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Terry Sullivan writes:



> I want to pose a tangentially related question to those who, like
> me, usually go check out the posting company's Website when one of
> these job postings appears.
> Is it just me, or do most of these companies have *very* low
> usability Websites?  ...

It's probably because a lot of companies have very-low-usability
websites.  I don't think there's a connection.
> Of course, I can't help but immediately form a perception of how
> much the company in question *really* values usability.  ...

I can understand that!  However, especially in a large company,
the organization making the job posting may be completely
different from, and powerless over, the organization that
designed the web site.
> (Because this question strikes me as sort of off-topic for CHI-WEB,
> I welcome direct replies.)

I don't think it's off topic.

Elizabeth

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