Tech talent is hard to find. Whenever you have a strong demand in a certain industry, new sites will launch to try and help employers find that talent. We are now witnessing a new crop of techie job sites that have a fresh approach on recruiting tech talent. As a recruiter would you try these? Here’s a look at three that caught my eye.

1. Headhuntable

http://www.headhuntable.com/

This is a free job board that makes user profiles open as part of the site. Check them out here. I think more job sites should let seekers create free and open profiles so they can be picked up by search engines and also to help form a sense of community.

2. The Nerdery

http://nerdery.com/

This a “refer a nerd” type service. Refer someone and get $100 if the candidate interviews, and $400 more if they’re hired.

3. Interview jet

http://interviewjet.com/

They curate top tech candidates in the NYC area and pimp them out to companies who need tech talent. They’ve already made 3 placements essentially acting as an ‘agent’ for the candidate.

Chris Russell is a job board consultant and has been in the online recruiting space since 1999.