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Ask HN: What job search strategies work for you?

44 points Jabbs | 1 comments | 15 Nov 24 17:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.288s | 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?
1. dirtbag__dad ◴[18 Nov 24 01:15 UTC] No.42168833[source]▶
Every day multiple people post on LinkedIn “my team is hiring a <your role here>.” You can search for this on the main search bar “hiring a <role>” or variations of that.

Connect with them on the LinkedIn desktop web app and include a personal note how you’re interested in the role.

I have had a lot of success-maybe something like 30%+ interviews from the cold outreach.

Worth noting I was targeting early stage startups who are more likely to engage with any interested candidate. These folks are also more motivated to talk with you - they are literally posting hoping that it will happen.

For more mature companies apply through LinkedIn was actually fruitful for me too, but I had to be eagerly watching and ready to apply within the first few hours of posting.

You can also toggle on that you’re looking for a new job and recruiters should ping you if you have the right stuff in your profile - which is really just “software engineer” and use the keywords.

Good luck!