Some web sites for job hunting.

The Short List for Silicon Valley Perl jobs, August, 2012.

• craigslist.org
• indeed.com
• linkedin.com
• simplyHired.com
• ventureLoop.com

The (Partly) Annotated List, August, 2012.

• http://www.asktheheadhunter.com

• http://www.astreya.com

• http://www.clearancejobs.com
  • Requires security clearance.

• http://www.craigslist.org
  • Fast response, clean UI.

• http://www.dice.com

• http://www.glassdoor.com
  • Salary data, job listings, interview questions, & more.
  • Register and provide data to see more of their data.

• http://www.indeed.com
  • High-quality search of very large data base.
  • Collects data from many online sources in one place for easy search.
    • Might not include craigslist or EDD listings.
  • Clean UI.

• http://www.iqt.org
  • In-Q-Tel, Venture fund of CIA.

• http://jobs.perl.org
  • Not high volume, but focused on Perl.

• http://www.linkedin.com
  • Maintain an account here that can be searched by prospective employers.
  • They have a job search function; some jobs might not be listed elsewhere.

• http://www.monster.com
  • Acquired hotjobs.yahoo.com

• http://novaworks.org
  • Employment & training agency at Sunnyvale EDD office.
  • Informative workshops are well-presented; career advisors available for 1-1 Q&A.
  • Paid by your taxes, no other fees required.
  • "We enable jobseekers to transition back into the workforce by providing new skills, new connections, new information, and new opportunities."

• http://www.odesk.com
  • Online contract agency.
  • S/w that you install locally tracks the work you do for a payer.
  • Many online tests to take to show your ability to take tests.
  • See also expertsExchange.com, vWorker.com (renamed from rentACoder.com), elance.com, guru.com. Find others at http://www.similarSites.com.
  • Here is a brief blog entry from 2006 w/ comments:
    • http://blog.auinteractive.com/adventures-in-outsourcing-rent-a-coder-vs-odesk

• http://www.petdance.com/category/job-hunting/
  • Job hunting and working life for programmers, sysadmins, and all other techies.
  • Weblog with good content by Andy Lester.
  • See also other categories, eg, Career, Resumes.

• http://promatch.org
  • High quality networking & more; open orientation can be a high energy affair; at Sunnyvale EDD office.
  • It costs you no money, but you must attend meetings and volunteer your time to keep the group running.
  • Has a very good reputation and draws people from many miles away.

• http://www.salary.com

• http://www.simplyhired.com
  • Similar to indeed.com; has some different filters.

• http://jobs.stanford.edu
  • Includes SLAC, the linear accelerator center.

• http://sf.pm.org/
• http://www.svperl.org
  • Connect face-face at a meeting - better than sending dozens of resumes blindly.
  • Jobs have been posted on the mailing list.

• http://www.ventureloop.com
  • Companies funded by venture capital groups; many startups.

-- ChristopherPoda - 2012-08-22