Using LinkedIn to find a PHP programmer

Social media is a growing industry in which nearly all of us have some sort of profile on. LinkedIn is predominantly aimed at professional individuals that want to link to colleagues, past and present clients and like minded people to share ideas and endorse each other for skills.

If you are looking for a PHP programmers then LinkedIn is a great place to start. You can search for people with that as their job title and then read up on their profile (sort of online CV ), they often will have reviews left by people that they have worked for and you will be able to see how many of their connections endorsed them for a specific skill.

Same with any social media site, the more you put in to it, the more you will get out. There are other social media sites that are sometimes used when it comes to finding the right person for a vacancy you have, Twitter is great for allowing you to post a job and get the advert found immediately.