I realize we're in a community of entrepreneurs but better access to the talent that hangs out around here would be a tremendous resource for hiring managers.
Written out of frustration after spending 2 weeks sifting through bad resumes and monotonous interviews.
It's free to post listings, provided you give enough information about the company and a good job description.
This site has been online for three years now, but it was only focused on the Brazilian market. Just recently we put a international version. We are working on new features that we hope will make the hiring process smarter, less of a trial-and-error approach.
Even without those features, I'd say without doubt that job4dev is where Brazilian hackers and qualified developers find out about job opportunities, when they can't find them through regular networking.
We want to make the same thing for all of the world, now. We need to break out of the chicken-and-egg problem, and I guess that HN is good place for that.
Please, take a look at the site: feel free to put your listing there, and feedback would be much appreciated.
You just have to get 1 really awesome developer who hacks for fun. Then when you have to hire after that, you go to him (or her) first and ask them if any of their friends are looking for work. If you've got a good place, it will make recruiting way easier. If not... I've had surprisingly good luck with Craigslist.
Beyond use, jobseekers are hanging out on Craigslist, Dice and Indeed. They should be spending as much time on LinkedIn, because its the networking that lands 70% of all new hires.
I don't mean to advertise for StackOverflow, but it struck me that an their job board would be the biggest competitor to a potential HN job board.
I find that jobs.stackoverflow.com is clean and seems to have consistently interesting postings. On the other hand, I'm not sure how many conversions they get, and the UI is rather basic.
They've also recently launched careers.stackoverflow.com, which integrates with StackOverflow accounts. The theory is that employers can scope out an applicant's know-how by glancing at his reputation and postings.
Anyway, as someone seeking employment, I echo your interest in finding a good solution. Good post.
Yet, I never knew they had a job board, til now <smacks forehead>
Great tip, thank you.
When people come to me asking for specific programming language experience, I usually point them to that technology specific meetup group here in Silicon Valley. I also point them to Craigslist. There's a ton of hiring that gets done via Craigstlist here.
I also know the other guys who host the HN/ Hackers and Founders meetups in Indianapolis, NY and Tel Aviv. I should ask them how they're approaching this problem. I'll ask them and post a response here.
I do have a friend who is currently looking for iPhone contract work, if that's what you need, definitely ping me.
BTW, I don't make a cent off this. I just like to help friends out if I can.
1. I think it will be hard to find developer in the region you need. For this you better really visit your local group meeting(like JimBastard advised) or some educational institution to find some graduating students.
2.Someone reading Hacker News won't be a good developer/designer every time.
Quick survey: would you use something like that? To find jobs? To advertise jobs?
What I have in mind would be low-volume, but high S/N ratio.
Only YC companies are allowed to post under the jobs tab but anyone else can post that they are hiring or looking for a job.
(My profile has a link to a post I wrote up about looking for work, if anyone's looking for a contractor. </shameless-plug>)
and i think there's some website where you can pitch a job idea and they'll give you $ to start a company.
if there aren't any local meetup groups start one.