jobs in Linux / IT

[teddy mills]

As it happens, today I transferred from digital camcorder to a .MPG
file 
(may convert it to DVD, if I figure out how) the TLUG presentation
someone 
gave last fall about Linux and the job market, resumes et al.

Who was he again?



On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 17:45 -0500, Andrew Hammond wrote:
> On 22-Dec-05, at 20:54, Scott Elcomb wrote:
> 
> > In many cases, people are hired by a recruiting team that doesn't
> > have
> > a clue as to what the job actually entails.  They simply work off a
> > description of the job written on a piece of paper or two.
> 
> 
> I don't know what the process is at other companies, but here's how we
> do things for the Data Services department here at Afilias. I give our
> HR lady the job description (which is mostly for candidates) and a
> brief description of what I'm looking for. She passes this along to
> the recruiters. For example:
> 
> 
> About 7 years industry experience
> At least 3 years working with databases, preferably postgres
> 2 years working in a 24x365 production environment
> comfortable working in and administering a unix / linux environment
> 
> 
> The recruiters send resumes of potential candidates to our HR lady who
> forwards them to me. If they look any good, I ask her to give them a
> call and run through an initial interview. If they meet her approval,
> then I ask them to come in for an interview, and the process goes from
> there.
> 
> 
> The goal is two-fold:
> 1) To find decent candidates.
> 2) To defend my time from the incredible flurry of applicants who
> don't even know what "a unix" is, but sure as heck want the job.
> 
> 
> We also post to pgsql-jobs, but that seems more oriented towards
> contract than full time permanent.
> 
> > Certifications tell these types of people that you know "about this
> > much" of the skills/information specific to their needs.  I don't
> > think it's a time wasting process; there's some value in getting
> > that
> > piece of paper.
> 
> 
> With a few exceptions, certifications tell me that you've got the
> background for an entry level position and that you cared enough to go
> get the cert.
> 
> > Btw - LPI Certs are considerably cheaper than MS Certs, contain much
> > less advertising, and are somewhat more challenging I think.
> 
> 
> And guys like me don't get a chuckle out of seeing LPI certs on a
> resume, unlike some of the MS certs. However, I'm not looking for
> people to run windows boxes.
> 
> 
> __________________________________________________
> Andrew Hammond    416-673-4138    ahammond-swQf4SbcV9C7WVzo/KQ3Mw at public.gmane.org
> Data Services Group Manager, Afilias Canada Corp. Ltd.
> CB83 2838 4B67 D40F D086 3568 81FC E7E5 27AF 4A9A
> 
> 

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