From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 22 18:51:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDB8816A420 for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:51:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from liamfoy@sepulcrum.org) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E20D43D70 for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:51:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from liamfoy@sepulcrum.org) Received: from [86.130.158.87] (helo=localhost) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu1) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0MKwpI-1FM8QD0S40-0002qB; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:51:07 +0100 Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:50:20 +0000 From: "Liam J. Foy" To: Omar Thameen Message-ID: <20060322185020.GB649@nikita> References: <20060322181803.GB27483@biglist.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060322181803.GB27483@biglist.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de login:1ca2002b29693e660bea0febad56607a Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: finding FreeBSD sysadmins X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:51:12 -0000 On 13:18, Wed 22 Mar 06, Omar Thameen wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I'm having difficulty finding FreeBSD sysadmins to fill a position, > and I was hoping y'all might have some suggestions. > > I've recently moved to the Philadelphia area after 10 years in New > York, and I just can't find where the BSD folks are hanging out. > Specifically, I'm looking to hire a (Free)BSD systems administrator, > but am getting very little response from local resources like > Craigslist, the Philadelphia Linux Users Group (couldn't find a > Philly-BUG), and area schools. Sadly, if you search for "philadelphia > freebsd," the top results are my job posts (the company is BIGLIST). > Of course, I've also posted to freebsd-jobs, but got only a couple out > of state/country replies. > > So, my questions are these: > > - Where do you look for job openings? > > - Any other suggestions for finding candidates? I'm trying Dice, > but have only gotten one (poor) reply in a week. Hotjobs and > Monster have been mentioned to have a high ratio of unqualified > responses. Any similar or contrary experiences? > > Omar If only I could work remotely! =(. I'm a poor student. On another point, I can understand what you said about Monster - I've heard similar stories. -- Liam J. Foy