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Ask HN: How should we reach out to all the people being laid off?

3 points by holistio ↗ HN
We are working on a job platform [0] that is meant to alleviate some of the common pain points of how both searching for jobs and searching for workers is done nowadays.

I see that a lot of people are being laid off from various companies, actually I'm surprised that since we've started development the tide has changed and now it seems like finding people to register job seeker profiles should be easier.

What would you recommend - especially if you're involved in one of the layoffs - how should we reach out to all the people looking for jobs in tech these days?

I'd like to do our best to not step over certain lines of privacy. I am confident our toolset could be of help to most of these people.

Thanks for your advice!

[0] - it is accessible at https://moonka.space, albeit in a limited form: we've just pushed our RC-1 version yesterday, the database is empty so far, which breaks the layout here and there and registrations are disabled until we test a few things

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smoldesu
You're talking to them. Honestly though, I don't think your product's audience is the problem. There are a lot of for-profit job boards on the internet, and in the middle of a recession/hiring freeze, it's doubtful many companies would spend much money on advertising open positions.

Good luck with your product, but I think you're looking at things a bit oddly.

holistio
I don't understand this backwards topos where everyone is saying we are "in the middle of" a recession.

Yes, the chances of a recession coming are higher than usual, but there is no recession as of yet.

Similar to the energy crisis - somehow, the crisis is only so deep that most energy companies generated record profits over the last year.

I'm not worried at all about our paying customers, our discussions are going very well.

I'd just like to find ways to be able to directly reach out to smart people left without jobs.

smoldesu
Fair enough, take my opinion with a grain of salt then.
ichugwindex
As a manager, I'm planning on reaching out and offering my sympathy, support and a letter of recommendation.