My sense, after having a couple job posts lapse unfilled, is that the "standard tech" recruitment methods are weak. I'm curious what you guys have found successful. The last two positions I filled were referrals from personal contacts. Do you keep a linkedin profile current? Do you scan monster or dice for interesting jobs? Do you delve into craigslist for gigs?<br>
<br>I don't keep my eye on job postings unless I'm about ready to jump ship or have other reasons (compensation analysis, etc.)<br><br>what about you?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Bob Kleemann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rkleeman@energoncube.net">rkleeman@energoncube.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">This is an interesting problem that has been discussed at some<br>
meetings. The best answers we could come up with were:<br>
1) Many Perl programmers are quite happy where they are at, and so<br>
are reluctant to entertain other offers. This also affects the hiring<br>
companies, as they find it hard to hire for a Perl position, and may<br>
move to other languages (Java programmers are a dime a dozen).<br>
2) There may be a decline in Perl programmers. PHP, Python, Ruby,<br>
etc may be grabbing those programmers.<br>
<br>
I'm not sure what the best solutions might be: increase the talent<br>
pool, increase the advertising, increase the expectation of pay for<br>
somebody knowledgeable in Perl, or something else entirely.<br>
<br>
If anybody has some real ideas on things we could try (free Perl<br>
tutorials? Perl job fairs? Anything?!), I'm willing to help make<br>
them happen.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Randal L. Schwartz<br>
<<a href="mailto:merlyn@stonehenge.com">merlyn@stonehenge.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> Twice in the last two days, two different organizations in the greater<br>
> LA area approached me to help them find folks to fill mid-level Perl<br>
> hacking slots (varying between IT and webdev). They both said "it's<br>
> getting *very* hard to find people."<br>
><br>
> Now, I'm really curious. Why is this?<br>
><br>
> Is it a supply problem, or a demand problem, or both?<br>
><br>
> As in, are there fewer Perl programmers here but the same demand?<br>
><br>
> Or the same (or more) Perl programmers here, but even more demand?<br>
><br>
> Or something else entirely?<br>
><br>
> By the way... I'm not trying to make a buck out of this. I'm just<br>
> trying to help people who ask me to help, and I'm also genuinely curious<br>
> about the state of hiring in the Perl community, particulary in LA since<br>
> I'm also working here for a while.<br>
><br>
> (I'll also be sending this message to the other local PM groups, so if<br>
> you see it multiple times, I'm sorry.)<br>
><br>
><br>
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