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Looking for a Job Is Tough

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184 points skaplich | 3 comments | 14 Nov 24 01:15 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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thw09j9m ◴[14 Nov 24 03:08 UTC] No.42132752[source]▶
This is the toughest market I've ever seen. I easily made it to on-sites at FAANG a few years ago and now I'm getting resume rejected by no-name startups (and FAANG).

The bar has also been raised significantly. I had an interview recently where I solved the algorithm question very quickly, but didn't refactor/clean up my code perfectly and was rejected.

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smugma ◴[14 Nov 24 04:58 UTC] No.42133278[source]▶
As someone with a couple of open (not engineering) recs, I can agree this is the toughest market I’ve ever seen. For both recs, we received many highly qualified candidates with relevant skills, often in a relevant domain.

I’ve never seen this before. It’s always been very hard to find a single highly-qualified candidate.

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1. thesuitonym ◴[14 Nov 24 14:54 UTC] No.42136674[source]▶
The media seems to think the great resignation has ended, but really it’s just that jobs have dried up. Professionals, especially good ones, are eager to leave their current jobs, but the pool is so small, there’s just nowhere to go.

And with so many people looking for new positions, if you’re not highly keyword targeted, you won’t go anywhere.

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2. dartos ◴[16 Nov 24 14:53 UTC] No.42156717[source]▶
I can’t wait until linkedin charges people to boost resumes a la tinder.
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3. thesuitonym ◴[18 Nov 24 14:40 UTC] No.42172646[source]▶
They already sort of do. Every time you apply to a job on LinkedIn, even if you click through to the company's ATS, LinkedIn tries to upsell their premium services, which allegedly promotes your resume. I saw no difference in the applications I submitted during the trial, which I assume is similar to the results folks see with super likes on Tinder.