Today was the last day of my employment. I’ve hit LinkedIn, Indeed, and Glass door. What else should I do?
During the start of my career I searched out tech firms based in my city and made a list of the ones I was interested. Then I followed the vacancies pages on their website and sent speculative emails. Companies seemed to appreciate my more proactive approach and the few times I used recruiters I had bad experiences (they tried to blag me into roles I was not qualified for).
Now I’m more open to linkedin recruiters but it depends on what the company is. I’ll often try to work out what/where the vacancy is from their description so I can circumvent them.
LinkedIn has been the most effective for me, personally. I seem to have less-scammy recruiters reach out to me on LinkedIn than on other platforms. I’m in my current role that I didn’t even apply for, but got offered from a direct outreach by a recruiter, and it made the process very seamless.
I’ve used Indeed in the past, but seem to encounter a lot more scammers from India there. That could just be related to my field, though. I get more phishing attempts from Indeed than job offers.
Same - I only received a follow-up from a direct application to a company once, and that was about twenty years after I had applied, and even then only to inform me that the role was no longer being filled.
Recruiters reaching out to me via LinkedIn is how I’ve gotten every job ever since LinkedIn existed.
I feel like most job aggregators pull/crawl the same listings? That said, I’ve had success with Indeed in recent transitions.
Are you in a certain field/industry? Going directly to the websites of companies you know is a good place to start.
This lines up with my experience. The job listings look the same across LinkedIn and Indeed. Last time I was job hunting, Indeed had a better search function, so I was able to find relevant postings there more easily. These days, I am not actively searching, but I do periodically check on some companies’ websites within my field to see if anything pops up that might be worth a shot at.
I’ve had three recruiters reach out to me on LinkedIn in the last four weeks, so I’d say make sure you have a profile set up with a current resume on LinkedIn if you’re looking for work.
What job you looking for?
Linkedin is great if you’re proactive.
Networking. Which was the intent of LinkedIn, I suppose, but I just revert to good old phone calls.
IMO they’re all shite right now. But keep looking on all of them, I focus on LinkedIn and Indeed. Employers are more likely to respond if you apply on their website.
It depends on the field
I don’t have time for multiple platforms so I just use linkedin. the recruiters will be on all of them anyway.
I got my last job by applying to an outdated PDF of a listing that I googled and found on some shady job aggregation site. The one before that I was recruited through Stack Overflow. And before that one of my old bosses recruited me to his new company.
So, uh, don’t just stick to a few sites. Maybe your dream job is waiting for you in a newspaper because the company owner has no clue about the internet.
I’m a big fan of Culinary Agents if you’re in food & bev at all.
Does anyone have recommendations for junior developers abroad? I need to broaden my search.
You could consider
- Cord: had some contact from companies leading to interviews but also some contact me and then ghost on response
- Otta: more manageable search than LinkedIn
- Hackajob: been a waste of time for me
Linkedin is still the big gun. Really don’t like how they game everything around job hunting, or the endless sea of Indian recruiters from Hyderabad pretending to be in UK/USA who can barely speak English and ‘have a requirement…’ but clearly have no concept of geography.
One of my old hiring managers once said it’s better to use sites like Indeed and Glassdoor like a phonebook, since 4 out of 5 jobs redirect you to the company’s application page anyway. Find job, search company, and either go to their website or call em
