One of my clients in DC has just started working with IT interns from the Year Up program. They may be a good resource for you. If you're looking to provide a lot of opportunity with some mentorship to motivated young people they'd be a great place to look.
http://www.yearup.org/ Gil On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Evan Pettrey <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
