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

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Post by RobSim »

irrational wrote: post #70
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.

One trick that I’ve learned is most people at larger companies have standardized email addresses, so all you need to find is one person in the company’s email, and you can guess anyone else’s based on their name.

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

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Post by fecak »

irrational wrote: post #70
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.

Probably referrals from others inside the company (who you could find on LinkedIn). No real good answer to that.

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

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Post by The_DaveG »

My last job came from the Who is Hiring post here. We've hired people off of here, referral, Reddit (x2), and LinkedIn. I will always suggest reaching out to people and having a conversation with a place that you want to work and have a conversation or speak with them directly. All the better if you can get a referral to them.

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

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Post by remotework »

subpixel wrote: post #67
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.

I agree, but as that's not the case there was no need for a disclaimer in my original comment. I just felt like I could contribute to the discussion which is not often the case here on HN. Hope that's ok.

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

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Post by quickthrower2 »

Current gig was found on Stack Overflow. I'm very happy with it and glad to get it done without a MITM.

SO is not my favourite necessarily but I definitely checked it regularly. I found the jobs tended to be slightly lower paid but this was the exception.

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

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Post by spurcell93 »

convolvatron wrote: post #61
leviathan wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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. anyway…

I can't speak for others but it's been a real pleasure to use them. The interview was a tad tedious and the project ambiguous. But after that, smooth sailing.
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