[AusNOG] Off Topic - Brisbane recruitment recommendations

[Skeeve Stevens]

Most people are having trouble at the moment.

It is an interesting time that I've spoken about at Commsday events,
talking about the void of skills in certain areas:

- Cloud specialisation and experience (AWS, Azure, Google Compute)
- DevOps skills - Ansible, Puppet, Chef - with deployment experience
- Network (Cisco/Juniper/etc) + Linux + NetDevOps experience
- Anyone with actual experience on SDN
- IoT infrastructure experience - even using the AWS/Azure tools
- Languages like Golang

It isn't that the people don't exist, they are just extremely rare right
now with most Network Engineers not having started, or only just starting
their DevOps journey.

Employers are aware of the need... but there is no pool of available talent
for the number of jobs out there.  I've been doing some consulting for a
couple of tech recruitment firms advising them how to talk to their
customers about the need to take someone with 'certain' skills and grow
them in the right direction as opposed to pre-built people with experience.

Right now I've seen jobs posted, and literally zero applications for 100k
jobs.  I think we're in a new era where the certification market hasn't
entered yet, so there is no body of even offshore resource pool with the
right skills.

Those who re/up skill now will be the most valuable in the market...
especially good network engineers who learn Linux and how to code... that
is gold.





...Skeeve

*Skeeve Stevens - Founder & The Architect* - eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
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On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Cameron Murray <cameron.murray at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Guys,
>
> Looking for recommendations for recruiters in Brisbane who have experience
> placing candidates for a MSP role.
>
> Currently we have 4 - 5 roles and having a difficult time filling the
> positions.
>
> Regards
>
> Cameron
>
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