1. B&A is THE place for people like us to hang, so it would be fan-fricken-tastic if the job board also allowed anon or not so anon postings of resumes just for people in our field - then charge through the nose for recruiters etc to come in and take a peak knowing it was a closed community. Hell - I would pay a premium to list my resume etc on B&A knowing that only recruiters actually looking for me and not a java engineer were likely to contact me. I *Hate* their "spam"!
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Christina Wodtke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I worry about is what we saw in boom 1.0, which was a ton of > unqualified people taking on the title, creating a bad reputation, then > returning to cab driving when the crash comes. OTOH, I was one of those > under qualified people in the first wave, so maybe I should be more > generous. hee. > > [Shameless plug] > > The job postings on jobs.boxesandarrows.com are extremely accurate. Less > of them, but they are all aimed at the right demographic and thus have > high relevancy. > > W Evans wrote: > > And I would love to blame the quality of the job posting sites. There > search > > engines are terrible. > > > > Just now, I search in Washington DC.... > > > > Information Architect (86 results - only 3 were for IA) > > > > Interaction Designer (41 results, only 1 for IxD) > > > > Interface Designer (10 results, only one for ID) > > > > Some of the things that come back in results are amazing. Search for IA > and > > get senior java architect as a high ranked result? > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 20, 2008 2:26 PM, David Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Andrei, > >> > >> I think you are looking at a number of different factors that are > >> causing this. From my point of view, I would love to move not only to > >> the Bay area, but NY or Boston where there are tons of openings. > >> However, the cost of living there is so outrageously expensive, it > >> doesn't pay for me to relocate (I've got a house with a reasonable > >> mortgage, as well as a family to consider). It might be that many of > >> the more experienced designers (like myself) see the same issues. I > >> would take a huge loss of quality of life if I went. > >> > >> Just my 2 cents. > >> > >> David > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Andrei Herasimchuk > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> Just a quick question: Where are all the interface and software > >>> designers in Silicon Valley? Has everyone just packed up and left or > >>> what? I see more job listings, postings and calls for resumes and yet > >>> there seem to be even fewer people to fill the jobs than ever before. > >>> I used to have trouble hiring at Adobe back in the late 1990s mostly > >>> due to the high experience and training requirements needed to work > >>> on software at that level, but that was before there was an influx of > >>> people and talent into software related products, especially from the > >>> web. And yet, now it seems that there's an even bigger gap in the > >>> designer to available job ratio than every before. Everyone I know is > >>> having trouble filling hiring requirements. > >>> > >>> Is it that the job requirements needed to get hired are too high? Not > >>> enough trained designers? Or is it something only happening in > >>> Silicon Valley? Browse the job listings and postings everywhere from > >>> companies in Silicon Valley and it seems we have a distinct lack of > >>> designers ready to fill all the openings. > >>> > >>> Opinions? > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Andrei Herasimchuk > >>> > >>> Principal, Involution Studios > >>> innovating the digital world > >>> > >>> e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> c. +1 408 306 6422 > >>> > >>> > >>> ________________________________________________________________ > >>> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > >>> To post to this list ....... 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