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Re: Ask HN: Do you have to use LinkedIn to get hired?

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Post by pkrumins »

vineyardmike wrote: post #164
pkrumins wrote: post #115

You don't really need LinkedIn. The quickest way to get hired is to create a technical blog, write a bunch of interesting articles, create a couple of interesting projects, and make them go viral. You'll get flooded with emails from headhunters. (This is what I did.)

This is sarcasm right? > The quickest way to get hired is to create a technical blog, write a bunch of interesting articles, create a couple of interesting projects, and make them go viral. Is obviously not quick. But tbh is a dream way to land a job.

No, that's what I did and it didn't take long. I was getting job offers left and right after my first few blog posts and open source projects.

Re: Ask HN: Do you have to use LinkedIn to get hired?

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Post by kingsstammer »

DoubleGlazing wrote: post #67

I have never got a job through LinkedIn, even though I get loads of contacts from recruiters - as many as 10 per week. The problem is that those contacts are poor quality. They are spammy as heck, basically mass emailing anyone who has a specific search phrase anywhere in their profile. For the last year my profile bio has opened with the statement "Recruiters: Please tell me what your favourite colour is if you want…

Same here. have worked 13 years in senior Data Analytics roles and I got an alert recently from LinkedIn that I would be a perfect fit as a Data Analytics Trainee...

Re: Ask HN: Do you have to use LinkedIn to get hired?

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Post by tiebreaker_jr »

I have never got a job via LinkedIn but I believe for applying for jobs I have more a brute force approach. Apply for anything and everything you see that remotely relates to you.

- Believe in yourself and your skills

- Hiring managers are as clueless as you are, don't sweat

- X Years of experience is just GOOD TO HAVE, even less would be good

- Let the other people judge if you are right fit or not. Don't be the judge even before applying.

Re: Ask HN: Do you have to use LinkedIn to get hired?

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Post by kregasaurusrex »

Disappointed to have gone through the thread only to discover there's really no middle ground- either you're going to be inundated with low-quality recruiters whose signal is arguably no better than random chance, or a recruiter glances at it to source a candidate they already know about. It's probably better to go the route of making a personal technical blog and building interesting connections through it and your Github.

Re: Ask HN: Do you have to use LinkedIn to get hired?

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Post by fatnoah »

gonehome wrote: post #160
fatnoah wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think mileage may vary depending on location, role, and YOE. I didn't go to a top/famous school, but I do have 20+ years of experience, including Principal level IC and several years of management experience as tech lead manager, manager of managers, and executive (at a small startup, so not a huge org) experience. Of the six rounds of interview/job offers I've gone through since 2016, 5 were the result of a recrui…

Yeah I think you’re right, I suppose I was thinking in the context of early career or first job. I think you get more attention if you have a lot of YOE.

That makes sense. Having an "in" definitely helps at all stages, but I can see how it be even more essential when you're more junior.

Re: Ask HN: Do you have to use LinkedIn to get hired?

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Post by eerikkivistik »

bhandziuk wrote: post #180
eerikkivistik wrote: post #32

I use LinkedIn as a honeypot/blacklist for companies that do unethical spam. Just keep a text file with companies/people I won't work with.

Yes but how do you store such a large file?

:D that kind of sums up my point doesn't it. Having a 1TB flash drive helps.

Re: Ask HN: Do you have to use LinkedIn to get hired?

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Post by lanej0 »

kingsstammer wrote: post #202
DoubleGlazing wrote: post #67

I have never got a job through LinkedIn, even though I get loads of contacts from recruiters - as many as 10 per week. The problem is that those contacts are poor quality. They are spammy as heck, basically mass emailing anyone who has a specific search phrase anywhere in their profile. For the last year my profile bio has opened with the statement "Recruiters: Please tell me what your favourite colour is if you want…

Same here. have worked 13 years in senior Data Analytics roles and I got an alert recently from LinkedIn that I would be a perfect fit as a Data Analytics Trainee...

To be fair, you would be the PERFECT candidate to fill that role for a company. You'd probably have to accept a fairly hefty pay cut though!

Re: Ask HN: Do you have to use LinkedIn to get hired?

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Post by encryptluks2 »

fivea wrote: post #182
encryptluks2 wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is why I deleted my LinkedIn profile and would suggest others to the same. It has become nothing more than a spammy network that collects way too much personal information.

> This is why I deleted my LinkedIn profile and would suggest others to the same. It has become nothing more than a spammy network that collects way too much personal information. Could you please elaborate on your concerns? I mean, LinkedIn is a professional network whose whole point is to allow people like you and me to expose personal details we chose to disclose to recruiters and companies with the goal, direct o…

If you create a professional profile, yet still opt out of looking for new work, LinkedIn still sells your data to recruiters and not just public data but your hidden data as well and allows recruiters to pay a small fee to obtain private information that you have intentionally hidden and to contact you about jobs that you've specifically said you don't want to be contacted about.

Re: Ask HN: Do you have to use LinkedIn to get hired?

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Post by gaws »

zmb_ wrote: post #43

I just completed a successful job search, including landing a great senior level IC role at a large tech company. I do not have LinkedIn (or GitHub etc.). Based on what I've read and heard from hiring managers, I optimized two things: CV and video call setup. My CV was customized for every application, a single page dense with information but designed to be easy to skim and pattern match to the role requirements. For…

> My CV was customized for every application, a single page dense with information but designed to be easy to skim and pattern match to the role requirements.

I'm interested to see how you did this. Would you be willing to share a copy?

Re: Ask HN: Do you have to use LinkedIn to get hired?

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Post by vineyardmike »

pkrumins wrote: post #201
vineyardmike wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is sarcasm right? > The quickest way to get hired is to create a technical blog, write a bunch of interesting articles, create a couple of interesting projects, and make them go viral. Is obviously not quick. But tbh is a dream way to land a job.

No, that's what I did and it didn't take long. I was getting job offers left and right after my first few blog posts and open source projects.

wow thats awesome! I feel like that's a dream. Creating interesting content and getting recognized for it.

Care to share a link? I'd love to check it out :) Always looking for interesting technical blogs.

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