Hiring Programmers who won't make you say WTF!

The HiddenNetwork is a new IT job referral site brought to you by the people behind The Daily WTF. The Daily WTF is a web site by developers, for developers, where we go to complain and commiserate about bad code and poor development. You would hope that people reading that site have learnt how not to write WTF code themselves.

Thus, the theory is that people who apply for jobs from this network will be somewhat pre-filtered.

Another job site. Great. Just what the world needs.

I think, actually, that what we're seeing is a move to specialisation in job referrals. Instead of bulk job sites trawl-fishing the global pool of developers, we're seeing a move to niche and network based job sites. Sites like LinkedIn are being very effective at providing candidates with pre-existing personal recommendations. Sites like jobs.perl.com have been providing domain specific candidates to employers in the know for years.

If you're in the hiring market you could do worse than try out The HiddenNetwork. During the Beta period posting is free! The site and their advertising will use geolocation to provide location sensitive jobs to candidates. And in a refreshing change from the control exerted by other job sites, candidates will contact you directly.

Disclaimer: I will recieve a referral bonus for anyone who takes out a job ad from the links above to The HiddenNetwork.