GitHub and StackOverflow for Engineers. Dribbble and Behance for Designers. Kaggle for Data Scientists. If you
can name one specific role or skillset, odds are there is a bustling online community for it's professional talent. When it comes to IT professionals, this is no different. Spiceworks.com has emerged as an exciting place where professionals can share articles, discuss job searching, and browse the site's internal job board in a comprehensive experience that seeks to educate, develop, and connect candidates with new opportunities. With 6 million users, Spiceworks is one of the premier places for IT professionals to network and job hunt online. Let's take a look!
Under Spicework's Resources tab, there's a handful of areas aimed at IT professional development. Detailed how-to guides, demonstration videos, and Scripts are just a few examples. The how-to section is a great place to start sourcing, as you can read candidates give detailed explanations of their areas of expertise. Here's a screenshot of the current top discussions:
The column under the pepper icon represents the posts "spiciness", essentially it's upvotes. From here, you can click on the poster's username and have a look at their profile. View the candidate's selected interests, group participation, followers, and popularity all from this page. If you see a candidate who is perfect for your role, you can opt to message them directly.
Spiceworks' careers page is far more than a job board. While users can easily browse posted positions, the careers page is also home to content surrounding the development of professional skills. Note how the posts have varying tags such as Training & Development and IT Jobs/Careers. Posting your own job is simple and a pretty standard rate, $100 per post for 30 days.
How do you use Spiceworks for IT sourcing? Any good tips or tricks? Leave a comment or tweet @EnteloRob!
