While I'm a technical writer with UX experience rather than a UX professional, I've seen this sort of thing before. The Society for Technical Communication (http://www.stc.org/) moved from a free model to a paid model similar to the one shown here. The number of job listings posted to the website declined immediately from a steady stream to a trickle. Right now, the IXDA mailing list presents a large number of job openings but I'm guessing the same thing will happen as happened with STC. <sigh>
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