S - Fort Collins, CO

Karen M - Tampa, FL 

Lance M - North Salt Lake, UT

Camille J - Aberdeen, MD

Shawn F - Kailua Kona, HI 

Christopher K - Atlanta, GA 

Tracy E - Anaheim, CA

Heather M - Chapel Hill

Kenneth H - Peotone, IL 

Jay N - Tucson, AZ 

Dana M - Savannah, GA 

Peter K - Dayton, OH 

Ryan G - Logan, UT 

Tim W - Escondido, CA 

Yvette O - HONOLULU, HI 

Richard F - BeaverDam, VA 

Sophia S (and Loonies) - San Antonio, TX

Leslie I - Redlands, CA

 

 

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The bottom line? ShovelBums is up to nothing nefarious. I am here to help you. I don't resell information, I don't send spam, etc... But because some of the online tools I use require me to have this, it is here for them, and for your peace of mind.


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Welcome to R. Joe's ShovelBums.org

Your Adventure in Archaeology Starts Here!

ShovelBums is the worlds largest provider of Archaeology, Academic, and Cultural Resource Management (CRM) related jobs. Since 1999 ShovelBums has filled over 36,000 positions in academia, archaeology and CRM.

If you are looking to start a career in archaeology or CRM it begins, and ends, here. This is where your peers and mentors all started (except the really old ones that I worked with back in the day when we only heard about jobs by word of mouth, fax machines, and printed letters). 

To join the ShovelBums mailing list please Follow this link and there are instructions on how to join. It only takes a couple of minutes and it is mostly painless.

ShovelBums is home to the Comprehensive International Guide to Archaeology, Anthropology and CRM Field Schools. (2017 Edition coming online soon!)

You can follow ShovelBums on Twitter https://twitter.com/ShovelBums

Or you can follow the ShovelBums facebook group https://www.facebook.com/ShovelBums/

You are also welcome to send a friend request at https://www.facebook.com/RJoeShovelBums (This is my personal page is more for keeping in touch with many of you than for posting jobs).

 

ShovelBums is the worlds largest provider of Archaeology, Academic, and Cultural Resource Management (CRM) related jobs. Since 1999 ShovelBums has filled over 36,000 positions in academia, archaeology and CRM.

If you are looking to start a career in archaeology or CRM it begins, and ends, here. This is where your peers and mentors all started (except the really old ones that I worked with back in the day when we only heard about jobs by word of mouth, fax machines, and printed letters). 

To join the ShovelBums mailing list please Follow this link and there are instructions on how to join. It only takes a couple of minutes and it is mostly painless. If you are in a hurry? Just send a blank email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and you will subscribed to the list.

ShovelBums is home to the Comprehensive International Guide to Archaeology, Anthropology and CRM Field Schools. (Temporarily on hiatus while doing some upgrades, hopefully to be back on line fall of 2018)

You can follow ShovelBums on Twitter https://twitter.com/ShovelBums

Or you can follow the ShovelBums facebook group https://www.facebook.com/ShovelBums/

You are also welcome to send a friend request at https://www.facebook.com/RJoeShovelBums (This is my personal page is more for keeping in touch with many of you than for posting jobs).

 

Well if you are slacker you can view the current jobs here (note that link brings you off site. My mailing list host changed settings and messed up my ability to have those posted here, I am working on a fix).

BUT! You really should join the ShovelBums mailing list by sending a blank email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You will then be notified immediately by email when a job comes out. Besides the immediacy of email, the emails you receive have full contact information in them, when the job postings that are archived online they have their email addresses obfuscated for security. So show your future employer you are smart and join the ShovelBums email list, it is relatively low volume, and you can choose a digest mode. But it really is the smart way to keep current on jobs. If you are curious what the last 10,000 job postings (providing over 45,000 professionals with jobs!) looks like check out the ShovelBums archive of jobs.

You can also follow ShovelBums on Twitter https://twitter.com/ShovelBums

Or you can follow the ShovelBums facebook group https://www.facebook.com/ShovelBums/

You are also welcome to send a friend request at https://www.facebook.com/RJoeShovelBums (This is my personal page is more for keeping in touch with many of you than for posting jobs).

 

First: Get a chicken.

Second: Send a blank email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. respond to what it sends back and you are set

Third: Get rid of the chicken.

My mom, who find herself quite clever, came up with the term in the 80's when I was describing to her what it was like being on the road doing "contract" archaeology back in the day. The term "can" be pejorative if used by someone who is not an archaeologist, a pompous professor who fails to realize that the majority of their students who end up pursuing a career *will* will end up as a ShovelBum doing CRM at some point, or a State or Fed employee who is secretly jealous of your capricious career. However, within the field of professionals, ShovelBums is a term used to signify that mutual understanding between professionals acknowledging that one knows what it is like to live on the road having to do the highest quality work, in the least amount of time, under arduous conditions. You can read more about the origin of the term ShovelBums here.

Errata ShovelBums in undergoing some intermittent upgrades. Sorry if you run into any glitches. If you do. Feel free to drop me a not using the contact form (it is located in the left hand column at the bottom).

Short answer: Yes

If you want to be an Archaeologist there is one thing that is required no matter where you go. You have to have a field school.

A field school will not only open your mind first hand to the wonders of archaeology and other cultures but it will also lay the ground work for building relationships that will span your whole career. Some of the people you meet during field school will become friends who you will still be socializing with 40 years from now. But always remember this, Archaeology and anthropology are incredibly small fields and everyone you interact with today will somehow affect your career tomorrow. So do not be a jerk at field school, do not go in believing you are the best thing to hit anthropology since Margret Mead. Go with an open mind, go as an anthropologist and observe, learn, and assimilate.

So go browse ShovelBum's Comprehensive International Guide to Archaeology, Anthropology and CRM Field Schools (TEMPORARILY ON HIATUS WHILE UPDATING THE SITE: Hopefully it will be back online in fall of 2018) and find a great field school. I guarantee you will have the best experience of your life! You have this one rare opportunity in your life, and your new career, to hand pick which one of some of the most interesting sites that are currently active anywhere in the world, that you want to work on. And even if you don't plan on becoming a professional archaeologist? A field school will change you, in a positive way, forever.

Trust me (I am a scientist!) when I tell you this opportunity is golden.  Go for it.

~R. Joe

That would be awesome! The deal always was that when you do find a job or field school through ShovelBums and we cross paths (and you had some extra per-diem cash in your pocket) I would love for you to buy me a beer and tell me about your career. More often than not I ended up buying a few rounds too. Not really a very efficient business model, but it is more fun. Unfortunately the truth is I rarely get to cross paths with people ShovelBums has helped so I set up this link where you can virtually buy me a beer if you like and I will drink it in real life :-) The best part? If you do support ShovelBums this way you get to have your name inscribed on The Hall Of The Chosen and receive eternal good field and lab karma - quite a bargain!

And if you are broke and can't donate? Welcome to your profession! :-) I'll buy the drinks. But no worries, I run ShovelBums solely to help you out. And I do hope ShovelBums is able to help you in a meaningful way in your career and someday we get to meet up and have a drink either virtually or in person.

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Welcome to R. Joe's ShovelBums.org!

Your Adventure in Archaeology Starts Here.

ShovelBums is the worlds largest provider of Archaeology, Academic, and Cultural Resource Management (CRM) related jobs. Since 1999 ShovelBums has filled over 30,000 positions in academia, archaeology and CRM.

If you are looking to start a career in archaeology or CRM it begins, and ends, here. This is where your peers and mentors all started (except the really old ones that I worked with back in the day when we only heard about jobs by word of mouth, fax machines, and printed letters).

ShovelBums is also home to the Comprehensive International Guide to Archaeology, Anthropology and CRM Field Schools.

How do I post a job R. Joe?

If you are a member of the ShovelBums mailing list you can send a message to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  I, or a moderator, will receive a notification that a message is pending and I will check it out to be sure it meets the standards of ShovelBums. I will then (usually) approve it right away and it will immediately be sent out to the 16,500+ members of ShovelBums.

The great thing? If one of the members of ShovelBums is not the right fit for the position, it is likely they know someone who is! 

You can read more about the how and why you should be using ShovelBums for your academic or CRM position announcements here (Hint: its cheap and huge!)

I'm not a member of the ShovelBums list, how do I join?

First: Get a chicken...

Help! R. Joe I see a job but I can't see the email address!

I almost feel bad posting this tip.  Because in a way it acts as a vetting process for applicants for employers ;-)  But I hear it enough so I will share the secret :-)

How, Why, and How Much - to submit your Archaeology, Anthropology or Cultural Resource Management job to ShovelBums jobs service (Hint: Because it works!) Featured

When you submit an Archaeology or Anthropology teaching position or Cultural Resource Management job to ShovelBums you reach over 13,000 professional archaeologists immediately! It is easy (well kind of), read on:

NOTE: Important information about the fee structure for posting on ShovelBums is below

TL:DR:

What you need to do first is Join the ShovelBums mailing list (it is easy and fast). To prevent spam to the list, only members are able to post. It is important to note that the mailing list is maintained on a different website than ShovelBums.org (where you are right now). For your security I use Groups.io to host the mailing list, trust me, this is a good thing. ShovelBums has facilitated the hiring of over 60,000 Archaeologists and CRM professionals in 20 years. ShovelBums will help you.

Huh R. Joe?

Long Version:

First: Join ShovelBums Mailing list to be able to submit a posting.

Joining ShovelBums allows you to send job postings from your registered account. You can join ShovelBums easily following these instructions. If you are not a member of ShovelBums your post will be rejected by the server. 

After you have joined the ShovelBums mailing list you can send your job advertisement to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

How to write a good post for ShovelBums

Use these guidelines to craft an excellent and easy to read job posting that will have ShovelBums around the world dropping their trowels and lab tools and go "Whoaaa, I need to work for this company". 


SUBJECT:

  • Treat your subject as if it is a mini version of the entirety of your job posting. You want to answer as much as you can about what is in the body of your posting to draw your audience in. 
    • Who, What, When, Where, Wages(!)
      • Wages are a huge thing prospects want to see. I have heard from numerous people that if a job does not include at least a wage range they will not even spend the time to enquire because there are so many jobs out there that do. 
      • Some employers do not all posting of salaries. It is time for you to make the push up the food chain and recommend that out-dated notion be updated.
  • PLEASE: Include in your subject if a position is Permanent Full-Time, Temporary Full-Time, On-Call, 1099, Etc...
  • Make your subject explicitly clear:
    • Clear Subject like this:  "3 Temporary Archaeology Field Technicians, Dig or Die Inc. SW Ohio, $14/hr, $35PD, Single Occ Hotel,"
    • Bad Subject like this: "I need field techs to dig in an undisclosed place, for an uncertain amount of time, good hygiene is not required"
  • It is a great idea to include as many specifics as you are able to in the subject of the message. You want people to be able to see the subject and have an idea of what the job is about. 

Body:

  • Do not include any personal messages to me in the body of the message! If you need to reach me you can using Rjoe at this website Url. 
  • Do not include anything in the job posting message you do not want sent out. If your email includes a .sig file that has your contact information, but you don't want that sent with, you need to remove it first. I have to assume that what comes through to the list is exactly what you want sent out.
    • I do not have a Delorean, so once a posting is out, it is out in the wild. A follow up posting can be sent to correct errors and the body of the web version of your posting can be modified (but not the subject).
  • Do not send ONLY an attachment. You may include attachments, but cut and paste the text of the attachment into the body of the message. If I receive a message that is only an attachment I will send it back and ask you to do this. 
  • In the body of the message please include as much detail as you can.
  • If your HR Department allows it, try to make your job posting personal. This will help your applications understand WHY they would like to become part of your awesome company culture. 
  • If you are allowed, PLEASE PLEASE include salary information!
  • Keep your formatting simple
  • If you have an attachment PLEASE include a cut and paste of it within the document. Sometimes people are in extremely remote areas with unfathomably bad connection speeds. Text downloads quickly. I will reject messages with only an attachment with a message to you and you will need to resubmit it.
  • Keep your message clear & concise.
  • BE SURE TO INCLUDE CONTACT INFORMATION clearly in the body of the message. 
  • If your posting is a Permanent Full-Time position please include your benefits package.
  • A big FYI regarding how email addresses look: Email addresses included in the message are visible to everyone who receives a copy of the original posting (May 2021 ~10,000 professionals) and to everyone member who is logged into https://groups.io/g/ShovelBums. BUT if a guest is not logged in they will only see a truncated version of the contact email after the @ sign. This is to prevent Spam harvesting bots from being able to scrape the list for emails. So consider making it clear what your domain is for receiving emails. If it is your company URL then include a sentance along the lines of if email is not visible you may contact us using this user name (Name) at our website  WeDontDigDinos.com.
    • Yes, I realize this is clunky.
    • I think of it as a first-level filtering mechanism for jobs. If someone can't figure your email out from a posting where it is partially obscured do you think they will be able to interpret the transition point of a 10YR 5/6 Sandy Silt Loam to a 10YR 4/6?

Is ShovelBums just for, er, just ShovelBums level jobs?

Nope.

The name ShovelBums, which to make a long story short is my mom's tounge-in-cheek name for my CRM buddies and I back in the 80's. ShovelBums refers just to the root level of a career in CRM or academia. Any archaeologist/CRMer in the modern generation who wants to have a broad experience and understand how the work is done, from background research, site testing, and laboratory analytics does a turn as a ShovelBum.  It is a rite of passage, and ShovelBums.org is your gateway.

There are numerous people who joined ShovelBums when it was first founded who now are Principle Investigators, owners of CRM firms, and PhD's teaching at universities.

ShovelBums serves all levels of archaeology and CRM employment listings. Seriously. The name ShovelBums is just a nod to where we all begin. The reality is that a significant number of job postings are for Field Directors, Principal Investigators, Project Managers. 

ShovelBums is also beginning to branch out into posting academic positions, so be sure to let anyone you know is academia know.

What states does ShovelBums cover?

States? Oh you miss the point, I don't do anything small ;-) ShovelBums covers the entire world. 10,000+ members is a LOT of archaeologists and they won't all fit in the states!

The advantage of posting on ShovelBums is that with the massive audience of eager professionals your posting will immediately be visible to archaeologists anywhere in the world. CRM is such a small network that is likely that a ShovelBum in the southern UK will know of a buddy from field school who lives right outside of Poughkeepsie where you need that local Field Director with regional experience, ASAP.


Cost

What? I thought this was free?

Yeah, yeah, yeah....Years ago it was. But fifteen years ago when it grew from hobby size to take up a lot of time, I decided I needed to start charging for listings on ShovelBums (see below for an explanation). This also coincided with me having kids. Go figure! ;-)

The bottom line is if you are a commercial entity making a profit ShovelBums costs a minimum of $100 per job category/Academic position advertised per location (Note: This is cheap! This is 1/4 the price of a basic job on Monster.com and it is the only service that targets your exceptionally niche intended audience so quickly). But, there is always a but, the costs can vary by the type of ad you are posting. I keep my rates low by figuring that a posting is worth only a few hours loaded rate for a position you are filling. 

Note:

I define Permanent Full-Time as any position that is 40hrs a week with a minimum of a 1 year appointment. Temporary Full-Time / Seasonal / On-Call are any positions that are either for a limited period of time or for variable hours. 

Job posting fee structure (yes, it is part divination part intuition):

  • If you are advertising for 5 Full-Time Archaeological Field Technicians for a permanent position from a single office, the cost would be $100. (This is just a single job category, Archaeological Field Technicians, for a single job)
  • If you are advertising for 5 Full-Time Archaeological Field Technicians for a single temporary project, the cost would be $200. (This is just a single job category, Archaeological Field Technicians, for a single job)
  • If you are advertising for a single Full-Time Principal Investigator the cost would only be $100 (which is stupidly cheap! I really need to rethink this one ;-)
  • If you are advertising for a single Full-Time, but temporary, Principal Investigator the cost would only be $200 
  • "Cattle Call", "On-Call" and "Temporary" ads (i.e. an add that reads like "We need a bunch of field people for a lot of projects in several states this summer") will be billed on a case by case basis, but it usually starts at $200. FYI Cattle Call listings can get, to borrow a term from the storied vernacular of Post-processualism, pretty whacky.  I often have to re-read these posts very carefully several times to try and divine just how many positions, in how many locations, an ad is looking for people.
    • In general, when you are doing a cattle call and it involves multiple states/regions/offices and it is clearly is for a number of different concurrent or overlapping projects requiring different staff I will bill accordingly. 
    • Individual On-Call/Temporary jobs are almost always billed at a minimum of $200.
    • Examples:
      • If you are advertising for 12 Seasonal Archaeological Field Technicians for a six week project in Illinois based out of one of your offices, and 3 different Temporary Archaeological Field Technicians and a Temporary Crew Chief for a concurrent separate project in Iowa, that would be $600.
      • If you are advertising for an On-Call Archaeological Monitor - That is typically $200
      • If you are advertising for Temporary Archaeological Field Technicians for the 2022 Field Season based out of one office, but working in multiple states (which implies that you have multiple concurrent projects) that would start at $300.
      • If you are advertising for Temporary Archaeological Field Technicians for the 2022 Field Season based out of multiple offices in different states/regions that usually start at $500
  • These examples cannot cover ever permutation of a job posting. Seriously. Archaeologists and CRMers come up with some pretty crazy ads. LOL! I will always work with you to help you understand what my logic was on a billing and if you do not agree with my interpretation just reach out to me and I will always work it out with you. A single ShovelBums job posting covering staff to be based out of multiple offices or working concurrently/overlapping in different states can be very challenging to bill. So you can do yourself, and ShovelBums, a favor, by trying to tailor your job postings to as specific of an area as you you can.
  • You can repost your ad for free within 30 days of the original posting if you need additional staff or the position is not filled. After 30 days it is treated as a new posting.

Is your company broke? Do you work for a cheap-ass administration that freaks out over using pay services?

ShovelBums is free to access, BUT if your company is in a hard spot I will never deny you the opportunity to use ShovelBums (heck, if you aren't fielding a crew, then you don't have money coming in, so you will never be able to pay!). So the deal is that you can use ShovelBums BUT when your company is back on its feet you can pay the fees like everyone else. My philosophy is that it is more important for people to know about the jobs, you and I can settle up later. Bad business philosophy, good for the profession.

I am a nice guy, I want your company to succeed. If we work together on this, we can both survive. This is not really a great business model, but my philosophy is that if I can help your firm when it is struggling and help in some small way to get it back in the black then hopefully in the future you will be able to fulfill your invoices.

  • If you are a company that tis clearing over $1,000,000 a year, please consider not taking advantage of my business model. It happens. And I try to treat everyone as equals on a level playing field, but sometimes I do have to shake my head and wonder, lol. 

NOTE:

 If you are a government entity that prohibits using pay services you can still use ShovelBums. BUT I really encourage you to be sure that you can not pay, many entities actually have that option, they just don't advertise it well. Often times it just takes throwing an email out to the powers-that-be to find out. No harm, no foul ;-)

Headhunters/Recruiting Firms not affiliated with the company they want to advertise

I do not like you ;-) At all. Not you personally, recruiting person, you are just doing your job. But your employers are all almost always a major PIA to deal with and rarely pay. Sooooo. if your company is a recruiting firm you will need to pre-pay for your job posting due to previous abuses. I hate requiring that, but after 20 years you have forced this to happen. The fee structure for Headhunters/Recruiting is determined on a case-by-case basis. Please contact me for information on how to do this. email: RJoe@ This sites URL

Production Companies (Movie, TV, Etc...)

The only thing really good about "Producers" is that you folks make archaeologists look like philanthropists you are so cheap! Yes. I get it. You are often scoping out your "new" "great" show on a shoestring. You also are often painfully secrettive about the "content" of your show... which to often includes aliens and other nonsense (Hint: prehistoric people were amazing and fully capable of developing their own concepts, like stacking blocks on top of each other to make pyramids and charting the movements of the heavens without alien help. You can discard your racist ideologies that besmirch the incredible accomplishments of ancient cultures. But if you have a high quality show or movie you can reach out to me at email: RJoe@ This sites URL. and discuss it with me. I have helped James Cameron fill out staff for his documentaries. If your work is not some whacko POS I can probably help you too. 

Why do you charge R. Joe?

ShovelBums is my job these days (besides raising three kids). ShovelBums has over 16,500 members who have joined ShovelBums at not cost. ShovelBums has no sponsoring organizations, no outside funding, nada. That means that all of the day to day operational costs and working with 16,500+ of your peers is up to me.

The bottom line is ShovelBums is a professional service. I try to keep things very casual with ShovelBums, none of us like stuffy overly regulated things, but ShovelBums is a professional service like no other service in the world: Nothing allows your advertisement for Archaeologists and related CRM professions to reach such a vast targeted audienceimmediately. Other professional recruitment services are magnitudes of order more expensive, some even taking a base fee calculated on the annual salary of *each* position filled. 100 bucks a pop is bargain! If you accounting office does not think so, just have them drop me a note and I will be glad to discuss it with them via e-mail.



Why should I use ShovelBums?

There are anecdotal reports that using ShovelBums will increase your personal karma, restore lean muscle, and provide you with an inner peace. But there are no guarantees on that.

What I can guarantee you is that you will get a great response to your advertisement. Just do the basic math: Your advertisement is immediately sent out to 16,500+ members. Of those 15,000 members some of them will not be the right fit for your position, but it is likely they know someone who is and who is looking for work and they will forward it on to their personal network. ShovelBums also has a good penetration into universities, so there is a reasonable chance your job will be posted and distributed within academic departments in relevant areas.



Any suggestions for other resources?

Other resources? You mean, like your competition? Hey, we are all in this together! I want you to fill your position and for you to succeed. So I am happy to promote these unaffiliated resources that you can also post your job on. Note: I do not think I have updated this information in, errr, awhile.... I probably should do that during the next upgrade! So YMMV.



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There are two really easy ways of joining the ShovelBums mailing list.

1 - Just send a blank email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., respond to it, and there you go.  But....

2 - ...If you want to be able to log in to the jobs boards (that way you can see full email addresses, manage your mailing frequency, etc...) you will need to set up an account on Groups.io to manager your account. It is quite simple also, all you need to do to set that up is go to This Page.

If you have any problems joining the group please let me know using the contact form on the left (at the bottom). 

~R. Joe 

 

After consulting with the users of ShovelBums I am implementing a fee change effective April 5th 2011 as detailed in this message to the 15,000+ member of ShovelBums.  The new fee for posting a job will be $100 per job advertistement/job class (this is 1/4 the price of an advertisement on Monster.com).  For example: