The Riley Guide: About the Guide

The March 1994 Edition

When the Riley Guide first went online in January 1994, it was a text file loaded on a gopher at the University of Michigan. Gopher was the "cool network" at the time, NCSA had only recently released Mosaic, the first graphical browser for this thing called the World Wide Web, Netscape wasn't even a blip on the IPO charts, and Microsoft really wasn't interested in the Web. What you are looking here is what the first users of this guide saw -- plain text which was not formatted very well. Just for fun, I have added in a little bit of where are they now so you can see who is still around and what they are doing now.

Hope you enjoy this little bit of Internet history.

--Margaret

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND JOB RESOURCES ON THE 
INTERNET

Margaret F. Riley
March 1994

All of these services are available through the Internet.   
You will need an Internet account to access these services.  
At this time, all of these services are offered to the user at 
no charge; however, be aware that there are employment 
services/job listings available on the Internet which do charge 
a fee.

This is by no means a full and comprehensive list.  If 
you find a new list or service that you think should be 
included, please send the name and access information 
(telnet, usenet, gopher, etc.) and Internet address to 
Margaret Riley.

I. USENET JOB LISTINGS

Access these lists through the usenet news reading system.  
Before posting to any group, read the news generated there 
for a few days so you can get a feel for the group.  
Improper postings can invoke much e-mail being sent to you 
with comments.

Worldwide Newsgroups

misc.jobs.misc		  discussions about jobs and job hunting.  
			  Do not post resumes or jobs here.
misc.jobs.offered	  general positions available.
misc.jobs.offered.entry	  entry-level positions available.
misc.jobs.contract	  contract positions available.  
			  Might be short-term.
misc.jobs.resumes	  post your resume here.  Please post 
			  in ascii format only.

Alternate Hierarchy Newsgroups

ne.jobs			jobs available in the New England area.
ba.jobs			jobs in the San Francisco Bay area.  Locally 
			this can be accessed through gopher (see below).
us.jobs.resumes 	Post your resume for US positions.
us.jobs.offered   	US jobs offered.
us.jobs.contract 	US contract positions.
us.jobs.misc 		Miscellaneous jobs in the US.
bionet.jobs		Job openings in the biological sciences,
			or professional level jobs that support the
			work of biological scientists.  Commercial
			positions may be listed here using the guidelines
			specified.
vmsnet.employment 	DEC VAX/VMS and DECNET computer
			systems users.

II. SERVICES VIA TELNET

CAREER CONNECTION'S ON-LINE INFORMATION 
SYSTEM (H.E.A.R.T)

	telnet career.com or telnet 157.151.160.1

	
(CAREER CONNECTIONS) H.E.A.R.T., "Human resources 
Electronic Advertising & Recruiting Tool," is a menu 
driven system with presentations of career opportunities.
There is NO charge to the job seeker at this time. 
This system is supported by the member companies so 
they may reach the most qualified candidates for their 
advertised positions.

You can search for positions by geographic location or 
job title, and you can apply for jobs through this system.  
In order to do this, you must create a "profile," so it's 
best to have a copy of your resume at hand when you begin 
looking here.

III.  SERVICES VIA GOPHER

All of these services can be accessed through GOPHER, a 
menu-driven worldwide system of university and organization 
information systems.  

ACADEME THIS WEEK (THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION)

	
The Jobs Listings from the current edition of The 
Chronicle of Higher Education are listed here on the 
day of publication.   Position listings can be searched by 
geographic location, the Chronicle's list of job terms, or 
by keywords of your own choosing.

This is the best source for positions with colleges and 
universities in the U.S., and many international institutions 
and research companies list positions here also.

	gopher chronicle.merit.com

or go through the menus

	All the Gopher Servers/
		Academe This Week/
			Jobs/



ACADEMIC POSITION NETWORK (APN)

	
The Academic Position Network (APN) is an on-line position 
announcement service.  Announcements include faculty, administration 
and staff positions as well as announcements for graduate 
assistant and fellowship positions.   The announcement remains 
on the network until removal instructions are received from the 
placing institution.  All entries represent positions where searches 
are currently in process.

The APN files may be browsed as they are organized: by country, 
state, or institution.  The entire text may be searched using a 
word or combination of words separated by "and" or "or."
There is no charge to browse or search the APN files by authorized 
Internet educational users. 

	gopher wcni.cis.umn.edu

	All the Gopher Servers/
		Academic Position Network/



ONLINE CAREER CENTER (MSEN INC.)

	
OCC is organized and operated exclusively for not-for-profit 
purposes.  Organizations pay a membership fee to join this 
service for the purpose of recruiting new employees.  Eligible 
members include industrial, corporate, institutional, health care, 
governmental and educational organizations.   No third-party recruiters 
are permitted on this service, so blind listings to an OCC 
box are valid listings for member organizations.

	gopher msen.com

	All the Gopher Servers/
		Msen Inc/
			Online Career Center/

You may, at no cost, enter your full-text resume into the 
OCC Internet database via email.   The OCC online keyword 
searchable database is available to all employers who have 
Internet access.  There are no charges for employers to access 
your resume, and no charge to you if you enter your own resume 
online.   If you post your resume by 5:00 p.m. EST, you 
many see it in the OCC database after 7:00 a.m. EST the 
following day.

Email your resume to:  	occ-resumes@msen.com 
Your resume must be in ASCII format.  The email SUBJECT: line 
serves as your resume title and will be the first information 
seen by employers when viewing your resume.
Your resume will stay in the OCC database for 90 days.  To extend 
your resume beyond 90 days, you may re-enter it at any time.   
Each email account number is permitted only one resume at any given 
time.  Therefore, the most recent resume uploaded will be displayed.
To change or update your resume, simply re-enter it, and the 
previous one will disappear.

If you do not have Internet access, you may mail your typed 
resume (cover letter optional) to:
               ONLINE RESUME SERVICE
               1713 Hemlock Lane
               Plainfield, IN  46168

Your resume will be processed (see fee schedule below) and entered 
online into the OCC resume database for ninety (90) days.   Each 
resume submitted to this service must contain a title line not 
to exceed 45 spaces.  
		Ex: "Chemical Engr/5 Yrs Exp/Oil Industry-NY"  

Cost:  $6.00  Up to three (3) pages (including cover letter) 
       $1.50  Each additional page

Your resume must include a check or money order payable to 
ONLINE RESUME SERVICE.
To update or extend your resume at any time, simply re-submit 
it with the appropriate fee.

JOBS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

There are two different locations where you might check to 
see postings for positions available with the U.S. Federal 
Government and all its affiliated agencies.  These are job 
postings only; you will have to obtain the necessary forms to 
apply for the positions listed.  Be sure to read the file 
"Information useful to Federal Job Applicants."

	gopher esusda.gov (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 
		Extension Services)
		USDA and Other Federal Agency Information/
			Job Openings in the Federal Government/

NOTE: This site is not found on the list of All The Gopher 
Servers.

Dartmouth College also has this information reflected through 
its gopher server.

	gopher gopher.dartmouth.edu

	Dartmouth College/
		Job Openings in the Federal Government/

For those who do not have gopher service available, this same 
information can be accessed via email and ftp (see section 
IV. Listservs, etc.)

OTHER GOPHER SITES WITH EMPLOYMENT LISTINGS 

In addition to these sites, check the various college and university 
gophers in geographic locations you are interested in.  Many 
institutions now list open university positions on their gophers 
along with TA/RA/Research Assistant positions available.

	University of Rochester, NY
	Combines several services mentioned above.

	gopher renoir.cc.rochester.edu 

	University of Rochester's CURIO System
		Personnel & Job Opportunities
			Nation Wide Positions and Jobs

	AMI- A Friendly Public Interface
	Several services listed above along with several 
	colleges and universities who list their job 
	openings on their gophers.

	gopher gopher.mountain.net 

	AMI- A Friendly Public Interface/
		Employment Opportunities and Resume Postings/

	Gopher-Jewels, University of Southern California
	This is similar to AMI in that it combines several 
            services mentioned above with several institutions 
	who list their job openings on their local gophers.  
	Two interesting inclusions are the Job Listings 
	from Around the Globe and the MSEN Vendor Emporium. 

	gopher cwis.usc.edu

	University of Southern California--USCGopher/
		Other Gophers and Information Resources/
			Gopher Jewels/
				Employment Opportunities and Resume.../

	St. Olaf College, MN
	Mostly international jobs.

	gopher gopher.stolaf.edu 

	St Olaf College/	
		Internet Resources/
			St. Olaf Sponsored Mailing Lists/
				Omni-Cultural-Academic-Resource/
					Government-Politics-Jobs/
    					     Jobs/

	American Mathematical Society

	gopher e-math.ams.com 

	American Mathematical Society/
		Professional Information for Mathematicians/
			Professional Opportunities/

	

	American Physiological Association

Note from Margaret: Still online at 
http://www.the-aps.org/

	gopher gopher.uth.tmc.edu 3300
		(you must include the port number!)

	American Physiological Association/
		Employment Opportunities/


	BIOSCI, The Bionet Biology Newsgroup Server

Note from Margaret: Still online at 
http://www.bio.net/

	gopher net.bio.net 

	BIOSCI/bionet biology newsgroup server/
		Employment/ (arranged by year/month of posting)
			current/ (at the end of the list)

NOTE: On the menu of All the Gopher Servers, CAPITALS 
come before lower case entries.

	ba.jobs (usenet group)

	gopher gopher.cwru.edu 2074

IV.  LISTSERVS, MAILING LISTS, ACADEMIC DISCUSSION 
GROUPS and ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTERS

These are lists and newsletters you can subscribe 
to through the Internet and receive messages from 
in the form of electronic mail.   While there are 
hundreds of these lists and electronic newsletters 
in existence, many more are being created on a weekly 
basis.   Most of the professional or academic 
lists and newsletters include job postings in their 
discussions, so it is worth is for you to find and 
subscribe to one or more of these in your area of 
interest to see if any job announcements are posted. 
Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters, and 
Academic Discussion Lists To find a list of the electronic 
mailing lists and newsletters, you can search this book edited 
by Michael Strangelove and Diane Kovacs (Washington, D.C.: 
Office of Scientific and Academic Publishing, Association 
of Research Libraries, April 1993). This directory 
divides the list by major subject areas (Social Sciences and 
Humanities, Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Business 
and Miscellaneous Academia, Computer Science).   
This list of academic discussion groups can also be 
searched via GOPHER (see above).  

	gopher nysernet.org 

	New York State Education and Research Network (NYSERNet)/
		Special Collection: Higher Education/
			Scholarly Electronic Conferences [Kovacs]/	


HPCWire BULLETIN

Note from Margaret: Still online at 
http://hpcwirecom

The text-on-demand news magazine for high-performance 
computing.  While a full subscription with access to all 
the news stories requires a paid subscription, the bulletin 
and several pieces of the publication including the job 
announcements are free.

"Items that have numbers beginning with 6, 7 or 9 (such as 657, 
748 or 901) are ALWAYS free to non-subscribers.   For a free 
4-week trial subscription, e-mail: trial@hpcwire.ans.net.   
Subscription Information: sub@hpcwire.ans.net or select 601."
JOB BANK (these item numbers do not change)
 667) Employment Opportunities (Updated Weekly)................14
 604) Post Your Help Wanted Listings in HPCwire's Job Bank.....58

TO RETRIEVE THE FULL TEXT OF ITEMS IN HPCwire:
     Send an e-mail message to more@hpcwire.ans.net 
     Place in the SUBJECT of your message the item numbers 
of the items you wish to receive. 
For example:
            To: more@hpcwire.ans.net
       Subject: 667 604
                *** DO NOT PLACE ANY TEXT IN THE MESSAGE ***

This will retrieve a list of employment opportunities and a 
guide to posting your open positions here.   The employment 
opportunities is a list of positions with brief position 
descriptions and reference numbers for you to request the 
full announcement.

FEDJOBS--THE FEDERAL JOB BULLETIN BOARD 

	

This is the email equivalent of the information available 
via gopher (see above).  This list hosts copies of the 
electronic postings of Federal job openings obtained by 
downloading from the dialup OPM bulletin boards.   The files 
are normally updated weekly.  To first access this information, 
you must subscribe to the FEDJOBS list by sending the 
following message to the listserv.

	mail listserv@dartcms1.dartmouth.edu
	subject: blank
	SUBSCRIBE FEDJOBS Yourfirstname Yourlastname

You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF 
FEDJOBS" command to listserv.  Please note that this command 
must not be sent to the list address (FEDJOBS@DARTCMS1) but 
to the LISTSERV address (LISTSERV@DARTCMS1).
To obtain a list of the available files, send the following 
mail message to the listserv.  

	mail listserv@dartcms1.dartmouth.edu
	INDEX FEDJOBS  

To get a file listed in the INDEX, send the following to 
the listserv.

	mail listserv@dartcms1.dartmouth.edu
	SEND "filename" "filetype",  
		eg., SEND DALLAS TXT. 
	Note: the filenames are case sensitive.  

These are large files and you should review your site's 
policies on receiving such mail before ordering the openings 
files by electronic mail.   

If you would like to be notified when new job files are added 
to the system, send the following message to the listserv 
once you are subscribed to the list.

	mail listserv@dartcms1.dartmouth.edu
	FUI ADD FEDJOBS PACKAGE

These files are obtainable by from DARTCMS1.DARTMOUTH.EDU 
<129.170.16.19> by anonymous FTP in directory FEDJOBS.  If 
you prefer to use anonymous FTP, you may want to send the 
following to the listserv.

	mail listserv@dartcms1.dartmouth.edu
	FUI ADD FEDJOBS PACKAGE. 

This will result in LISTSERV notifying you by mail when new 
files are available for FTP.

These files are provided as a public service for job applicants 
through the personal initiative of David Valley of the Office 
of Personnel Management.  Dartmouth College cannot assume 
responsibility for their accuracy, timeliness, or completeness, 
but works closely with David to pursue these objectives.

FINANCIAL ECONOMICS NETWORK (FEN)

	
The Financial Economics Network (FEN) was formed in late 1993.   
There are now more than 3,000 subscribers, with nearly 250 being 
added each week. In less than a month FEN has become the largest 
electronic network in the world linking people with scholarly and
practical interests in business and economics.   The founders of 
the Financial Economics Network are Michael Jensen, Harvard University, 
Wayne Marr, Clemson University, and John Trimble, Washington State 
University.

The Network consists of a master subscription, called AFA-FIN, with 
40 channels or sublists. Currently 39 channels are available to 
AFA-FIN subscribers. There are two channels for posting of 
job announcements and resumes.

	AFA-JOB  (Job Postings)		AFA-RES  (Resumes)

Currently, the structure of the list, divided into channels, 
is complicated.   The organizers are working on getting the 
channels on Usenet, to make life easier for the more advanced 
user. 

Access to the Network is free. But you must request a subscription 
to be included. Please contact Wayne Marr at Clemson University 
or John Trimble at Washington State University; 

	trimble@vancouver.wsu.edu; 	telephone: (206) 737-2039.
	marrm@clemson.clemson.edu; 	telephone: (803) 656-0796 
						fax: (803) 653-5516 

Send either person an e-mail requesting a subscription to 
AFA-FIN, the Financial Economics Network and the AFA-JOB or 
AFA-RES channel.

EEJOBS 

Positions available or desired in the electrical and 
electronic engineering fields.   Discussion and tips 
on how to find jobs are also welcome.
To subscribe, send the following message to the address 
given.

	mail ST6267@AIX370.SIU.EDU
	subject: SERVER.COMMANDS
	body of message: /BBOARD SUB EEJOBS
		or /BBOARD SIGNON EEJOBS

contact Jerome Grimmer, ST6267@aix370.siu.edu with any 
questions.

JOBLIST@FRORS12.BITNET

Conference for posting job offers at institutions that 
are full EARN (European Academic Research Network) members.
To subscribe, send the following message to the address given.

	mail Listserv@frors12.bitnet
	subject: blank
	subscribe JOBLIST Yourfirstname Yourlastname

contact Hans Decker (deck@frors12.bitnet) or Nadine Grange 
(grange@frors12.bitnet) with any questions.

March 1994