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How the hell do you get a job right now?
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I’ve applied everywhere in my area three times over and I either get silence or an email back two months later saying they were never hiring to begin with.
Everyone around me seems to be in the same boat.
Any solid advice on getting employed??
Top Comment: This is an extremely competitive job market and hiring cycles are really fucking long. I'm hearing back from companies setting up interviews and I applied over a month ago.
What are the best websites to look for jobs?
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I am passively looking for a new job in Logistics and/or Learning and Development. I have been perusing LinkedIn and Indeed. Any other places I should check out? Monster, Careerbuilder etc.
Top Comment: I’ll recommend a different approach. Are there specific sectors you’re looking into? I work in recruiting. Most established companies use an ATS. In my experience, larger (and older orgs) use systems like Workday and iCIMS. More mid-size and startup orgs use systems like Greenhouse, Ashby, and Lever. Do an X-ray search using the URL structure of the company career pages hosted by these systems. For example: site:jobs.ashbyhq.com "learning and development" This will bring up a variety of learning and development jobs from companies using Ashby. Say you want to search Greenhouse and Ashby for roles based in Boston, but don’t want to sift through contract or intern postings: (site:boards.greenhouse.io OR site:jobs.ashbyhq.com OR site:jobs.lever.co) ("learning and development" OR "L&D") "Boston" -intern -contract You can use ChatGPT to help give you X-ray strings if you aren’t used to using them. Bonus: you can round these up into your own tailored rss feed or use google alerts to know when new jobs are posted. This can get annoying quickly, but you’ll have a jump on newly posted jobs. This is a great way to see jobs that perhaps haven’t been promoted to the top results on LinkedIn or Indeed. It can also help you see other title conventions in the space that you might not think to search for.
How I Landed Multiple Remote Job Offers – My Remote Job Search Strategy
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Hello everyone, I want to share with you the methods I used to not only find a job quickly but also secure high-value offers from reputable companies. I've been meaning to post this for a while, and I hope it helps you in your job search journey. It’s gonna be a long post, so bear with me.
A little about my background: I’m a software engineer who has spent most of my life in front of a computer. Over the last 7 months, I’ve been searching for remote work opportunities for side work. Since I’ve been working as a junior engineer at this company for the past 3 years, I initially wasn’t in a rush to find something new. I was spending 1-2 days a month searching for jobs. I don’t want to get into too much detail but some developments in my personal life urged me to find a side gig a lot sooner. So, like many, I started my search on LinkedIn, applying to various positions and even purchasing LinkedIn Premium to connect with companies (yes, I paid for that). However, after 5 months, I found this strategy to be ineffective—at least for me. While I did land a few interviews, none of them turned into job offers. This left me feeling stuck, and I kinda felt like I had to change my approach if I wanted different results.
1) The breakthrough came when I decided to explore a different route. I turned to Google Maps to locate recruitment agencies, and instead of passively waiting for jobs to appear on LinkedIn, I took action. Here’s how I did it:
For example, if you’re targeting companies in the UK, zoom in on the UK and search for “recruitment.” You’ll see a list of firms pop up. Visit their websites, and many will have an “Upload Resume/CV” button. I started sending my resume to these firms one by one.
Keep in mind, resumes for U.S. or Canadian companies should not have a photo, while European companies usually ok with a photo. I created two versions of my resume to accommodate this, using free tools like Canva, though I eventually moved to a more professional tool to improve the design, because the ones they had were not for me.
If you're looking for remote roles, the list I compiled is a game-changer. It contains over 450 recruitment firms across Europe, categorized by country, and it took me two days to prepare. I’m making it available for anyone who needs it. If you're focused on local jobs, you can replicate this process by searching for firms in your own region using Google Maps and sending your resume in bulk (via email).
You can also search relevant to your own industry. Let’s say you are a "nurse," you can create a list of hospitals in your area and collect their email addresses to send your resume all at once. While some of these might not reach the right person, sending it to a large number of places will definitely result in some reaching the right contacts and getting responses.
2) For companies in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, I used a tool that not only helps you build your resume but also sends it to multiple companies with one click. It targets both recruitment firms and HR departments of corporate companies. I created two versions of my resume—one with a photo for Europe and one without for U.S. and Canadian companies. This tool even guides you on how to craft each section of your resume, making the process easy and more effective.
This is the tool I used to send my resume to over 370 companies at once, including recruitment firms and HR departments in US, Canada and Europe. This was a huge time-saver and significantly expanded my reach. It opened up so many more opportunities than just relying on traditional job boards.
The Results? Game-Changing
It’s safe to say these two strategies completely transformed my job search. Being able to send my resume to such a broad network led to a dramatic increase in job opportunities. In just a couple months, I started receiving positive responses and interview requests. Ultimately, I received 4 job offers and accepted two remote positions. I currently work 3 hours a day for one and 2 hours a day for the other, balancing both roles without feeling overwhelmed.
To top it off, I still continue working at the company I was with before. Yes, that means I’m now working three jobs but that was kind of the whole point for me personally. It was challenging to adjust at first, but I’ve found a rhythm that works for me.
Good luck to everyone, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
EDIT: I hadn’t been active on Reddit for a while because I was dealing with some family stuff. During that time, I got bombarded with DMs (you seriously wouldn’t believe how many). Thanks so much for all the interest and support. I really appreciate it.
Top Comment: Congratulations! I job hunted as a nurse for 3-4 months. I created and sent my resume using the tool you mentioned, and as a result, I received four new job offers and accepted one about 1.5 months ago. So I can say that it works.
The best advice on how to get a job in this market
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95% of this subreddit is people complaining about the job market or AI. The remaining 5% of actual advice is straight up garbage and completely outdated. Thought I would help out by making a list of things that will greatly improve your job search
As a background, I have 6 years of Software Engineering experience and have worked with people of many backgrounds. I have never worked at FAANG, went to a mediocre school with mediocre grades, never had an internships or anything like that. But I have also never been unemployed. This isn't for the .1% of people, this is for the common CS man (or woman). And if you were asking, I'm a U.S. citizen in the U.S. market. If you are neither of those this probably won't apply to you.
With that out of the way here's what I have gathered from my experience:
1. Apply to local/hybrid jobs in non-tech hubs.
Your goal is to reduce competition as much as possible. When I first started I would literally filter jobs on linkedIn to states nobody wanted to live in, like Ohio. You will be given jobs in locations that people don't even know exist. A lot of them have barely any applicants. If they are desperate enough they will hire you. Another tip would be to update your resume to have your location be within the same area, since companies might filter you if you are located too far away
2. Make sure your resume is concise.
When I review resumes I hate ones that have tons of wordy bullet points that basically say nothing. Don't dilute your resume with crap. Most people have 1-2 important projects they have worked on at a company and a bunch of filler work. Just focus on the important stuff and make sure it is clear what you actually did. Also PLEASE do not use arbitrary percentages in your bullet points. I hate this advice so much just put what you actually worked on. It doesn't matter how the business benefitted we all know that is the point of work.
3. Similar to 2, make sure your technical skills are concise
If you put every tool or technology it looks like you have very little experience in lots of things. Focus on putting skills that are needed for the job you are applying to. Another easy approach is to take the skills you are best at (say React), and filter only for jobs with React. Then do the same thing with Angular etc.
4. If you don't have any experience (or limited) YOU NEED TO DO PROJECTS
You need some way to show that you have some sort of technical knowledge or drive. You don't need a github, but you should have projects that you can explain how they work. This is especially crucial for internships. My company just hired an intern that was the CEO/Cofounder of a startup. Her startup? Building websites with other students for various people. Sounds stupid, but it got her an internship.
5. Just straight up fucking lie
I don't want to endorse this, but I just want people to know who they are competing with when they send out 500 applications without a response. We hired someone who had experience as a software engineer. But they accidentally told me they were a QA at their last role. I checked their linked in and they were listed as a software engineer. So yeah, if you work in tech support, QA, product. Doesn't matter, you were a software engineer
6. Same as number 5
This is more reasonable in my opinion because recruiters are stupid. If you have React experience and applying to a job with Angular, congrats - you actually have Angular experience. Same with Java and C# etc. The important thing is you are able to actually pass an interview for this stuff. It is worth it to review core concepts and maybe do a few leetcode problems in that language. At the end of the day you need a job
7. Interview advice: be honest but not too honest
When I was interviewing for a job I wanted they asked me a common interview question about a time I failed. So I told them a real story about how I messed up getting requirements and caused a delay in the release. I didn't get this job. The next job I applied to asked the same question, so I told the same story but rephrased it where product threw a bunch of requirements at me last minute and I had to work overtime to get things across the finish line. I did get this job. You get the idea
8. Do not negotiate
There's a lot of people on this sub that will scold you for not negotiating. But I have seen first hand peoples' offers get rescinded for negotiating, especially in this market. Just accept the damn offer once you get to this stage. Every job I've gotten when I negotiate I got $5k more on top of the initial offer which is not worth risking losing an offer over. I simply asked if there was any wiggle room and they gave me basically the same offer
9: For students: do not waste your time
Seriously, start applying/working on projects as early as you can. Grades hardly matter. I knew a dumb kid that had a 4.0. It didn't make a difference when it came to getting a job. He could have spent some of his time studying instead building a react app or something and gotten a 3.7 and been better off. Take as many easy classes as possible and focus on learning on your own time. Most CS classes I've taken taught be .01% of my current CS knowledge
10: Make sure everything is up to date, even when employed
Keep your resume up to date with your latest experience. Try to check LinkedIn/Indeed once a week or so. I've seens job boards get flooded with really good jobs one week, which all get removed the next. You never know when that next opportunity is going to be available so it's good to always be looking.
Top Comment: Do not negotiate I literally got called a 'scab' on reddit for accepting my salary without asking for an increase in the offer. As it happens I had a week left of the contract I was on and zero other offers.
How can I EFFECTIVELY search for a job?
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22M, i'm graduating in Industrial chemistry.
I never thought about job hunting even before, but now I just want to learn something new that can be very useful for my future. That's because I'm here.
I've tried to open sites like Linkedin, but it's quite difficult to me to search and skim firms, job applications and find what it's for my interest.
Can someone give me some good advice, tips or even write their own experience about their "first time" in job hunting? How did you learn to be productive in this "field"?
And if some of you have been STEM students, what I need to know before searching jobs or make a job intervew?
Note: If some of you are interested here I write my preferences in fields and regions where I want to work.
I'm an idustrial chemist who wants to specialize in materials science, expecially in semiconductors and materials for electronics. I'm European and I want to find a job in one of the EU countries.
UPDATE: Thank you very much for all your advices and wishes! I really appreciate all your support!
Top Comment: Start looking at federal, state, and city job sites (very large cities and capitals) these sites love new grads especially ones with advanced degrees and industry certifications. After you create a online site profile, start searching the job sites by common key words, certifications, or your degree name and apply to whatever jobs comes up. You may need to take a few role specific exams (example: Research Scientist 3 Chemical Sciences) first so the website will start sending you messages regarding newly posted positions. Pay close attention to the job description, office location, and whether the role is remote, hybrid, and onsite. Also some government agencies offer "student assistant" roles for students that are still attending college and need experience. You can also search for that title on the job sites too.