[AusNOG] Off Topic - Brisbane recruitment recommendations

[Paul Gear]

On 12/05/16 08:37, Skeeve Stevens wrote:
> 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.

+1 to Sean's comments.

If you're expecting experienced staff with a skills mix like that,
you'll have to do a lot better than $100K, especially in Sydney.
Probably better than $150K.  You're competing with Google & Amazon's
recruiters, and international companies who are predominantly distributed.

I've seen multiple jobs of that general description going in Brisbane
for around $100K and I think they'll have a pretty hard time filling
them, given the sort of salary people with that skillset can command.  I
certainly don't give them a 2nd look.

Paul