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Re:If You Want This Job, We Must Interview You Forever by PebblesHD on Friday September 02, 2022 @11:14PM (#32698289)
Day-rate contracting can get you very close if the last minute renewals are something you can deal with. The telcos are currently going through a hiring period and I’ve seen 1250/day plus super offered a few times recently. For perm roles, it’s certainly much harder, and I’ve only seen one IC role offered in market at over $220k at the firms I’ve worked at, but the flip side is I’ve seen a few higher ones offered to recommended candidates off market.

The old adage still applies, the jobs you want aren’t advertised and the candidates you’re looking for aren’t on job boards looking.

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Re:If You Want This Job, We Must Interview You Forever by erwnerve on Saturday September 03, 2022 @02:38AM (#32699358)
> The old adage still applies, the jobs you want aren’t advertised and the candidates you’re looking for aren’t on job boards looking.

For someone new-ish to Sydney without much of a network, where should I be looking, if not the usual job boards?

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Re:If You Want This Job, We Must Interview You Forever by snovv_crash on Saturday September 03, 2022 @03:10AM (#32699495)
If it's anything like Europe, presenting at meetups and contributing to industry-relevant open source software opens doors both for hiring and being hired.

It's a lot of work though.

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Re:If You Want This Job, We Must Interview You Forever by PebblesHD on Saturday September 03, 2022 @03:25AM (#32699573)
As sibling comment says, meetups and conferences are a great way to get your name out there. Working closely with vendors when the opportunity comes up in your organisation can also help build a relationship and reputation if managed properly. Anything to establish yourself as a person of some authority in the area such that when a need is identified, your name comes up as a ‘we should see if x is looking around’
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Re:If You Want This Job, We Must Interview You Forever by bigDinosaur on Saturday September 03, 2022 @03:50AM (#32699701)
Job boards can still give decent results? They just don't give you the best possible results and have a lot of real trash (sorry, employers, but offering 70k for someone with 4 YOE in software is a not-so-amusing joke and I shudder to think of what working for you is like).
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