Editors and intranets

[geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA]

 Since there have been a few questions on intranets lately,
 here's a useful reading source: PC Magazine (April 23/96)
 ran a detailed discussion of the issue.

 Faith Weber asked when you know that it's time to hire a
 full-time editor. "Hire one right away," he replied, trying
 vainly to hide his editorial license. <grin> Here's a good
 solution: hire a freelancer to do various jobs and see how
 many hours the person spends at your work site. When you
 hit 25 or more hours, it's probably time to consider
 bringing the person in-house full-time.(Set the time
 threshold as high as you like; my feel is that once the
 person hits 25 hours, you're ready to expand the workload
 to a full 40+.) This has an enormous advantage over
 traditional hiring practices: if the person works out, you
 don't have to hold a formal competition for the job (with
 the associated costs and the risks of complaints based on
 perceived discrimination); if not, you're under no
 obligation to renew once the short-term contracts expire.

 --Geoff Hart     @8^{)}     geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
 Disclaimer: Speaking for myself, not FERIC.

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