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• Pain and delight: Who's firing, who's hiring (updated) 12 months ago
  
  We've been running a spreadsheet of layoffs at tech companies since October. It's depressing, but it's newsworthy. To offset the pain a bit, we also have a second spreadsheet tracking who is hiring. I'm happy to report that there are more companies on the record as having open jobs than there are that are executing layoffs. The raw number of jobs lost is higher than gained, unfortunately, but if you are laid off, check out that other spreadsheet for a potential new gig in your industry.
• openDesktop.org launches free job board for the open source community 1 year ago
  
  At the end of October we launched a free job board on openDesktop.org, the network portal for open source and IT specialists around the world.
• Facebook at OSCON 1 year, 4 months ago
  
  At the Facebook booth in the OSCON expo hall, I discussed open-source software with one of the company's recruiters. It seems like Facebook views the open source software community as a fertile ground for finding new developer talent. He explained that Facebook makes extensive use of open source software in its infrastructure, particularly the PHP programming language.
• The open source jobs boom 1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Looking for a good job in IT? Sharpen your knowledge of open source development frameworks, languages, and programming. A just-published study of available IT jobs found that 5 percent to 15 percent of the positions now on the market call for open source software skills.
• Microsoft has a community strategy around Open Source 1 year, 5 months ago
  
  Apparently, anyway. From their job posting: "Join the team leading one of the companies most exciting & dynamic initiatives, driving Microsoft’s overall community strategy around Open Source Software." But don't worry: "Familiarity with the Linux & OSS market / products" is "not required".
• DoJ beats up tech firm for H-1B only job ads 1 year, 6 months ago
  
  Small fine, humiliation by press release.... A Pittsburgh computer consultancy is paying $45,000 in civil penalties over claims it discriminated against legal US residents by advertising only for developers on H-1B visas.…
• Business IT Grads Have No Trouble Finding Jobs 1 year, 7 months ago
  
  While the economy crumbles, jobs are plentiful for graduates of business information technology programs. They are seen as good employment prospects because they have IT skills as well as business knowledge. Meanwhile, BIT program enrollment is down sharply.
• Open source NAC, but only with commercial support 1 year, 11 months ago
  
  "If you work for a university where you have a large pool of talented, but cheap, labor (interns), then an open source project might make sense because you have people who can manage and maintain the system..."
• London Calling: Software Developers in Demand 1 year, 11 months ago
  
  "The escalating demand for field service and installation engineers with an awareness of customer service techniques reflects a continued focus by the IT sector on adding customer value, a competitive edge and identifying new business opportunities through field service operations," said Chris Short, managing director of IT recruitment firm Concept IT.
• Microsoft responsible for nearly half of IT jobs 2 years, 1 month ago
  
  A study sponsored by the software giant found global IT spending will top $1.24 trillion in 2007, thanks in large part to itself ....
• Is it easier to hire open source developers? 2 years, 1 month ago
  
  "Namely: what are the benefits of hiring open source developers, and what are the benefits of developing open source software if you're looking to get hired..."
• People Behind KDE: Summer of Code 2007 (1/4) 2 years, 3 months ago
  
  "The People Behind KDE series takes a temporary break, as we talk to students who are working on KDE as part of the Google Summer of Code 2007 - in the first of four interview articles, meet Aleix Pol Gonzàlez, Piyush Verma, Mike Arthur and Nick Shaforostoff!"