{"id":2362,"date":"2016-12-02T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T05:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=2362"},"modified":"2019-04-01T08:56:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T06:56:03","slug":"open-source-talent-hot-hard-to-find","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/open-source-talent-hot-hard-to-find\/","title":{"rendered":"Open source talent - hot to find, hard to find"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Europe are <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-vi25nwudfviis6k7iyb5rpc9jpfw7zsi\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Open Source<\/span>-talents are even more in demand than in the rest of the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-jo6gbwr68tghlpw1h72st8y7fnefst4u\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">World<\/span>. That's one finding of the \"2016 Open Source Jobs\" report.<\/p>\n<p>And it shows once again how difficult many <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-srx1otmjl3rwqub62865tant8eqp2h9a\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Company<\/span> continue to do with finding the right <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-3pf95yim5kwxho5j5byc4iaviz2vihoa\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Employees<\/span> for their vacancies.<\/p><div id=\"great-485678427\" class=\"great-fullsize-content-en\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6yfv7eho3Gc\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"banner_26-04_29_1200x150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-400x50.jpg 400w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-100x13.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-480x60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-640x80.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-720x90.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-960x120.jpg 960w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1168x146.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-18x2.jpg 18w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-600x75.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The report was published by the career site Dice and the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-v7cedgfzpx9x03ga5vfl3lstubsp6hz1\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Linux Foundation<\/span>, a foundation for the charitable advancement of professional <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-yfnmjxcv7godyiis4fm6osm3a9hoclzw\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Open Source<\/span>-Management for Mass Collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>Now the results have been evaluated with a focus on Europe. It has been shown that Europeans are more confident than the rest of the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-hpjxluhrdzivvp1n2e99sr1ygl87hti9\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">World<\/span> are when it comes to the job market for <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-efq1acbblhgqusk3g9iia8dl2qxxt4pt\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Open Source<\/span>-Jobs goes.<\/p>\n<p>Out of more than 1,000 Europeans surveyed, 60 percent said it was \"fairly easy\" or \"very easy\" to find a new position this year.<\/p>\n<p>Worldwide, only 50 percent said this.<\/p>\n<p>Half of the respondents reported receiving more than 10 calls from recruiters in the six months prior to the survey, compared to only 22 percent worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>While 27 percent of respondents worldwide received no call at all, this was the case for only five percent in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Companies and organizations know that they <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-k1k8mixg0v8mway7im31cok885fs78ui\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">OpenSource<\/span>-<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-fcvalven8kwdvum4zv3ie1a5r8840hxu\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Projects<\/span> must create and maintain. Therefore also <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-58fwbvke2ojnb6pqvsdfthwzr2uqighp\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">SAP<\/span> more and more active here.They also know that they can guarantee the success of this <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-o8svdnk2i5x2nbnby0xbe78evc5ss4su\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Projects<\/span> can only guarantee if their <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-qhub8wxjcsy8wzeb9afkr6abrjk3rhmu\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Open Source<\/span>-employees have the right skills and experience.<\/p>\n<p>It is therefore not surprising that <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ie93l47djiexm40t33kzu3ms1blky8da\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Employer<\/span> their <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-jy4vlydrpyit6v82wif4id8kaj24fg9r\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Open Source<\/span>-offer attractive incentives for employees to stay - in Europe even more than in the rest of the world. <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-3cczjwy5qh88jmear55k1wzsj9ay9auu\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">World<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>40 percent of European experts reported that they received a salary increase in the last year.<\/p>\n<p>27 percent spoke of an improved work-life balance. Globally, only 31 percent reported salary increases, while 20 percent each spoke of improved work-life balance.<\/p>\n<p>The report also shows how difficult they continue to find it to identify this talent, with 87 percent of HR managers surveyed saying they struggle to find trained professionals for their positions.<\/p>\n<p>Qualification remains one of the biggest problems here. The <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-fxajig13df8djoi5qzkbnslyk9wga6wo\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Open Source<\/span>community operates in a looser framework than patent-protected <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ibokznjpffc4nwslyt69fjbjpjptblne\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Software<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In a <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ir6mpwe87eqpsgrdrlm5yowpvid32946\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">World<\/span>, where collaboration is the highest principle, careers do not necessarily follow predefined paths. The reference points are often different, and the criteria for personnel decisions are not always clearly defined.<\/p>\n<h3>How can a <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-5nk2v394jx5cos8wa4zktleni4wbsrg4\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Company<\/span> know that a particular person is qualified?<\/h3>\n<p>Training courses and certifications have started to play an important role here. The idea behind this is to build a supportive ecosystem that is similar to traditional <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-1sqfum2cmjjiwxkub1odecyigu01bu9c\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Software<\/span> works, but on <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-2ypt06wqbt9xxcq02jyqlrrrdss2pia7\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Open Source<\/span>-principles.<\/p>\n<p>The wide range of courses now offered can be accessed online from anywhere in the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-jahadwn9siiwbavt1vu54kq7d8zzcqs2\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">World<\/span> completed, and users can start and pause courses at will, making them easier than ever to integrate into everyday life.<\/p>\n<p>You do it <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-z1g0dzpeya8ninwsssapss6p0tiprxdt\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Employers<\/span> not only easier to identify qualified experts, they also help to find the most suitable professionals.<\/p>\n<p>As certification programs become more widely adopted, it is anticipated that <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-mhbzj2cc82dnamb1zsq5vhm5yn2ep4jt\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Open Source<\/span>-experts will seek them out with growing enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<p>This allows developers, administrators and engineers to demonstrate their expertise, expand their skills and further enhance their competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Such a structure, which is currently emerging, is also likely to affect the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ng9g91gkindgwpyz68nyqmwffmqyvx4n\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">SAP<\/span>-community benefit.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAP has been increasingly opening up to the open source world lately. As the number of open source projects in development continues to grow, it is becoming more and more interesting for the SAP community to know how open source talent is doing. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,740,22],"tags":[590,204,441,437,506,400,608],"coauthors":[26341],"class_list":["post-2362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meinung","category-mag1612","category-open-source","tag-arbeitgeber","tag-europa","tag-fachkraeftemangel","tag-mitarbeiter","tag-open-source","tag-software","tag-unternehmen","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source.jpg",1000,435,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source.jpg",400,174,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source-768x334.jpg",768,334,true],"large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source.jpg",1000,435,false],"image-100":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source-100x44.jpg",100,44,true],"image-480":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source-480x209.jpg",480,209,true],"image-640":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source-640x278.jpg",640,278,true],"image-720":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source-720x313.jpg",720,313,true],"image-960":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source-960x418.jpg",960,418,true],"image-1168":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source.jpg",1000,435,false],"image-1440":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source.jpg",1000,435,false],"image-1920":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source.jpg",1000,435,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source.jpg",1000,435,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source.jpg",1000,435,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source.jpg",18,8,false],"bricks_large_16x9":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source.jpg",1000,435,false],"bricks_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source.jpg",1000,435,false],"bricks_large_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source.jpg",1000,435,false],"bricks_medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source.jpg",600,261,false],"bricks_medium_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source.jpg",600,261,false],"profile_24":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Open-Source-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>SAP hat sich in letzter Zeit vermehrt der Open-Source-Welt ge\u00f6ffnet. Da die Zahl der Open-Source-Projekte in der Entwicklung weiter steigt, wird es f\u00fcr die SAP-Community immer interessanter zu wissen, wie es um Open-Source-Talente steht. <\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/opinion\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Die Meinung der SAP-Community<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/likes1612\/\" rel=\"category tag\">MAG 16-12<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/opinion\/open-source\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Open Source Kolumne<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Clyde Seepersad, Linux Foundation","url":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/author\/clyde-seepersad\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2362"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}