Hi,

I am the Managing Director of a small successful Internet Company.
We are currently looking to expand more towards the design sector, as we are currently focused mostly towards web hosting.

We are looking for a competent individual to manage our hosting support and account set-up. In return you will get 50% of all net profits gained from our hosting service.

You will need to have good knowledge of a Red Hat Linux server, DNS, mail servers, domains, Apache and UNIX command line. Knowledge of the Plesk control panel, PHP and Perl is a plus, and experience with web hosting and email is a must.

Your job will entail:

Answering support emails from our users within 12 hours with an average response time of under an hour. Our users are used to answers within 15 minutes during working hours although are tolerant to wait up to 2 hours out of office hours. This does not mean that you have to go without sleep. Our present support technician starts at 9am and finishes at 10pm.

Setting up new accounts. Our ordering system will be programmed to send all the needed details to your company email address (minus the card details obviously). The payment system is also automated so you will not need to deal with our payment gateway. Set-up is very easy as our new server uses Plesk. We will also create a system to send new account details to users so you just have to fill out a form.

Moderation of our future discussion list. A list will soon be created where questions by users can be sent to all our users, to create a forum sent to their email address. We will just add your company email address to the list and you can assist users and join the conversations. You will basically just be showing a presence so users know that we are moderating the list. Starting conversations about web design etc would also be useful to start the conversations flowing.

Marketing of our hosting services. The more sales we get, the money you get. It is common sense that you would want to get as many customers as possible in. We will help with advertising although we recommend that you spend time advertising us in as many places as possible (we do not tolerate SPAM) when the support emails stop coming in. There are many websites, directories, search engines and offline places to do this, which will bring in more clients.

Our 200+ clients are laid back and have a wide range of skills, from Internet first timers, to experts of the industry and e-commerce site owners. Our existing support technician enjoyed his job very much and is going on to help with website design jobs in our company.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome any female applicants with the right skills. We will need the applicants to live in the UK and have perfect knowledge and application of the English language. We may start phone support, so the ability to accept phone calls (redirected through an national rate number and during office hours only) will be a plus.
We require you to be over 18 years of age, and not in any type of full time education. We may consider applicants in part time education although you must tell us of your situation in your application including, hours in education, type of education, qualification you are working to, if you can get to a computer during breaks, assurances that this work will not negatively effect your education.

This is ideal for anyone who is retired or unemployed, as we cannot guarantee the amount of money you will receive (depends on sales).

It would help if you use an ‘always-on’ Internet connection of some kind or toll-free Internet access as you will need to be connected to the web throughout the day.

Please send as much information about yourself and your skills to: auto305174@hushmail.com

A full CV is a plus and a long detailed application will help you in our choice.

The following information is a must:

Name, email address, home address, phone, fax, sex, date of birth, detailed list of past jobs, detailed list of skills, a list of any websites you have contributed to and information of what you have done, present state of employment, specification of the computer you will be using, internet connection type, ISP’s name, will you be able to give telephone support?
Any additional information that you deem as helpful to us would be appreciated.

The company’s identity will not be disclosed to any one apart from the successful applicant.
All employee’s receive a company email address, a personal email address and a website with domain of their choice.

You will be able to contact us at any time with questions that you cannot answer or help of some kind.
All employee’s within the company work from home and are trusted to work the designated hours.

You will be tested for quality control and reaction times to support emails throughout your time with us.


We look forward to hearing from you.

this looks dubious to me for some reason.

Hi,

Originally posted by The Laughing Cow
this looks dubious to me for some reason.

Please do not try to make situations out of nothing.
This post is for those who are interested, not for those who want to comment on situations they know nothing about.

I'm with ukwebhost on this one. Its job offers and requests, not comments on my offers and requests.

hmmm...why is the company name/URL a secret? :eek:

Originally posted by DougBTX
hmmm...why is the company name/URL a secret? :eek:

perhaps that is what i was dubious about. Why would you not want to show your identity?

I agree, if its a job post, before you apply, wouldnt you want to know the company you are trying to apply for?

Jim

In the UK is is common for people not to know straight away which company is involved

Example, a normal UK Job centre will not display the company name until you actually go up to them to say your are interested in the job.

Example, Recruitment companies dont tell you who the company is until you ask them because you are interested in the job.

Therefore, UKWEBHOST is almost right in the way they have made this offer however all applicants should really be told who they are applying for

Hi,

Originally posted by rmartin
In the UK is is common for people not to know straight away which company is involved

Example, a normal UK Job centre will not display the company name until you actually go up to them to say your are interested in the job.

Example, Recruitment companies dont tell you who the company is until you ask them because you are interested in the job.

Therefore, UKWEBHOST is almost right in the way they have made this offer however all applicants should really be told who they are applying for

This is exactly what we are doing, thank you for clearing this matter up for us.

I know the company :D

You advertise in .net mag :D

A company i wouldnt say no to working for but my CV isnt that impressive but i know i could do the job :)

Hi,

Originally posted by Technics
I know the company :D

You advertise in .net mag :D

A company i wouldnt say no to working for but my CV isnt that impressive but i know i could do the job :)

We have advertised is .net and similar magazines before, although we are not who you are thinking of (ie. the username does not match the companies name).

If you think you can do the job, please email us the information above and we'll add you to the list of potentials.

Thanks.

would you have to move to the UK if you were accepted for the job?

Jim

Hi,

Originally posted by jimb
would you have to move to the UK if you were accepted for the job?

Jim

It would be easier if you were a UK resident although all situations will be considered.

Thanks.

The following information is a must:

Name, email address, home address, phone, fax, sex, date of birth, detailed list of past jobs, detailed list of skills, a list of any websites you have contributed to and information of what you have done, present state of employment, specification of the computer you will be using, internet connection type, ISP’s name, will you be able to give telephone support?

Sex? Age?

Oh man talk about a NO-NO here in the US! May as well ask race too so you assure yourself some sort of lame lawsuit from some group or another.

Did I miss something? The "Email" button isn't at the bottom of your post and I don't remember seeing an email in your message body either. Guess I could look in your profile?

Hi,

The email address is in the very first post.

Asking for age and sex in the UK is perfectly normal and acceptable. Many ask for race aswell, the British look upon race differantly to the Americans due to our history. People are proud of their race and it is never treated as a dissadvantage.

If you are sensitive about your sex and age, we can let you miss it out.

Thanks.

I'm just wondering, but why are so many of you giving comments on the job posting?

Why do so many of you care if the way this company recruits is different from the way you recruit?

Why am I writing this? well, because I wouldn't like it if I typed out a serious recruitment post, posted it here and then the thread got all these comments on how the recruitment message is wrong, etc.. etc..

Just my 2 eurocents, NicoV

My thoughts exactly!

Hi,

It is a case of people replying without even thinking first. "definately fingers before brain"

Hey it doesnt take much time to look at the UK governement webpages and find out the correct way of advertising for jobs in the UK to see if ukwebhost was right, which they were.

I hope you get your applicant and the only advantage you are getting from these repsonses though is that it puts it to the top of the list again :)

Thanks!

Oops! Posted again!

I'm not "worried about it" I just found it interesting how there were differences in how businesses in the UK place job ads than is found here in the US.

Like the age/sex thing (and even race) how it's just part of the norm for UK yet here in the US you'd have a half dozen weasels (er lawyers) chewing on your tail within hours of posting a help wanted ad where age/sex (and oh god forbid race) are asked for. I never meant to imply there was anything "wrong" with what ukwebhost was asking just how it was different from how things are done here. Different isn't bad.

why some of our friends on the forum create such a debate, i think everybody has the right to offer a jobs as he wants to.

I don't find nothing strange on UKwebhost offer, in fact i find it interesting for me and my brother, we work together on the online business.

Well, just a comment. :)

Best regards to everybody!

Originally posted by ukwebhost

Many ask for race aswell, the British look upon race differantly to the Americans due to our history. People are proud of their race and it is never treated as a dissadvantage.


People in the USA are very proud of their race. The thing is, when applying for a job, the USA has made a stride to protect peoples rights. This is to protect people against racial, age, and gender discrimination. Some scumbag companies could use the information on your race, gender, or age against you, and not hire you because they are discriminating.

Thank god for US Civil Rights!!!!

Jim

I really wanted to steer away from this topic cos i didnt want to get involved and im still in two minds whether to or not.


In the UK IT IS much the same as jimb said. There is so much controversy all the time in the press over and over again regarding Race, Sex, Age you name it. AFAIK there are people around to stop this the need to ask for race,sex,age. like the CRE and likewise. As well as people regarding jobs (cant remember the name). I don't see how asking such questions will really help you find a succussful applicant. Its like saying state your eye colour or shoe size :)

</rant over>

Why even consider it, if the companies are professional companies? I mean, just cause everyone else does it, doesnt mean you have to. Its something looked down upon in the US, and I would think it would be something that really wouldnt be something a professional company would want to do. Its really odd to me that anyone wouldnt hire a person who has a better understanding of the job position. Who cares their race, age, or gender.


<<EDIT>>Sorry that this is turning this way....I didnt mean for it too...If you would like we can end this...<<//EDIT>


Jim