BALUG Wiki

This wiki page is primarily for tracking status of and planning for the panel discussion.

2009-03-04 earlier mention of the idea
2010-03 created email contact: balug-panel-2010@balug.org
2010-03-22: survey form for potential panelists/moderator - began creation
2010-03-31: "announced" (including contact email above) - but specific date not set yet
2010-04-07: survey form for potential panelists/moderator - relatively near to final form - will solicit feedback (and adjustments as appropriate) before going "live"

Some potential topic/question areas:

• up and down economies:
  • finding great jobs in a down economy
  • finding great candidates in hopping (e.g. dot com boom) times
  • retaining good employees in hot fast-moving economies
  • what needs to or should change when the Linux/IT job market is up/down/sideways/strange and what does or should stay the same?
• in all that hiring/contracting process:
  • things companies do right/wrong
  • things HR departments do right/wrong
  • things hiring managers do right/wrong
  • things agencies/recruiters do right/wrong
  • advantages/disadvantages of using recruiters/agencies
• finding the good (or good fits), and sorting out the bad (or bad fits):
  • companies/"opportunities"
  • agencies/recruiters
  • candidates
• in recruitment/hiring process, most excellent/horrible/strangest/funniest things you've ever seen done by:
  • company/employer
  • hiring manager
  • recruiter/agency
  • candidate