Where to Advertise for Open Source Job Openings?

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?"

Comments

On slashdot

[AuMatar]

You've already done it. Post an email address and await the deluge.

I think you know the answer...

[kebes]

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.

Re:I think you know the answer...

[joe_bruin]

If the people who run Slashdot had any brains, they'd have had a real Technology Jobs section, not a halfassed partnership with Hotjobs. I mean, they're running the biggest geek site on the planet, where many of these people spend their down time. If they had posted a real job section, they could take over that market (particularly in the OSS section). Imagine a site where people can post comments about the jobs listed, and potentially communicate that way with the employer for all to read (hey, there's something that other job sites just don't do), where I can specify that I want a job doing C but not C++ (no other site has the geek focus that you can find here), and where, if I'm looking for a job, I can have job results come up in between my other Slashdot stories (that I read every day anyway).

And employers would *pay* to post jobs. Imagine having your position seen by all system admins worldwide that checked a box that they want to see sysadmin jobs on their Slashdot homepage? The response would be huge. Of course, far be it from OSTG from doing something that could make them money.

Advertising for Perl Jobs is simple

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Try your local LUG

[Yonder Way]

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.

You could try..

[StikyPad]

http://vger.kernel.org/

You'd have to post it as a lament though.

Man, I wish I could find some programmers as good as you guys for my positions starting at $95k with full medical and dental. It's amazing how many people turn down our 401k and stock option program, especially with the incredible opportunities for advancement.

Anyway, you make a good point about user mode autodetect with the current situation, although I still think in-kernel autodetect should be the goal.

USENIX / SAGE / LOPSA

[jsellens]

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

You could try the respective jobs boards:

• http://www.usenix.org/jobs/
• http://www.sage.org/jobs/
• http://lopsa.org/jobs

Re:Where?

[Qzukk]

How about in your .sig for starters?
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so... what are the qualifications you're looking for? ;)