[WalterBright]

I also know for a fact that many companies go to programming conferences to look for people to hire. Attending those conferences is a great way to network. Even better is to present at a conference.

[bcook]

You seem to be well aware of this aspect of the job market; do you have blog or something with more in-depth musings on this topic?

If not, then can you share some tips on how to concisely include a job applicant's open-source contributions in their resume?

[JanezStupar]

Just list them under your projects category on your website.

Also that is what your github account is for.

[d2p]

I've also seen a lot of recruiters going through GitHub and contacting people that way lately. People with public source on GH tend to be really passionate devs because they're frequently spending time outside work doing dev.