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Ask HN: What’s your goto website for finding work?

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Unfortunately, my current company has an RTO plan I disagree with. During the pandemic, my home life has been switched around and need to be home for the kids as my wife finished her degree. Currently I’m in the process of updating my resume and such.

What is your goto site for jobs?

And if you don’t use a job board / site, what methods do you use to find employers?

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JoeyBananas
I typically use indeed but I haven't had much success so I'm also interested in what other platforms may be worth checking out.
aynyc
LinkedIn for me. Set your setting to open for jobs.
gremloni
Very few will agree with me but fuck LinkedIn, I refuse to be looked up with a google search.
Ir0nMan
Just a matter of adjusting the privacy settings.
gremloni
It would be if you could share a private profile with selected people but you can’t.
aynyc
I agree with you. To me, it’s a trade-off. I used dice and man, the jobs that recruiters are sending me are just sad.
the_only_law
LinkedIn would be fine if the type of jobs I wanted reach out to me, but that doesn't happen.

Their job board would even be decent if the fact that nearly half the results are "sponsored" and unrelated to what I searched for. That and the fact that companies with remote roles have decided to spam post the exact same remote job, except changing the location to every single metro in the country, worsening the signal to noise ration even more.

koirapoika
Try WeWorkRemotely? I think you might find something good there.
DamnYuppie
Dice for Ruby on Rails and Java. Gotten 4 offers off of there in past 4 months all remote jobs.
muzani
HN is the best so far. Respectful responses, smart people. Most have been very chill and rational too.

LinkedIn is second. The quantity is there, but you have to filter for quality.

Recruiters for more efficient acquisition, but the end conversion rate is lower. You spend less time filtering companies and writing cover letters, but people generally don't like to pay recruiter fees given the option.

Facebook has the highest success rate, though. I'd say I got about 90% of work through there, which included my first job, a few jobs as a manager, and current job at a unicorn.

Job sites are generally harsh and unforgiving, where people will reject you literally for a typo on your resume or because they didn't like the formatting.

yeahman
If you plan to work in Russia or other post soviet countries the nothing beats hh.ru