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Ask HN: What job search strategies work for you?

44 points Jabbs | 2 comments | 15 Nov 24 17:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.579s | source

I’ve been laid off since June and have not been getting responses from most of my applications other than denials. I have 10+ years mostly Ruby/React/JS. New just working on a side project (job listing scraper) but curious what is working well for you? Specific apps or strategies that lead to your hiring?
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giantg2 ◴[15 Nov 24 20:16 UTC] No.42150456[source]▶
You're not going to like this. My plan for when I get laid off or fired is to get a help desk job, or even at job at Walmart. If you can't get responses for what you want, you might need to do stuff you don't want to. That's most people's reality anyways
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namaria ◴[15 Nov 24 22:17 UTC] No.42151849[source]▶
If they will hire an overqualified person, because they're wary of people who have options and can walk out suddenly.
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1. yurishimo ◴[16 Nov 24 15:09 UTC] No.42156807[source]▶
You don’t need to tell anyone you’re overqualified for those types of jobs. It’s not like the manager at Taco Bell is checking references anyway.
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2. taurath ◴[17 Nov 24 00:18 UTC] No.42160805[source]▶
Are you kidding they check credit ratings and will decide not to hire you if you have a GED at Taco Bell or many other min wage jobs. They absolutely will pull your history, just probably not check references.