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Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

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Post by noitpmeder »

Varriount wrote: post #98
firefoxd wrote: post #63

I hate to say this, stop applying. Find a recruiter on LinkedIn. This is what it has come to. There are thousands of resumes being sent at my company, yet the recruiter can't find anyone. Why? Because no one is applying through her link. The regular resume channel is reserved for bots at this point. Contact a person and you have more chances.

I've had the best luck with recruiters that have contacted me directly on LinkedIn. Conversely, I've had zero luck with the recruiters that contact me via phone call. My assumption is that this is because many of the latter are operating under the "if we get you hired we get XX% percent of your salary" model, and are thus inclined to submit as many applications as they can.

I think this is only really an option for some sub-spaces of tech.

As someone in a middling HFT shop my linkedin inbox is flooded with recruiter spam. But most of my friends in frontend work don't get any of this.

Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

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Post by Tao3300 »

physicsguy wrote: post #106
Tao3300 wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Big gaps in employment Really curious what you suggest as a remedy for this one. It seems to boil down to "sorry, you're screwed now" or "lie but don't get caught"

If you've got 300 CVs to review, much of them with similar experience, do you interview the people who've had 2 years off, or the people that haven't?

I'd probably take a mix. Those people were probably doing some interesting stuff in those 2 years. Generally among our hires, those applicants have been much more eager to get down to business than the ones that are burned out from working the same job as the one they're applying for at a place they hate that isn't paying them enough.

And before you think you dodged it, I'm still wondering what you're suggestions are.

Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

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Post by expertentipp »

frant-hartm wrote: post #103
Traubenfuchs wrote: post #71

Have you considered moving to Europe? Germany, Switzerland, Austria? With my senior salary and depending on frugality I can save between 1000 and 2000 € a month in Austria and have a very pleasant life. If you ask if there is gonna be leetcode bullshit in the interviews, most people laugh in your face because the idea is so alien to us. People want to hear about your authentic experiences and see you solve real world…

> I can save between 1000 and 2000 € a year in Austria You mean a month, right? Or you forgot one zero, or something is wrong.

Considering housing situation and extortive taxation and various contributions in these countries, the OP might be joking. Salaries there have been stagnant in numbers for at least 5 years.

Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

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Post by agumonkey »

sosodev wrote: post #60
scelerat wrote: post #25

Same here. 22 years experience full stack; leadership roles. Can't get an interview. Taking an ML class. I think telling some recruiters I had a baby on the way was a mistake.

You’re struggling with 22 YOE? That’s unfathomable to me

this industry seems to be more and more senseless. or maybe it was a bubble and we're falling back to the norm where enterprises are your enemies..

Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

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Post by iExploder »

hindsightbias wrote: post #70
klaus_s wrote: post #49

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People still hire biologics?

lower your keyboards and surrender your coffee mugs. your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our training data sets. resistance is futile.

Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

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Post by Tao3300 »

stonks wrote: post #105
physicsguy wrote: post #91

Things that disqualify CVs straight away for us: * Unclear if have right to work in country. This needs to be stated up front! Our company can't sponsor visas, so if based in another country unless it says something about the visa status, we basically have to throw it away. * Poor grammar, spelling, attention to detail on CV. I get some CVs through that are almost unreadable. I'm not saying if there's a single typo t…

Why working in crypto exchanges would show poor judgment? There are still technical problems to solve. I knew a principal engineer who heavily disliked blockchain because it uses a lot of energy for proof of work, but with proof of stake this should be better now.

> still technical problems

Namely:

- what schemes are still left for us to pull a lot of money into before they get recognized as scams

- how do we get out in time to leave someone else holding the bag

Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

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Post by robga »

physicsguy wrote: post #106
Tao3300 wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Big gaps in employment Really curious what you suggest as a remedy for this one. It seems to boil down to "sorry, you're screwed now" or "lie but don't get caught"

If you've got 300 CVs to review, much of them with similar experience, do you interview the people who've had 2 years off, or the people that haven't?

At least in my field, it would be an absolute complete irrelevance.

You’ve said 2 years here. What sort of gap wouldn’t be a factor to you? 3mo? 9mo?

Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

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Post by Pmop »

firefoxd wrote: post #63

I hate to say this, stop applying. Find a recruiter on LinkedIn. This is what it has come to. There are thousands of resumes being sent at my company, yet the recruiter can't find anyone. Why? Because no one is applying through her link. The regular resume channel is reserved for bots at this point. Contact a person and you have more chances.

I also had good results with recruiters. They will actually get you at the door, so you better be prepared. Seems to be a decent strategy for people who are bad at networking like I am.
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