Filed under: Productivity, Tips and tricks, Developer, Graphic Design
Get a Mac, get a job
As the economy makes with the poop, we can all use a little bit of extra help finding work. Whether it's side projects, or full-time employment, there are plenty of jobs available for system administrators, programmers, and creative people -- all who use a Mac.
I've assembled a collection of sites and job boards that cater to those with a technical and creative skill set -- people who probably use a Mac. This is by no means a complete list, but should help anyone starting to look for work.
Comments consisting of "how could you dare possibly omit [insert name of board here]" will be met with resigned sighs from me, but cheers from our readers. So feel free to point people in the direction of boards that you've used or trusted before in comments.
Follow me across the jump for the list.
Jobs with Apple
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Apple Pro - For careers at Apple.
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Apple Retail - For jobs at Apple Stores, including Genius positions.
Technical
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37signals Job Board - Full-time design, programming, Rails, executive positions and more.
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37signals Gig Board - Freelance programming, design, and iPhone developer projects.
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Ars Technica Job Board - Full-time job positions for web developers, IT professionals, programmers, database administrators, freelance and project work.
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Authentic Jobs - Full-time and freelance positions for standards-aware designers and developers (and the companies seeking to hire them).
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Chinwag Jobs (UK) - Hundreds of online digital media, web, design, and technical vacancies.
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Freshwebjobs - Web professionals job board
- iPhoneWebDev - Though not exclusively for job listings, many people do post here with opportunities.
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League of Professional System Administrators - Sysadmin positions, mostly.
- Raven.me - Job listings for iPhone talent.
Creative
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Adrem (UK) - Architecture and design jobs.
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AIGA Design Jobs - From the American Institute of Graphic arts, the professional association for design.
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Coroflot - Portfolios and jobs for creative work
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Creative Hotlist - Run by Communication Arts magazine, all the design agencies I've ever worked with post and look here.
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Krop - Creative and tech jobs.
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ProgrammerMeetDesigner - Where programmers, designers, and entrepreneurs all look for each other for projects and jobs.
Recruiters
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529ltd - Design jobs in Portland, Oregon. Their Flash site is pretty irritating, though. Maybe they need a new one.
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Aquent - The leading staffing and talent agency for designers and marketers.
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Choice Creative Staffing - Freelance and permanent jobs for greater NYC.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Joel Levin said 2:10PM on 8-21-2008
Also, Cocoa programming jobs: http://cocoadev.jobcoin.com/
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Bwbach said 2:10PM on 8-21-2008
I have no workable skills, but do have a mac. Give me a job!
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Rick said 2:16PM on 8-21-2008
Checkout Best Buy's Geek Squad. You sound like a great fit.
Rick said 2:17PM on 8-21-2008
While working at an Apple Store, I used to get offers all the time from churches who need people to help out with the tech side of things.
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jp said 3:26PM on 8-21-2008
this post could not have come at a better time!
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Luigi193 said 2:36PM on 8-21-2008
Its funny...
Everyone's saying that the economy is so bad, but good for me, my parent's work (which I am an employee of) is doing the best ever... in 15 years!
I've been crazy busy on web stuff (on my mac of course)... its been great.
But i would like to get a job at an Apple store one day... maybe in college, the closest apple store from us is 2.5 hours in Albany...
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Fritz Laurel said 2:43PM on 8-21-2008
Nice! Thanks, Robert!
BTW, I use my Mac to program ASP & ASP.NET websites and administer IIS and MS SQL Servers. Would that get me any points with potential clients?
Cheers,
FL
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Robert Palmer said 4:34PM on 8-21-2008
I'd say so. I've found (and many people have mentioned to me) that there is a very small intersection of Windows and Mac developers like you. Knowing both (and marketing your skills wisely) is sure to make you a mint.
Same is true with IT resources, know both, and suddenly every mixed environment is open to you.
Chris Patterson said 3:02PM on 8-21-2008
MacTalent:
http://www.mactalent.com/
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rhinosaur75 said 3:12PM on 8-21-2008
TalentZoo is another good resource for creatives and those in the ad biz.
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chris said 3:37PM on 8-21-2008
One more: http://jobs.43folders.com/
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Robert Palmer said 4:35PM on 8-21-2008
I can't believe I missed that one! From 'guy-I-wish-was-my-friend' Merlin Mann! Top-notch suggestion.
Clancy said 4:09PM on 8-21-2008
I didn't know they were opening an Apple Store in Santa Barbara! Applied.
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Matthew T. Grant said 5:22PM on 8-21-2008
Thanks for listing Aquent as a recruiting resource for creative and marketing professionals. As some of you may remember, we were called "MacTemps" when we started out 20 years ago.
Matt
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Matt James said 10:31PM on 8-21-2008
Shameless self-plug for MacYenta:
http://www.MacYenta.com
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InSaNeBoY said 11:17PM on 8-21-2008
Sweet! I didn't see a single job listed that fits what I do. (Photographic image manipulation/color correction)
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Robert Palmer said 11:24PM on 8-21-2008
All the photo retouching I do is usually part-and-parcel of a larger project that involves a photo shoot (which are becoming increasingly rare with more diverse stock photography and shrinking client budgets).
The two things I would recommend are either (a) befriending an agency who can routinely offer you retouching work or (b) befriend a photographer for the same. Or both.
Hope that helps!
Jash Sayani said 6:05AM on 8-22-2008
Nice. Mac gets you so much !
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AaronHeth@gmail.com said 2:41PM on 8-22-2008
Another good one for creatives is Design Observer's job board. http://designobserver.coroflot.com/public/jobs_browse.asp
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Klein Maetschke said 4:02PM on 8-22-2008
As a soon-to-be-grad... This list is perfect. Thanks!
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