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Ask HN: best place to post technical, non developer, job opening?
The non-profit I work for has an opening for a Web Security Technologist but we've had limited success in attracting suitable candidates. Sites like Dice seem more oriented at developers/engineers, this position is a mix of malware researcher and sysadmin. Full description at http://www.stopbadware.org/blog/2013/02/28/stopbadware-is-hiring-a-web-security-technologist if that helps.
- samstave 14y agoThe best place to post is Linkedin and Craigslist.
- JoachimSchipper 14y ago> this position is a mix of malware researcher and sysadmin Reading through your ad, there's a lot of different stuff here: malware researcher, CSO, sysadmin, customer contact, team lead. Except that the person you're looking for is rather junior. This seems an odd mix of skills, or rather inclinations: most malware researchers don't want to spend significant amounts of time on sysadminning.
- eb0la 14y agoHave you tried mailing lists? Surely you're already subscribed to several industry-specific mailing lists or groups. Add "We're hiring!" and a link to your signature whenever you post. A trick that helped me some time ago was going to a local bookstore and sticking a "we're hiring: come and have a coffee with us" post-it inside of some relevant technical books. Try it: it works :-)
- jyu 14y agoYou may want to try searching LinkedIn profiles first, to get a better idea of the potential pool of applicants. Mostly this will help make sure you're not looking for a unicorn. The job description is a bit vague. It doesn't really describe the position well. Why would someone want to work at StopBadware? How big is the team? Who else will the web security technologist be working with? List some specific technologies that you use and applicants should know.