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.  [...]

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This is the first in a short series of “reviews” I’ll be doing of job boards which are aimed at, or broadly support, PHP developers.  The first one out is phpjobs.com.
PHPJobs.com never seems to have a huge selection of job listings, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.  I’ve contacted a few of the jobs [...]

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This was a question I wrestled with when starting the book.  I personally have been doing PHP since 1996, so I’m not a ‘newbie’ either with PHP, or in the job market.  I’ve found that the further you go on in your career, the more specialized a job hunt can end up being.  Besides geographic [...]

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Hello all! First things first - the PHP Job Hunter’s Handbook was published on June 2 by php|architect!  Of course it’d be great if you were to go buy a copy or two - they make great Father’s Day or July 4th presents :)  In a few months they’ll even make great Labor day presents!
Where’ve [...]

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Nick Halsted wrote a blog entry describing a set of Yahoo pre-interview questions used for PHP candidates.  I thought it would be useful to post a link here.  I am working on getting some input from Yahoo for the upcoming book as well.  A contact had showed some initial support, but getting that ironed out [...]

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I have been poring through the responses, working them in to the book project, and there’s some really great stuff in there.  I got re-energized during the past two weeks, which has given me more oomph to get this book out.  I’d wanted to have it available for my OSCON presentation, but I don’t think [...]

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Jim Plush posted an entry at his blog about how he separates the wheat from the chaff, so to speak, when it comes to senior PHP developers. There’s not much more to add here right now - I think he’s pretty spot on on the PHP/coding aspect of things. Including CSS and to [...]

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Thanks to everyone who has replied to the survey so far.  I got some good feedback from people, and will likely be adding another category to the survey for people hiring contractors instead of full time employees, and possibly a separate survey specifically for contractors.

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I’ve spent the last couple days revisiting what I have since I’d put the PHP job book project on hold last year, and it’s really - well, it’s better than I remembered, which is encouraging.  Although I would not say I’m a professional writer, I think like many writers, I may be my own worst [...]

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I’ve been working on and off (mostly off!) for a long time putting together a book aimed at the PHP job hunter. I’ve received a lot of encouraging response from people about the idea of the book, and I’ve recently rekindled the book project.
If you’re interested in learning more about the project, please drop [...]

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