I am in the boat as you guys are. I have been looking for work since June/July. I am at the point that going I moving Out west to look for work or contracts. I was almost thinking that OCLUG should have a section on the website for people looking for work and small contracts. The have a Job section but they do not have lists of consultants. what do you guys think of this. Jeff From: "Glenn Henshaw" <thraxisp4 [ at ] mac [ dot ] com> To: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca> Cc: "Ottawa Linux Users Group" <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 7:46:28 PM Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] [OT?] I'm in the market for Linux training work in Ottawa Having just done the opposite (I'm moving from Ottawa to Waterloo later this year), I used the following strategy: 1) Look for companies that you want to work for and see if they are hiring. There are a few training organizations here (Learning Tree). There are a number of smaller companies that also train, or do training as a side line after selling hardware. 2) The big job sites allow you to tailor the search by the city. I was getting 3 or 4 emails a day with lists of positions. 3) Business networking sites also carry a number of jobs (Linked-In comes to mind). Good luck with your search. ... Glenn -- Glenn Henshaw Ottawa, Canada Email: thraxisp4 [ at ] mac [ dot ] com On 2011-01-25, at 11:55 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > OK, this is probably off-topic if there's an explicit jobs list for > Ottawa and vicinity but, after I make the move from K-W, I'll be > looking for Linux-related work. > > *Specifically*, if there's any to be found, I'm interested in > continuing to do training. I've been a professional, corporate Linux > and OSS-related trainer for close to 20 years (having taught for folks > like Red Hat, Sun, HP, Nexient, Global Knowledge and others). I've > taught their courseware, as well as quite a lot of my own for select > clients. That would include intro and admin Linux, as well as basic > kernel programming, and some languages as well (C, C++, Perl), so I > cover a fairly wide area. And these days, I've been immersed in > embedded Linux as well. > > So, to make a long story short, if you or anyone you know is looking > for professional-level training for *way* less than you'd pay one of > the major vendors, drop me a note. And if the organizers accept my > offer to give a presentation next week, you can come by and see what > you think of my presentation skills. :-) > > Again, I hope this wasn't wildly off-topic or inappropriate for this > list. > > rday > > P.S. One more point I'd like to emphasize. I called my little > company "Crash Course" because that's the sort of thing I'd like to > concentrate on -- short, intense training sessions for people who > don't have piles of time or a massive budget. > > Most major training vendors advertise courses that typically run > from 3 to 5 days because, for them, that's a reasonable business > model. I, on the other hand, like to think there's a market for 1-day > sessions on whatever particular topic a client is interested in. > We'll see how well that works in Ottawa. :-) > > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > http://crashcourse.ca > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday > ======================================================================== > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux