NewsForge: Plenty of Linux Jobs–At the Top, Anyway

“Stacy Holland is a California-based executive recruiter who
specializes in finding people with Linux-related skills. Her
business card has her photo at the top, and beneath her photo it
says, ‘The Linux Lady.’ She started working with Linux people (and
using Linux) in 1999, and decided to concentrate on Linux because,
she says, “It’s a very exciting, close-knit family of
technically-motivated, interesting people.” This doesn’t mean every
NewsForge reader should immediately send Stacy a resume. She only
recruits management types. But she has plenty of career advice for
coders (and others) who want to become top management, along with
tips on how to ride the waves of today’s shifting IT job
market.

“Realize that a recruiter like Stacy works for the hiring
company, not for job applicants. When we spoke, on February 5th,
she was focusing on just three searches: Two for sales VPs, and one
‘for a very senior VP of engineering for a systems management
company…”

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