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Ask HN: Recruiters have stopped contacting me? What could have happened?

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Re: Ask HN: Recruiters have stopped contacting me? What could have happened?

#61

The tech bubble is bursting, did you miss the memo? Even after the recent dead cat bounce, FAANG stocks are down 30%+ with their revenue growth collapsing and they are laying off workers, and it's a whole lot worse for all the non-profitable zombie companies that have been surviving solely on ZIRP and Quantitative Easing absurdly loose financial conditions that have come to an abrupt halt. Naive investors in the tech…

Let's face facts most of the FAANG were/are overstaffed. If Twitter can reduce its staff by nearly 50% and still function then the other tech companies can reduce their staff too. They are just resizing. This is a good time, while there's a threat of a recession, to reduce the number while not scaring the stockholders too much. It's not a burst similar to 2000. It's a correction. Tech is too vital for the economy for it to just fall apart. I expect tech stocks to be booming within the next 2 years. But yes, it's sucking right now.

Also, don't expect working from home to be your choice anymore. Now companies will gain the upper hand on the working from home debate since there's going to be many people looking to fill the same position. It was nice while it lasted.

Re: Ask HN: Recruiters have stopped contacting me? What could have happened?

#62
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Yeah, it's like seventh time is the charm; this time the Amazon goons might finally have meant it when they said "this will be our final attempt to contact you".

Maybe things are different now, but last year, it took me six months of telling them I wasn't interested before they finally stopped bothering me.

The thing about Amazon recruiters is that if you reply to them, they will ghost you; then you will be contacted by other Amazon recruiters who don't know anything about that one, and so it goes.

Re: Ask HN: Recruiters have stopped contacting me? What could have happened?

#63

You are out of a job and waiting for recruiters to contact you ? Most recruiters are out of a job right now so keep that in mind. Why not get more proactive and start applying to companies/teams that you would like to work for. Plenty of companies hire remote and even if they don't have an open role being advertised, this is your opportunity to reach out to hiring managers and start a conversation. If you want to be…

> Why not get more proactive and start applying to companies/teams that you would like to work for.

I’ve been doing this as well, but haven’t had a single interview from either.

Re: Ask HN: Recruiters have stopped contacting me? What could have happened?

#64

The tech bubble is bursting, did you miss the memo? Even after the recent dead cat bounce, FAANG stocks are down 30%+ with their revenue growth collapsing and they are laying off workers, and it's a whole lot worse for all the non-profitable zombie companies that have been surviving solely on ZIRP and Quantitative Easing absurdly loose financial conditions that have come to an abrupt halt. Naive investors in the tech…

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Re: Ask HN: Recruiters have stopped contacting me? What could have happened?

#65

You are out of a job and waiting for recruiters to contact you ? Most recruiters are out of a job right now so keep that in mind. Why not get more proactive and start applying to companies/teams that you would like to work for. Plenty of companies hire remote and even if they don't have an open role being advertised, this is your opportunity to reach out to hiring managers and start a conversation. If you want to be…

> Why not get more proactive and start applying to companies/teams that you would like to work for. I’ve been doing this as well, but haven’t had a single interview from either.

Tens of thousands of people are in the same boat.

Re: Ask HN: Recruiters have stopped contacting me? What could have happened?

#66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> dead cat bounce I’m not following the analogy here. What is a dead cat bounce - does it describe the stock curve?

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/deadcatbounce.asp "if you throw it out the top floor window, even a dead cat would bounce". I shouldn't use the phrase though, as I'm actually very fond of cats. I think it's an example of society's bias against cats. If it were called "dead dog bounce" it would likely be taboo

Well cat owners openly acknowledge that some cats are quite evil
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