jobs in Linux / IT

[Christopher Charles]

I despise the work culture in canada.  Full of lazy
people who don't care about their work!

Full of toxic bosses always having a bad day.

Full of intolerant employees quick to complain to
their supervisors etc.

Chris

--- teddy mills <lfeder-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> 
> 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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