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Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite place to find work?

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Post by convolvatron »

leviathan wrote: post #60
convolvatron wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

after wasting the time to write the sample application, my interviewer refused to even look at at it. I have seen similar stories posted here. would not recommend.

Whenever I read a similar story, there always seems to be a piece of information missing. Like I'm pretty sure the interviewer wasn't just out to get you and simply refused to look at your application because that's just how they do things.

I have no idea what the interviewers motive was. I'm certain he has a different story. From my perspective he asked me to show certain functionality and then shouted over me every time I tried. After 30 minutes I hung up.

edit: obviously it wasn't personal, there is no way we had ever crossed paths before. personally I think had no idea how to conduct a technical interview and thought he was being tough on me. anyways, its just one experience. obviously people make it through the procces. I do think they could try to be a little more responsible given that they just asked for a week of your time

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite place to find work?

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Post by bitL »

lipanski wrote: post #12

https://whoishiring.io which is basically an agregator. I also like the concept around https://www.honeypot.io (I think it's only available in Berlin though). Once you sign up and add your CV, you get a list of quite detailed offers almost every day, including company name (wow, I know, crazy) and salary range. You can accept or reject them through the UI, by just clicking a button. No endless chain of messages to fi…

Honeypot is pushing for lowest possible salaries; they outright reject you for wanting 100k EUR jobs even if you held such positions before. They are more like agency for startups wanting cheap labor to quickly burn through. Mind you, German startups rarely give you equity, bypass labor laws (small sizes), pay low and expect insane dedication.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite place to find work?

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Post by toomanybeersies »

When I most recently looked for a job, I got most of my leads through linkedin (from recruiters reaching out to me), and from seek.com.au (which is similar to indeed, I think). I actually got my current role from a recruiter who reached out to me via seek, since recruiters can search candidates on the platform.

Seek is also making a new platform called Onploy, which is an inverse job search platform, where you put your profile on, and companies apply to you. I wasn't on it long enough to really determine how good it was, but it was a fairly novel concept.

I think the best way to get to the front of the queue is to actually ring the recruiters/hiring managers, often there's a phone number on the job listing, by ringing them, you force them to put your CV at the front of the queue and look at it.

Maybe it's location though, but I found that I didn't even really have to look for a job, I was getting contacted by at least one recruiter per day just by signing up on seek, and from setting linkedin to looking for opportunities.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite place to find work?

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Post by subpixel »

remotework wrote: post #14

Yes. I've spent a lot of time looking at job boards and here are my favorite ones. # Design Authentic Jobs - https://authenticjobs.com/ Dribbble - https://dribbble.com/jobs # Nonprofit GIIN - https://jobs.thegiin.org/ Idealist - https://www.idealist.org/ Next Billion - https://nextbillion.net/jobs/ # Remote NODESK - https://nodesk.co/remote-jobs/ RemoteOK - https://remoteok.io/ WeWorkRemotely - https://weworkremotely…

If you own one of those job boards, you should be up front about that when linking to it.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite place to find work?

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Post by wishinghand »

iridium wrote: post #49
fecak wrote: post #16

The problem with job boards is that unless they are rather unknown, everyone is using them. Applying through boards is essentially like getting into the back of a line and hoping you get noticed. When I coach job seekers on finding new work, I typically encourage them to be careful not to spend too much time on the boards, and instead rely on their networks/meetups or personal research. Using LinkedIn to search for o…

Something I read a while ago that stuck with me - ‘When you are looking for a new opportunity, you are really just looking for a person.’ This reframing totally changed how I look for new jobs, and what suprised me more was how willing people were to refer me, even if they had never met me.

I agree. Instead of applying for a job, I do my best to figure out who's in charge of hiring and connect with them on LinkedIn. Once they accept I mention what I like about the company, that I can fill the role they have open, and that I'd like to talk further about it in the next day or two. I never let more than 4 days pass without a message between us as long as the position is still open and I'm still interested. This works a lot better than hoping I get an email back from their applicant management system that they'd like to setup a phone call. It puts a little more agency in my hands.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite place to find work?

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Post by sockpuppetfoeva »

horsecaptin wrote: post #19
horsecaptin wrote: post #10

Craigslist is fantastic for Bay Area tech jobs.

No idea why this was down-voted. I suppose the person disagrees. I have found a lot of work for many great companies including names that we all know and respect through Craigslist.

I found the best job of my life over craigslist. Better yet, they didnt list the name, the location, or the salary. I suppose I got lucky. It turns out the CEO of the company just hadn't hired many people and wasn't sure how to use it.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite place to find work?

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Post by irrational »

fecak wrote: post #16

The problem with job boards is that unless they are rather unknown, everyone is using them. Applying through boards is essentially like getting into the back of a line and hoping you get noticed. When I coach job seekers on finding new work, I typically encourage them to be careful not to spend too much time on the boards, and instead rely on their networks/meetups or personal research. Using LinkedIn to search for o…

Do you have any suggestions on how to find the right people when they aren't using social media like LinkedIn or Facebook? I know a number of managers at a local Fortune 150 company that don't use those tools and I've always wondered how I would find their contact information if I didn't already know them.
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