Re: UKNM: Two requests for help

[Jon Miller]

>2. Does anyone know any civilians (non Internet and related industries)

>who make good use of the Internet for any (respectable) reason and

>wouldn't mind being interviewed for online publication? Any

>suggestions welcome, will provide more details to anyone interested in

>participating.

>

>Many thanks and have a good weekend one and all.

>

>Ray Taylor



I have two possible sources of civilians for you:


I can put you in touch with a number of graduates who have found employment

through the Internet, as well as blue chip companies who use the net as a

major recruitment channel, and university Careers Departments who are

posting candidate profiles on-line.  There are big advantages to all

parties in terms of speeding up the process and cutting administrative

overheads. Plus there's some work being done to develop on-line

psychometric testing for recruitment. 


There is also an on-line Car Sharing scheme, based at a major UK business

park, which people use to find car share partners who live near / en route

to them. The system matches individuals based on their location, ranking

them according to prefs (smoke in the car? listen to radio? etc). This has

been popular with many of the park's population, and has been held up as an

example by the Department of Transport and various transport/environment

lobby groups. I could put you in touch with people who are using this

scheme to find car share partners.


Good use and respectable reasons?? These are Omniscience projects, so let

me know if they sound like the kind of things you're interested in and I'll

give you more details.  


Jon Miller


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