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So you need to submit a job to ShovelBums and reach over 14,000 professional archaeologists immediately? It is easy (well kind of).
What you need to do first is Join the ShovelBums mailing list. To prevent spam to the list members 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). This means that when you register here, on ShovelBums.org you are not registered to send a job advertisement out. For your security I use YahooGroups to host the mailing list, trust me, this is a good thing.
Huh?
Follow this link to sign up for YahooGroups. If you do not already have a Yahoo account you can just enter your e-mail address and become a member of the mailing list and then you are able to send out your job announcement.
After you have joined the ShovelBums mailing list you can just send your job advertisement to
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- DO NOT include attachments, for list member security I manually have to remove all attachments.
- If your job advertisement is currently in a word processor format, just cut and paste it into the body of your e-mail program.
- Keep your formatting simple, I prefer it if you use plain text, but in this day and age basic formatting is ok
- 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.
- Good Subject: 3 Archaeology Field Technicians, USD Inc. SW Ohio, AFT $14/hr, $35PD, Single Occ Hotel,
- Bad Subject: I need field techs.
- In the body of the message please include as much detail as you can.
- If you are allowed, PLEASE include salary information!
Is ShovelBums just for, er, ShovelBums level jobs?
Nope. The name ShovelBums, which to make a long story short is what my mom tounge-in-cheek called my CRM buddies and I back in the day, refers just to the root level of a CRM career. Any archaeologist/CRMer in the modern generation who wants to have a broad experience base does a turn as a ShovelBum. 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.
So ShovelBums serves all levels of archaeology and CRM employment listings. Trust me, there are lots of senior level archaeologist who are members. 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. 14,000+ members is a LOT of archaeologists and they won't all fit in the states. The advantage of posting on ShovelBums (and having a clear subject for your add) is that with the massive audience your message will saturate the area you need people from/for. Archaeology 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 a Field Director ASAP.
Cost
What? I thought this was free?
Well it can be, kinda, sometimes, but not normally.
ShovelBums is free to access, AND 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, you don't have money coming in, so you will never be able to pay!). The deal is that you can use ShovelBums and when you 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.
I am a nice guy, I want your company to succeed. If we work together on this, we can both survive.
NOTE: There is currently no charge for academic postings.
Why do you charge R. Joe?
ShovelBums is my job these days (besides raising two kids). ShovelBums has over 14,000 members who have joined ShovelBums at not cost, and ShovelBums has no sponsor organizations. That means that all of the day to day operations of dealing with 14,000+ of your peers is up to me. It takes a lot of time.
The bottom line is ShovelBums is a professional service. There is absolutely no other service in the world that allows your advertisement for Archaeologists and related CRM professions to reach such a vast targeted audience immediately.
Why don't you charge for academic positions?
I am trying to make ShovelBums better known in academia and give them an opportunity to find out what a massive, immediate, resource ShovelBums is.
So how much R. Joe?
It is $25 per position class advertised. Within a position class you can have as many positions as needed. For example if you advertise for 1 or 10 Archaeology Field Technicians the fee would be $25. If you advertise for 10 Archaeology Field Technicians and 2 Archaeology Crew Chiefs and 1 Architectural Historian the fee would be $75.
You can post as many positions as you want in an advertisement, though I recommend breaking your advertisements into multiple e-mails if you are advertising for different classes of jobs. There cost is the same as if you bundle them all in one e-mail and I feel it makes it easier for people to sort through the messages.
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 not 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 14,000 members. Of those 14,000 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?
Hey, we are all in this together. I want you to fill your position and for your to succeed. So I am happy to promote these unaffiliated resources that you can also post your job on.
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How (and why) to use ShovelBums
