jobs in Linux / IT

[Christopher Browne]

On 12/20/05, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Christopher Browne wrote:
> > On 12/20/05, paul sutton <zen14920-1HOZaDBbGgxaa/9Udqfwiw at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >> Some time in 2006, I am intending coming over to Canada, on a 12 month
> >> work authorisation,  I am currently researching jobs in the area, as
> >> well as accomodation as if I am staying long term I will need somewhere
> >> to stay.  What sort of jobs are there in Toronto for entry level IT as
> >> while I can do pretty much anything I would like to learn some linux
> >> stuff so when I return to the Uk I have some excellent skills to offer
> >> potential employers.
> >
> > A common scenario seems to be that a lot of organizations are
> > forlornly searching for skilled staff.  That's the step above "entry
> > level."
> >
> > There were a couple recruiters at the last meeting in much the same
> > desperate search that some of the folks at my employer are; they have
> > been talking to people, and not finding people at the "skilled enough"
> > level.
>
> Such as a recent grad, with 5 years experience?  Or looking for more
> years experience than the package has been around?  I've seen similar
> ads.

No, it seemed that they needed to put a bunch more boxes onto a
trading floor, and were looking for people with the "slightly scarred
look" that comes from having put systems with some financial
impact/importance into production.

Our own recent desire has been to beef up on AIX expertise, as we have
been deploying quite a lot of that.  We had heard rumour that
Celestica was laying off a bunch of folks with some years of AIX; it
looks as though the banks snatched them up so fast that their resumes
didn't get a chance to head to anyone we knew.

It's not as if AIX is particularly new; requirements certainly
wouldn't have been "8 years experience with AIX 5.4" when that's still
a future version :-).  Seeing the "AIX" keyword, during the relevant
searches, would doubtless get a resume looked at more finely by
someone with some clue of how to interpret it.

The silliest thing I ever saw was a search for someone with 2 years of
NeXTstep experience very shortly after the first release of the NeXT
cube.  The only plausible candidates, there, would be NeXT staff...
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