It has been a long 3 months. We at the blog studio have been looking for a Senoir Web Developer and let me tell you – it is a hard find. Sure we have talked to so many talented, skilled individuals… but that full time person we can bring in house who loves the blogosphere has been a great challenge.
My business partner Peter and I were reminiscing today about the time we spent job hunting. All the sites we found, all the researching we did to find different sites and how much we found out there. Now looking for those sites IS an impossible feat. Two very websavvy people searching and searching on line for a qualified candidate and coming up with so little.
I know those qualified, perfect candidates are out there… but, how do we find them? Why is the search engine ranking so low on these sites and people. How many keyword combinations do I have to enter into the search engines to compute some solid results.
If I didn’t already have a action packed daily schedule – this would be a project that I would start. An on line job hunting service for people in the web/design industry. An industry specific site – load your portfolio, load your resume, a free service, maybe a blog on it where people can post advice on upcoming skills potential employees should brush up on, something with a great search engine ranking, posts on new technology and software to look into… the possibilities are endless.
Here is my question? Anyone out there have any advice on sites that are great resources for potential employers and employees in the web development and design industry… I know I’m not alone in this… finding great help seem to be an issue with so many employers I talk to.
So… if their are so many employers looking for qualified people and so many people looking for work… what is the solution? I refuse to believe that it is because their are no qualified candidates on there… somebody, anybody… built the perfect resource site – it is so needed.
FYI… MONEY Magazine and Salary.com rated careers on salary and job prospects and being a Software Engineer was voted the best job to have in America.