Ask HN: How did you find your current job? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

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Post by spacebanana7 » Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 12:35 PM UTC

jstx1 wrote: post #3

Recruiter reached out while I was also actively searching (and I had been for a while) and I ended up liking the position and the team. I don't know what "using my network" would even mean - just limit myself to a handful of companies (that I know nothing about) and cold-message people that I haven't spoked to in months/years so they can maybe check if there are open positions (which I could have looked up on the com…

A lot of companies offer referral bonuses/incentives to employees whose referrals become successful candidates. Often people who work in such places are happy to refer old classmates & former colleagues they remember as competent, even if those relationships are pretty stale otherwise.

Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

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Post by ThrowAway23291 » Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 12:36 PM UTC

Rage-quit my last job without having anything planned. Sent an email to a contact at one of the former employer's clients and was hired a few days later. My previous employer lost the contract. That was in 2011 and I'm still here.

Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

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Post by Vitamin_Sushi » Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 12:37 PM UTC

I used to be a contractor for the people I work for. One day I got a tap on the shoulder and was asked if I wanted to work full time (with actual benefits!). So that's where I'm at now.

Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

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Post by rbanffy » Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 12:37 PM UTC

The last couple:

Current one was a company recruiter who found me on LinkedIn. On the previous two I was found by my managers to be, again, on LinkedIn. Before that, I found the company and applied (on LinkedIn). Before that, a freelance recruiter found me on a retrocomputing community.

Interestingly enough, my first job was also found online, on a BBS, with further conversation happening on a Minitel-based instant messaging app.

Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

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Post by remux » Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 12:37 PM UTC

I discovered the company ten years ago through a summer job when I was at school.

Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

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Post by formercoder » Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 12:38 PM UTC

jstx1 wrote: post #3

Recruiter reached out while I was also actively searching (and I had been for a while) and I ended up liking the position and the team. I don't know what "using my network" would even mean - just limit myself to a handful of companies (that I know nothing about) and cold-message people that I haven't spoked to in months/years so they can maybe check if there are open positions (which I could have looked up on the com…

It's actually exactly as you described, and it works really well. People are surprisingly willing to help. Just send a message saying "Hope you're well, I'd love to reconnect and learn more about $COMPANY." Email works better than LinkedIn if you can get it. I got my current job by getting my manager's email from a friend and cold emailing him after seeing that he was hiring. Just introduced myself and said I wanted to chat.

Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

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Post by daliusd » Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 12:38 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

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Post by nickjj » Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 12:39 PM UTC

Almost every contract gig and position request came from someone reading a blog post I wrote and they emailed me asking to work together.

Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

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Post by Jorslu » Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 12:39 PM UTC

Referral from someone I had interacted with often at my previous job.

Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

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Post by wolongong942 » Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 12:40 PM UTC

jstx1 wrote: post #3

Recruiter reached out while I was also actively searching (and I had been for a while) and I ended up liking the position and the team. I don't know what "using my network" would even mean - just limit myself to a handful of companies (that I know nothing about) and cold-message people that I haven't spoked to in months/years so they can maybe check if there are open positions (which I could have looked up on the com…

Another weird one the 'JuSt NetWoRk Bro' people recommend is 'Just message random employees at the company on LinkedIn and ask them out for coffee'. I've often wondered if anybody has done this one successfully without just creeping out a bunch of people and getting blocked.