Though getting a job at the interactive festival used to involve a little luck and more legwork than it was often worth (sort of like being a Private Eye at the circus), the grooming and handshakes can now be saved for the first ever Tech Career Expo at SXSW. The official expo will be held at Austin Music Hall on March 9th and 10th and will be available to the 20,000 plus attendees as well as any locals who won't be throwing down for a badge this year, but are looking for work nonetheless. Engage Digital, who is putting on the event (they also do the excellent GDC) has confirmed 24 companies have joined so far and expect 10 to 20 more by the curtain. There's a boatload of jobs on the Expo site already (that's MR. Data Scientist to you) and only two companies have posted so far.

Speakers are also scheduled to talk about how to raise your salary and conveniently enough, working a tech room. There will also be an App Hackathon starting on Friday night and going through to the morning. Specializing in mobile and HTML5 apps, there will be app builds, competitions, prizes and a chance to meet people to join your team and help you shoot to your goal. The hack is free to badge holders and 10 dollars to anyone else. Read more here. No reservation is required, but you can sign in on eventbrite, if you're feeling particularly polite.

Filed in News and tagged AppHack, AustinMusicHall, careerexpo, sxswi, tech, TechJobs

Comments [rss]