Twice this week I got asked a similar question, "How do I find good PHP developers to hire?" The first one was a recruiter who had originally tried to hire me because she "read my resume". [...] The second one, however, was a just someone trying to find PHP developers for his team. Since he wrote me a nice email asking advice, I decided to reply in kind. Three pages and one thousand words later, he had my answer.

His answer included seven different points companies/recruiters could possibly follow to help them get the right people on board:

• posting jobs on phpdeveloper.org (yes, shameless self-promotion)
• PHP User Groups
• Getting involved in the community
• Considering telecommuters
• Attending conferences
• Getting your developers to write about your company/work environment
• Do things that make your developers want to sing your praises