silverado writes: A scanlation group's biggest asset are its members! But where can you find good editors and translators? Animejobber.com is a job database where you can advertise and recruit members for your translation project. It works collectively with Mangaupdates, Mangahelpers and jCafe to make the recruitment process as easy as possible. You want to start your own translation project and need a jp-en translator? With Animejobber it's simple:

1. Click on "Post a new job"

2. Choose a catchy headline for your ad e.g. "Editor for a baseball manga".

3. Introduce your group and add information related to the job e.g. series summary, maybe screenshots and what you expect from the new member.

3. Check your contact details and send it!

Everybody who is interested in joining your group can simply click on "Apply" and send you his contact details. It's up to you to choose who you want to contact and hire!

link: http://www.animejobber.com

B.R.
silverado
(For questions or feedback simply contact me per pm on jcafe )

Oh my goodness, yes!
*goes for scouting*

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Sounds like a much more organized website than simply throwing recruiting threads all over the net. =D I wonder how well it'll do of course.

Hmm, it sounds like every other recruitment forum on the net, except it's a whole website. Nothing special.

It's centralized.

Meaning?

i agree 100%... pointless.

Instead of having to post in multiple forums, there is one main site that everyone can go to. But it won't work effectively unless everyone uses it. I'm not so sure about it...

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Although the idea is nice, right now it just looks like a "craigslist" page of spam. Do they really expect translators/editors/etc to scroll through pages and pages of hiring ads to find something they like? The titles need to be clearer, the ads need to be more concise, and genres should be tagged.

Even better would be to also incorporate a database of translators and editors with a list of stuff they've done, sample work, and what type of future work they would be open to. I mean, this site assumes that translators/editors are just jumping all over each other to find work to do when it's really the other way around.

I was just going to say that, that the site would be much more useful as a database of translators, editors, groups, etc. Even people who aren't currently looking for 'work' can put up a profile in case something interesting comes their way.