Advice on recruiting for IT/Java jobs

[3bjobs]

I've been involved in setting up a subsidiary in Cape Town for an international software company. I posted a job ad for Java Developers on both Career Junction and Pnet, but the response has not been good in terms of quality. Our basic criteria as advertised are Graduate, 2 years work experience in Java + SQL experience. We have had hardly any responses matching these criteria.

We could go through agencies but this is expensive, and in the UK I have found the online and advertising route more efficient and cost effective. That is partly because some UK sites allow employers to search CVs.

I would welcome suggestions on where is the most effective place to advertise this vacancy or where I can find a good source of CVs to search.

[freeek]

The problem might be that the university in Cape Town does not teach you this. B.Sc Computer Science teaches you java in first year and then c++. B Comm Information Systems teaches you Visual Basic First Year and in second year have a semester course on databases where SQL is included.

Your job specifications are requiring a mix of 2 worlds

..- dot dot dash ;)

[mbs]

The problem is probably one of location. I know plenty of peeps in Jhburg who would be available, but they won't move to 'the dead zone'...

[freeek]

'the dead zone' : cape town rocks!!!

..- dot dot dash ;)

[mbs]

LOL with FREEEK [:D][:D][:D] - OKAY,OKAY,OKAY, but Jo'burg rolls - together we'll rock 'n roll!!! [8D][8D]

[martin]

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<br />I've been involved in setting up a subsidiary in Cape Town for an international software company. I posted a job ad for Java Developers on both Career Junction and Pnet, but the response has not been good in terms of quality. Our basic criteria as advertised are Graduate, 2 years work experience in Java + SQL experience. We have had hardly any responses matching these criteria.

We could go through agencies but this is expensive, and in the UK I have found the online and advertising route more efficient and cost effective. That is partly because some UK sites allow employers to search CVs.

I would welcome suggestions on where is the most effective place to advertise this vacancy or where I can find a good source of CVs to search.
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Tough one, try advertising in JHB and state that they would need to move to CT. Might be crazy enough to work.

[quik]

There are lots of on line job sites, I know of one on 5fm's site (thik it's called jobnet) and a couple of others. Can't remember where though, do a search on google or ananzi, might help.

Whether they ask commision, i do not know.

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[PsyWulf]

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