I wanted to throw around the idea of adding a job board on this site. With knowledge.safe.com being the premier location for FME analysts, developers, and decision makers to find anything related to questions why not add a help wanted/help needed page.
The quality of people here is one of the highest pedigree and most active of many technical forums I've been a part of in my career.
I have found myself recently on both sides of the fence... needing to find work, short-term/long-term consulting and at times needing to hire a short-term expert to compliment or supplement my own abilities.
I've used sites like Hired, Upwork, elance, etc... to find work, but by having an FME centric job board, both contractors and employers would know exactly what they are getting. Maybe include something like a "Twitter Verified Account" checkbox next to their name for FME Certified Professionals and Trainers.
With the 'tag' system in place, I would be able to find a specific type of FME person I need to contract. For example, I need and FME Certified Professional with SQL and DBA experience. With other sites I've had various success, but the FME community is quite tight-knit. The trust-factor is already built in through interactions with the community and I propose and opportunity to take it one step further.
Safe would act as the broker with no liability, essentially it is just making the connection with FME being the common factor. How the deal occurs offline is up to the two parties communicating.
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