Many Vancouver software companies do not post jobs on SO. Most of them do it via recruiters (let's leave the discussion about the positive and negative dealing with recruiters for some other time).
It's a tight-knit industry in Vancouver.
It's a tight-knit industry in Vancouver.
I was reluctant to go to recruiters at first but once I got to know one or two recruiters with better networks, I definitely see more opportunities that may not advertised front-and-center out there.
Vancouver is in the middle of hiring spike this year and I can assure you that there are quite a few interesting jobs on the market right now.