Most of the resumes I've been receiving have been coming from people with 10+ years experience who are still in jr. roles.
I'm not looking for an incredibly deep skillset, just somebody who is motivated to do more with their careers. I'd rather have a candidate who is fresh and hungry than a seasoned vet who is still looking for a junior position. The only real requirements for this position are: - 4 year degree (not because I care but because the candidate will eventually be billed out to the federal government and this is an absolute necessity for the majority of their contracts) - 1 year IT experience (or completed internships in an IT field) - Clean background and US citizenship (for security clearance purposes) The position is an even split between Windows/CentOS/other things so experience with any of them is fine, just something to show that they have some level of technical competency. It seems like this would be a very easy position to fill given that we're in the DC Metro area but I've had a hard time finding resumes. On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 9:22 AM, John BORIS <[email protected]> wrote: > Just a question as to the candidates that aren't reaching the bar. Are > they failing due to lack of experience in Unix/Linux? I haven't had to > hire anyone for quite a while and my last venture got me a ton of > resumes but most of them never read the announcement and just saw > Programmer and sent in the resume. I didn't read the original job > announcement as it was for North Va and most folks I know are in the > Philly area and not looking to move. > > John J. Boris, Sr. > > "Remember! That light at the end of the tunnel > Just might be the headlight of an oncoming train!" > > > >>> "Brodie, Kent" <[email protected]> 3/6/2012 8:58 AM >>> > The only input to this I can add is, "we're seeing the same thing". > We recently posted a (windows-based) sysadmin position, and the slate of > candidates that applied was well, really sub-par. It kind of stumps > me - given the state of the economy, I would have assumed that we'd have > a stack of resume's two inches thick. Not the case. We eneded up > only having two applicants that were even qualified at all. I'm not > sure what I can conclude from this, other than that perhaps in the > mid-to-high-end IT market, most people really ARE still employed, and > are hunkered down trying to preserve their existing jobs? > > -kcb > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Evan Pettrey > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 7:44 AM > To: LOPSA Discuss List > Subject: [lopsa-discuss] Candidate Recruiting > > Group, > > Good morning everybody. I currently have a position for a Jr. Systems > Administrator available in the Northern Virginia area (I've already sent > out an email to the group about it last week) and have been having > difficulty locating qualified and motivated candidates. > > The position will pay 50-65k depending on experience and is fairly > entry level so I don't feel the wages are a hindrance to finding > candidates. However, I've only managed to receive a limited number of > resumes so far, almost entirely from people who would not be a good fit > the position. > > Would some of you with hiring experience share what has worked for you? > I've posted the position on > reddit.com/r/sysadmin<http://reddit.com/r/sysadmin> jobs a couple > times in addition to using mailing lists, all without any success. > > I realize using a recruiter may be what becomes necessary but I'd > rather use that money in my budget to pay for a better qualified > candidate rather than having that money go to a recruiter if at all > possible. > > > Any insight into things at all would be greatly appreciated. > > > Thanks, > Evan >
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