Shortage of IT staff in Germany

[darrenb]

So where do agencies acting on behalf of German recruiters place ads for IT staff?

I was advised here to register with GULP and pay them. I took that advice, and eventually was successful. GULP is a big agency in Germany as well as a site which other agents use.

However, my German colleagues tell me they get loads more offers on XING, which is the German equivalent of LinkedIn. Anybody tried XING?

[darmstadt]

I'm on XING but keep forgetting to check it (really must update my profile.) I've had some offers through it but nothing I'm interested in but you don't get the same level of crap that you do from Linkedin, i.e.

Hello
We are looking for DB2 UDB Administrator for our Client at Somerset, NJ / Rensselaer, NY Please let me know your interest and send me your resume ASAP at laxmi@itscient(dot)com or call me 510-972-52 two seven

Yep, he didn't read my profile properly.

I use GULP quite a lot, also pay, and have been quite succesfull and have actually worked for GULP directly on small projects.