Re: [TalentSignal] proposal for Job Start Date

I've never seen it?  Not common.

Merrilea

On 5/3/2019 1:06 PM, Phil Barker wrote:
>
> Just thinking some more about this: Is there any case for allowing a 
> range of dates? Are there examples of job being advertised to start 
> between "now and three weeks time" or "after 1 June but before 15 June"?
>
> Phil
>
> On 02/05/2019 16:02, Phil Barker wrote:
>>
>> Hello all, the second relatively simple issue that we prioritized, is 
>> that currently schema.org/JobPosting has no way to specify the 
>> expected start date for the job being advertised.
>>
>> A simple way to fix this 
>> <https://www.w3.org/community/talent-signal/wiki/Provide_start_date_for_job> 
>> is a new property of JobPosting:
>>
>> *jobStartDate*
>>
>>     *Definition: *The date on which a successful applicant for this
>>     job would be expected to start work. Text values such as
>>     "Immediately" or "As soon as possible" may be used when a
>>     specific date is not appropriate.
>>
>>     *Expected type:* ISO 8601 Date <https://schema.org/Date> or Text
>>     <https://schema.org/Text>
>>
>>
>> Please let me know if you wish to improve on this or have an 
>> alternative suggestion. In particular, is a text value to indicate an 
>> immediate start sufficient, or should this be handled more 
>> explicitly, for example as a separate property?
>>
>> On that question, my own view (as exemplified in the proposal) is 
>> that, while an explicit indicator for immediate start may be useful 
>> for internal systems, a text value is adequate for advertising this 
>> on the web. If experience and demand show that this approach is not 
>> adequate, we would have evidence to provide to schema.org for a 
>> separate, explicit property.
>>
>> Regards, Phil.
>>
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> Phil Barker <http://people.pjjk.net/phil>. http://people.pjjk.net/phil
> CETIS LLP <https://www.cetis.org.uk>: a cooperative consultancy for 
> innovation in education technology.
> PJJK Limited <https://www.pjjk.co.uk>: technology to enhance learning; 
> information systems for education.
>
> CETIS is a co-operative limited liability partnership, registered in 
> England number OC399090
> PJJK Limited is registered in Scotland as a private limited company, 
> number SC569282.
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