[oclug] RFP: linux-jobs mailing list

[Dana Webber]

On Wednesday 14 January 2004 17:20, Rod Giffin wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 15:20, Dana Webber wrote:
> > On Wednesday 14 January 2004 06:47, Rod Giffin wrote:
> > > I feel the same way.  If it works, great.  If it doesn't work, no big
> > > deal.  So if someone wants to spend time on it, I have no objections
> > > either.  What the heck, if it's done right it might actually work.
> > >
> > > Rod.
> >
> > There are already way to many "job services"
> >
> > The list would work a zillion times better if it was called
> > "linux-volunteers" .

Oops, I did not intend to exclude real jobs.

How about  linux-jobs-and-volunteers"

> > I have been told by one senior IT  manager that volunteering is the best
> > way to make job contacts.
>
> Ask him how many volunteers he's got working for him right now, and how
> many employees he's got working for *him* right now that started out as
> volunteers.  I am almost willing to bet that I know the total number,
> and that it looks an awful lot like an 'o'.
> Rod.

OCLUG is volunteer and somebody told me that working with OCLUG got a contact 
that lead to a real job.

>
> The best way to make job contacts is to use the telephone, to go
> knocking on doors, to attend industry meetings, and to take night school
> courses -like Project Management Institute courses- because that's where
> the senior IT people are.  You can also try going to Church, you'd be
> surprised how many people you meet at the coffee/cookie sessions after
> social events that own their own businesses, or are in senior (read
> hiring or able to affect hiring) positions at their work.
>

Getting the CISSP cert has led to several local senior contacts. They say the 
SANS-GCIA is very usefull cert in this town.  There is no big vendor pushing 
it so little marketing for it is done. 



-- 
Dana Webber
dana at dunrobin.dyn.dhs.org
http://dunrobin.dyn.dhs.org

Getting a computer system to work is like banging your head against a brick 
wall until the wall falls down.