[LA.pm] jobs available, going unfulfilled

[Todd Cranston-Cuebas]

Jordan notes that the demand is clearly not limited to perl and I agree.
There is a huge push for hiring that is occurring and you're seeing that at
the user groups, job postings, recruiter-sponsored events, etc. The question
is... are these jobs being filled?


On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Jordan Schwartz <jordan247 at gmail.com>wrote:

> > Now, I'm really curious.  Why is this?
>
> The demand is for more than just perl slots.  i have seen
> recruiters at the LA Java UG, and at a PHP meetups for months.
>
> Also the demand is for more then just programmer / developer types,
> the UNIX User Association of Socal jobs list , uuasc.org, has been
> seeing a steady flow of Sysadmin postions, and recruiters at the meetings.
>
> Additionally the well attended SoCal Devops meetups are a driven
> by recruiting.
>
> I think its that business need to have an internet presence if they have
> any
> chance of being successfull and L.A. is fairly diverse with Aerospace,
> entertainment,
> Misc. Tech, etc.
>
> There may have been some pent up demand after the financial services /
> home loan meltdown
> a few year back that put me on the market and there is enough new
> business and upgrades to
> keep the demand for skilled labor where it should be.
>
> Jordan
>
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Randal L. Schwartz
> <merlyn at stonehenge.com> wrote:
> >
> > Twice in the last two days, two different organizations in the greater
> > LA area approached me to help them find folks to fill mid-level Perl
> > hacking slots (varying between IT and webdev).  They both said "it's
> > getting *very* hard to find people."
> >
> > Now, I'm really curious.  Why is this?
> >
> > Is it a supply problem, or a demand problem, or both?
> >
> > As in, are there fewer Perl programmers here but the same demand?
> >
> > Or the same (or more) Perl programmers here, but even more demand?
> >
> > Or something else entirely?
> >
> > By the way... I'm not trying to make a buck out of this.  I'm just
> > trying to help people who ask me to help, and I'm also genuinely curious
> > about the state of hiring in the Perl community, particulary in LA since
> > I'm also working here for a while.
> >
> > (I'll also be sending this message to the other local PM groups, so if
> > you see it multiple times, I'm sorry.)
> >
> >
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> 0095
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