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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>they're very US focused<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>That’s exactly what I’ve found with Github & Stackoverflow, (plus you can’t advertise more than one job and my whole shtick is being able to offer candidates a selection of the best the market has to offer)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Job Boards used by agency recruiters (CW, Jobsite, reed etc) are also becoming more and more ineffectual for connecting with developers in Candidate driven markets (Ruby/iOS/Python etc). I think this is because they are associated with the recruiter world which dev’s really don’t need to deal with anymore. Most of the work I do at the moment is through word of mouth with minimal advertising.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Louis Goff-Beardsley<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>“You know I'm not a fan of recruitment consultants, right? @LouisRoR is good. You should talk to him if you're looking for Ruby work or staff” </span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="https://twitter.com/p7r/status/291537402084864001"><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Paul Robinson – Senior Ruby-on-Rails Developer & CTO - @P7R</span></i></a></span><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://goo.gl/WvuTj"><span style='color:white'>http://goo.gl/WvuTj</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:224.6pt'><td width=670 valign=top style='width:502.85pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:black;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:224.6pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white'>[Louis Goff-Beardsley]</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white'> > Ultra-Specialised Independent Ruby-on-Rails Recruitment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white'> > Software Sales, Business Development & AC Acquisition for the RoR community.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white'> > LinkedIn: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/louisbeardsley"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white'>http://www.linkedin.com/in/louisbeardsley</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white'> > Skype: LouisGB1 - Googletalk/Jabba: </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white'><a href="mailto:LouisRoR@gmail.com"><span style='color:white'>LouisRoR@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white'> > Email: </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white'><a href="mailto:LouisRoR@gmail.com"><span style='color:white'>LouisRoR@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white'> > Mobile: 07449 324 851 ¦ Land Line: 01183 xxx xxx<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white'> > Twitter:</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/LouisRoR"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white'>@LouisRoR</span></a> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>– Below is ASCII Art that will go totally wrong in plain text :(</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:white'>__________ __ __ __________ <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:white'>\______ \_____ |__| | ______ \______ \ ____ ____ <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:white'> | _/\__ \ | | | / ___/ | _// __ \_/ ___\ <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:white'> | | \ / __ \| | |__\___ \ | | \ ___/\ \___ <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:white'> |____|_ /(____ /__|____/____ > |____|_ /\___ >\___ ><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:white'> \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:white'>IRC: LouisRoR - irc.freenode.org #LRUG, #NWRUG, #ruby, #rubyonrails<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="skype:louisgb1?add"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=118 height=23 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.gif@01CE57F6.239F0B00" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/buttons/add_green_transparent_118x23.gif"></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/LouisRoR"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=88 height=20 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CE57F6.239F0B00" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/louis.beardsley/Desktop/LouisRoRTag.JPG"></span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>“I was speaking to [Senior Ruby Developer] recently about a variety of things and he mentioned your name. In fact he recommended you as a recruiter. *Actually* recommended too, not as in "he's not as evil as the rest", but as in "you really should speak to this guy first"”</span></i><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This email (and any attachment) may be confidential and legally privileged. Access and/or use by others is unauthorised and may be unlawful. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. Contents of this email should not be disseminated, distributed or copied.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> chat-bounces@lists.lrug.org [mailto:chat-bounces@lists.lrug.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Niklas Richardson<br><b>Sent:</b> 23 May 2013 20:21<br><b>To:</b> Thayer Prime<br><b>Cc:</b> London Ruby Users Group<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [LRUG] Where would you look for a job or next hire?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Thayer<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The problem I find with sites like GitHub and Stackoverflow is that they're very US focused and I've never found many, if any, UK based Ruby devs on there. That being said I will be interested to know how you find them. Also you could look at the 37signals job board. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Niklas<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>On Thursday, May 23, 2013, Thayer Prime wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><p class=MsoNormal>tl;dr > What jobs board do you use (or would you if you had to..) look<br>for a new job? / Have you successfully used any boards to hire ruby<br>devs?<br><br>Longer > Normally I source folks from my personal/professional network<br>for teams we build for clients, but in the last year and future<br>facing, demand has out striped what that can supply in a timely<br>fashion, and I'm starting to *consider* advertising. I'm very wary of<br>it though, my personal ethos is the best folks come from<br>recommendations and head hunts. But hey, I'm up for giving it a try.<br><br>Also, if you've recruited yourself (as a direct company or agency) and<br>have any tips on which boards have good developers on, that'd be very<br>useful too.<br><br>I was thinking of starting with GitHub and StackOverflow. I'll report<br>back on how I get on if anyone would find it useful.<br><br>--<br>Thayer Prime<br>--------------------<br>CEO & Founder<br>Team Prime Ltd<br><a href="http://www.team-prime.com" target="_blank">http://www.team-prime.com</a><br><br><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/thayerprime" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/thayerprime</a><br><a href="http://www.thayerprime.com" target="_blank">http://www.thayerprime.com</a><br>@Thayer<br>_______________________________________________<br>Chat mailing list<br><a href="javascript:;">Chat@lists.lrug.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org" target="_blank">http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Regards</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Niklas</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>--</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Niklas Richardson</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kyan Ltd.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Main number: 01483 548 282 </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mobile: 07590 568 417</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://kyan.com" target="_blank">http://kyan.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Registered office: 171 High Street, Guildford GU1 3AJ. 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