Re: [PLUG] Search firms for linux gearheads?

["Darren Nickerson" <darren.nickerson@ifax.com>]

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"It depends"(tm).

 

We're not a big company. We don't have an HR department establishing salary guidelines for positions. We're a small, but growing company, and quite honestly the salary is negotiable, and quite likely to be 'commensurate with experience'. We can use someone relatively junior ($30-40K) and we can also use someone more senior, at a higher salary bracket, depending upon what that person brings to the table. Part of the value we offer our customers is expert, well-trained geeks (I'm one of them) that kick butt with FOSS - it's not hard to make a case for paying good money for good talent internally, it's just sometimes a bit harder to find that money ;-)

 

If you're interested in what we do, send me a resume and salary expectations, and even if we can't afford you now we might be able to in the coming months since we're seeing steady growth!

 

-Darren

 

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Mag Gam

To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List

Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 7:53 PM

Subject: Re: [PLUG] Search firms for linux gearheads?

Darren:

What is the salary?

On 5/29/07, Darren Nickerson <darren.nickerson@ifax.com> wrote:

Folks,

For the sake of the archives, here's a recap of the helpful information I've
learned both on and off-list, in no particular order.

- TekSystems (http://www.teksystems.com/) is a good recruiting company for
tech
- Try contacting local Universities (we had actually done this using
NACELink - posted to all local ones)
- Include the salary in the job description - otherwise people will think it
doesn't pay much
- Tweak the job description - "Engineer" sounds too much like a programmer,
which many people are not

Thanks to all who took the time to reply! A few people even delurked and
expressed interest in the position ;-)

-Darren


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