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Where to Advertise for Open Source Job Openings?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the plugged-into-the-network dept.

OS Jobs asks: "The startup I work at is looking for an IT maven to design and run a large cluster (1000s) of Linux machines. We are fully plugged into the open source philosophy and would like to build this cluster using only open source tools. We have advertised at most of the regular places including Monster, various LUGs, and so forth. In response to our ads we see people with industrial experience who know every proprietary product in existence, but almost none who are steeped in open source development. So my question to the Slashdot community is: Where should open-source conscious employers advertise their open-source friendly jobs?"

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  1. I think you know the answer... by kebes · · Score: 5, Informative

    I suspect that the poster's question will become answered when he receives many email regarding this job opportunity.

    Basically a great place to advertise the job is Slashdot! Of course, this is not really a sustainable strategy (not every OSS job offer will merit a Slashdot story)...

    You should consider clicking on the "Jobs" link on the OSTG bar that is at the top of Slashdot. I suspect that many OSS-savvy Slashdot readers use that when looking for jobs, so getting the offer listed there (it appears to link to Yahoo! HotJobs) would probably be a good idea.

  2. Advertising for Perl Jobs is simple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    jobs.perl.org is absolutely the first stop for the Perl subset of open source hiring, both for programmer types and sysadmin types.

  3. Craigslist by Duhavid · · Score: 1, Informative

    Craigslist

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  4. Try your local LUG by Yonder+Way · · Score: 4, Informative

    Most local Linux User Groups welcome local companies that want to hire Linux talent. One of the most effective ways at our local LUG is to buy pizza for the meeting, and then you've got a captive audience of around 100 talented Linux geeks listening to you talk about your company for a few minutes and giving you a great opportunity to fish for resumes. And if you want to go completely cheap, they will usually let you advertise local Linux jobs on their general discussion mailing lists.

  5. University ? by dYnkYn · · Score: 2, Informative
    You can submit some job opportunites on the dedicated tool (here named Job Bourse) of most of universities having an IT department. For example:
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  6. USENIX / SAGE / LOPSA by jsellens · · Score: 4, Informative

    I might guess that most USENIX, SAGE and LOPSA members are well versed in open source tools.

    You could try the respective jobs boards:

  7. Re:On slashdot by byolinux · · Score: 3, Informative

    If the job is related to free software, we'd be happy to post it.

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