Academy of Sciences

This is a post pertaining to the Snaphire website called for the California Academy of Sciences:

California Academy of Sciences (2012). Welcome to California Academy of Sciences [Careers]. Retrieved November 9th, 2012, from http://calacademy.snaphire.com/.

I received an email from a friend about this position on the 8th of November. The link in her email had an error message in it but I was able to find the job description in one of the links on that page. One of my problems with the site is that it doesn’t list the reference elements correctly. For instance, the bottom of the page doesn’t have a standardized author, copyright and year. I didn’t think that “Welcome to California Academy of Sciences” is a good title for a page that is the “Careers” link on the home page. The only date I could find listed for this page is one associated with the Snaphire logo. I think the whole thing is rather unprofessional.

I clicked on the link for the Georeferencing specialist that was listed halfway down the page and this sent me to a description for the job. I felt that the description was perfect for me. The job entails georeferencing imagery for museum properties. It is a full time position and it was listed on 101512 nearly a month ago. I clicked the apply link and this sent me to a page that asked for my registration information and, if I hadn’t entered this information yet, a button to do so. I had to enter my email and then I clicked Register Now and this sent me to a page called “Step One of Two” where I entered my profile information, contact information, address, source data and uploaded a resume. I also had to select my shifts, availability and type of employment. There were several fields that asked me about desired income, EOO data and a privacy statement to which I agreed. I clicked on the “Worked at the Academy Link” and said no. I also unsubscribed to alerts. I pressed save and continue.

After this there is a questionnaire. However after I opened this I discovered that they only wanted a cover letter. I found the last one I wrote and attached that. After this finished loading I clicked on finish and the site said thank you.

They sent me an email letter in confirmation.