Is it a bug or a joke? Thread poster: expressisverbis
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expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 16:20
Member (2015)
English to Portuguese
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So, I have received this job notification a few minutes ago:
"New job posting on ProZ.com:
URL: http://www.proz.com/job/1885427
This is a private job posting. The outsourcer has chosen to make it accessible only to a specific list of eligible service providers, including you. Please note that you must log in to your ProZ.com account in order to access this job postin... See more So, I have received this job notification a few minutes ago:
"New job posting on ProZ.com:
URL: http://www.proz.com/job/1885427
This is a private job posting. The outsourcer has chosen to make it accessible only to a specific list of eligible service providers, including you. Please note that you must log in to your ProZ.com account in order to access this job posting.
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English to Portuguese
Language variant European Portuguese"
And when I clicked on the link, I got the following message:
"Something went wrong...
The outsourcer has chosen to make this a private job posting, and you do not appear to be authorized to access it. (FAQ)"
I was logged in when I saw that job post, and I'm European Portuguese.
I'm not interested in applying to this job, I just want to understand what happened, as this message doesn't make any sense at all.
Thanks.
[Edited at 2022-03-11 00:33 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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That happened to me many times, very often.
No big deal. I just delete the email and move on.
Cheers
| | | | Kay Denney 
France
Local time: 17:20
French to English
It's happened a couple of times. Very infuriating. We set up our profiles etc. so we get notifications of work that might interest us and then we get that.
| | | | expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 16:20
Member (2015)
English to Portuguese
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TOPIC STARTER | Well, my first time in getting this message... | Mar 11, 2022 |
Kay Denney wrote:
It's happened a couple of times. Very infuriating. We set up our profiles etc. so we get notifications of work that might interest us and then we get that.
... and I was expecting that someone from Proz staff could clarify this.
Oh! I don't intend to waste my time and staring at this sort of messages, so I have read and deleted it after posting this topic here 
And in the meantime, we keep receiving emails such as "We need to know your availability for a translation from English into Turkish"... Brilliant 
Many thanks for sharing your experiences, and a have a good weekend!
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| It looks like the site is displaying a generic message instead of the correct one. | Apr 18, 2022 |
Hi, all,
Thank you for reporting this. It looks like the job offer in question may have had already closed by the time you tried to see it on the site.
When a private job has already closed, the message should inform you that the offer has closed and is no longer available. It looks like the site is displaying a generic, "you do not appear to be authorized to access it" message instead.
I apologize for the confusion. This issue has been reported and we a... See more Hi, all,
Thank you for reporting this. It looks like the job offer in question may have had already closed by the time you tried to see it on the site.
When a private job has already closed, the message should inform you that the offer has closed and is no longer available. It looks like the site is displaying a generic, "you do not appear to be authorized to access it" message instead.
I apologize for the confusion. This issue has been reported and we are working on fixing it. I'll come back to this thread to let you know when we have an update.
Thank you for using the site! ▲ Collapse
| | | | expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 16:20
Member (2015)
English to Portuguese
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TOPIC STARTER
Andrea Capuselli wrote:
Hi, all,
Thank you for reporting this. It looks like the job offer in question may have had already closed by the time you tried to see it on the site.
I read right after I have received it by email.
| | | | Mr. Satan (X)
English to Indonesian
| Re: Is it a bug or a joke? | Apr 22, 2022 |
expressisverbis wrote:
I read right after I have received it by email.
Occasionally, some agencies just randomly cancel the job offers they just posted. That might be what happened in your case.
I don't take the job board very seriously these days.
| | | | Katrin Braams
Germany
Local time: 17:20
Member (2018)
English to German
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| No, that’s not the case | Apr 22, 2022 |
Andrea Capuselli wrote:
Hi, all,
Thank you for reporting this. It looks like the job offer in question may have had already closed by the time you tried to see it on the site.
When a private job has already closed, the message should inform you that the offer has closed and is no longer available. It looks like the site is displaying a generic, "you do not appear to be authorized to access it" message instead.
I apologize for the confusion. This issue has been reported and we are working on fixing it. I'll come back to this thread to let you know when we have an update.
Thank you for using the site!
No, it happens quite frequently and has done so for years. It seems to be a bug. Sometimes logging out and logging in again helps.
[Edited at 2022-04-22 21:14 GMT]
[Edited at 2022-04-22 21:15 GMT]
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Gabriel Csaba
Argentina
Local time: 13:20
English to Spanish
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Sometimes logging out and logging in again helps.
Spoken as a seasoned Windows warrior!
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