Relocating to RTP? Looking for a Job Here? This Could Help.

The number of people looking for jobs and contacting us has jumped pretty significantly over the last few months. Obviously, I'm real excited to see this. I always welcome more smart people to move here!

Based on all the interest, I thought it might be helpful to create a post of some basic resources that will help job seekers get better acquainted with North Carolina, build their network and learn more about local job opportunities. Let me know if you find this useful.

1) News sites to learn more about local companies

These are good sites to stay plugged into to see what companies raised $$$, what companies might be expanding/hiring:

TechJournal South - also subscribe to their print version - it is free!

Local Tech Wire - updated daily

Triangle Business Journal - updated daily

CarolinaNewswire.com - updated daily

2) Recruiters in RTP:

Both firms are real plugged into the local market

HireNetworks

Carlyle & Conlan

3) Organizations and networking events to get plugged into:

Council for Entrepreneurial Development - largest non-profit support organization for entrepreneurs in the country. All entrepreneurs, tech and life science companies are connected to CED in our market. If you are an exec or entrepreneur and thinking about moving here, becoming a member for $195 ($35 for a student) is a no brainer just for the network. You need to attend some of their upcoming events to really make it worthwhile.

TechJournal South Deck Party - very informal events run by TechJournal South. Usually held outside with free beer. The last few have been hosted by NC State and get a crowd of entrepreneurs and some VCs.

exeCConnect - same kind of idea as TechJournal South, but they alternate between having them in Richmond, VA, RTP and Charlotte, NC. We were one of the founding sponsors along with SAS.

4) Companies that I know that are currently hiring: if your company is aggressively hiring and not on this list, let me know and I'll update accordingly. Jobs must be posted on your site to be included on this list.

BlueStripe Software, BrightDoor, Bronto, Capitol Broadcasting, ChannelAdvisor, Cisco, Cree, Geomagic,  Hosted Solutions, iContact, Lenovo, Liquidia, PAW, Peopleclick, Quintiles, Red Hat, rPath, SAS, SciQuest, Sony Ericsson, Zift Solutions

Also, check out some of the NC jobs on Craigslist and the list of 85+ jobs that the NC Biotech Center has on their site.

Comments

[Aaron Houghton]

Hey Jason, we're still hiring over at iContact! Open positions are here (http://www.icontact.com/about/careers) for anyone who is interested.

[Ted Smythe]

www.StartUpHire.com is a great site to search for jobs and companies focused exclusively on VC backed companies.

As of 12-31-2008 it shows 200+ jobs within 100 miles of RTP!

[Laura Claire]

i work in a company that is hiring, kindly send me the list of people that are looking for jobs in the UK, Kindly forward all emails to my email: laura_clairefx@yahoo.com, so that i can mail them the details respectrively.
Thanks
Laura.

[Julie Sezer]

Another useful resource: http://www.triangleatwork.com
Very tech/startup focused as well.

[Nathan Gilliatt]

Jason,

Thanks for the list, especially #4. You might be interested in a similar list that I posted a while back: http://www.mindspring.com/~gilliatt/triangle.html