People should have to be on the forum a certain ammount of time before...

[AgnesIO]

They should HAVE to post at least a few times a week..

I know for a fact when I joined the forum, seeing and talking to staff made me want to say. As a younger person you want to interact with 'people high up'

[Alex3213]

Why? Sure, it'll be nice for them to be around on the forum a lot more, it would be nice for them to be active with posts etc. Is it ideal? Sure, I've just said that. Is it needed? No. The amount of people who come into HxHD asking for jobs, being directed to certain pages and realising they need to sign up is an immense amount and they join the forum because of it. Not because of the community, not because of the competitions, not because of their friends: because of jobs. The things before may be other main things which they are introduced to later on but the main reason is because they can apply to become part of the Habbox team and make a difference for it. Why am I waffling? Because you don't need to be registered for x y and z to become a DJ, a Competitions Staff, an Events Organiser, a News Reporter, a Content Designer (despite the Habbox pages there are plenty of resources for research and there are Habbo pages too), a Graphics Designer, a Rare Values Reporter or a Help Desk Staff (despite the small things needed for Habbox). The only one which really requires this is a Forum Moderator- they say 3 months anyway (and please, spare me my soul and don't bring up the Apple situation anyone) and it seems a perfectly reasonable amount. So yeah, I think it's fine!

[GommeInc]

I am against this. It should be how good you are at the job. However, I feel that if you do become a member of staff right away, you should be actively involved in the community just as any other member of staff. Afterall, that's the whole point of a fansite and a forum. You are meant to get involved with the community you're supporting, and if you cannot get involved then you should probably stay clear from any website work where community is a #1 aspect.

[Alkaz]

A year before I got my first job I left the forum after a couple of days because I didn't really like it. A year later and within a week I was working at Habbox. Four years later I am still staff so I think people not being active initially before becoming staff isn't always a massive problem. Like someone said, in an ideal world it would be good but I think doing this would just put more people off of the idea than encourage them.

[The Don]

I just think it doesn't look very profesional. Oh look, a habbox live dj, oh wait they have only been part of the habbox community for one week and they have three posts, one of which is a welcome thread. It's unprofesional,like how desperate fansites are run.

[scottish]

they are desp for staff, just not taking any effort to hide it lol

[Alex3213]

I just think it doesn't look very profesional. Oh look, a habbox live dj, oh wait they have only been part of the habbox community for one week and they have three posts, one of which is a welcome thread. It's unprofesional,like how desperate fansites are run.

Yes but my point is that a considerable percentage apply to be Habbox Staff. If they will have to wait a whole month to apply for one job, I applied for someone but if I knew you could become staff beforehand and that person didn't introduce me, I would have only registered to become Habbox Staff. Nothing more.

[GommeInc]

I just think it doesn't look very profesional. Oh look, a habbox live dj, oh wait they have only been part of the habbox community for one week and they have three posts, one of which is a welcome thread. It's unprofesional,like how desperate fansites are run.

Depends what you mean by professional. If they do a superb job, then it is professional. It's just not very wise to give someone a job straight away without socialising with the community, which is what I agree with. Afterall, a fansite is created to serve a community interested in a certain topic, and seeing as Habbo is a social community you expect a bit of socialising with the community between staff and members alike.

A back end job doesn't require you to socialise with the community, but DJs, News Reporters, Forum Staff and anything on the front end of a fansite requires a good deal of socialising - before and/or after being hired.

[Josh]

People who have been in community longer usually have best chances of a job anyway. Most department changes (except HxL) are already established members. This leads me to believe, Habbox doesn't need a policy for this.

[The Don]

Yes but my point is that a considerable percentage apply to be Habbox Staff. If they will have to wait a whole month to apply for one job, I applied for someone but if I knew you could become staff beforehand and that person didn't introduce me, I would have only registered to become Habbox Staff. Nothing more.

A month isn't that long and if they aren't willing to wait then they aren't going to be commited staff and they shouldn't work for habbox in the first place if they aren't commited. If they only wan't to be part of habbox to brag about being a member of an official habbo fansite then they shouldn't be here.