Job boards for PHP developers - devbistro.com
June 10, 2008
DevBistro.com is one of the oldest “independant” job boards out there. While not specifically focused on PHP, there are typically a large number of PHP positions listed. For instance, searching for “php” today, I see 80 listings just for the last month.
As with most job listing sites, the information sometimes can be hit or miss. It *seems* that more listings on DevBistro.com have actual pay range figures, but that may just be an impression. Many still come up with “DOE”, “Negotiable”, and so on, but there were a surprising number that had real dollar figures associated with them. This is something that many listings I’ve seen on other services lack. This may just be a temporary blip, and new postings will go back to not including pay info.
Another nice feature (like phpjobs.com) is that there’s a way to search only for jobs which allow telecommuting. With oil and gas at their highest prices ever, this seems like it’s only going to be a growing market for PHP and web developers. Having a job board cater to that is definitely a useful option.
Also like phpjobs.com, posting a listing to DevBistro.com is free. Unlike phpjobs.com, listings do not appear to by syndicated across a network. DevBistro is a pretty big name on its own however, and likely doesn’t need to spread the listings across other sites. When looking for php/web/tech jobs, devbistro often comes near the top of search results in Google, which is probably all the visibility they need.
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