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Ask HN: Startup jobs site

10 points by mavsman ↗ HN
I'm graduating from college this year and the job search has begun. One of my main criteria is a relatively small company, preferably a mature startup. Is there somewhere outside of HN that I can find these postings without having to look up every single company that posts jobs to see how big their company is and how old they are?

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nostrademons
One option might be to go to sites that only display startups, eg. CrunchBase (crunchbase.com), AngelList (angel.co/jobs), Startupers (startupers.com), StartupHire (startuphire.com), and just apply to or cold-email companies listed there.

Beyond that, feel free to e-mail me (my address is in my profile, slightly obfuscated)...I'm founding a startup that's aimed at people like you, and I'd love to get your feedback on a new product concept.

mavsman
Oh that's great information. I just got started on AngelList. I went to StartupHire briefly but haven't searched there yet as I'm still intrigued by AL. I'll surely be giving all those places a try, though.
thegenius
often times startup ceos are accessible, so you might really dig into a company and its ceo, and write a few well thought out letters to the ones that resonate with you the most. be careful here - there's a ton of smoke and mirrors in this space and you could end up with a real egomaniac that's done better blowing smoke than delivering value. startup ceos want talent who will scale our their visions - the more that you can demonstrate that you just want to work hard learning how to solve the problems theyre working on, the more compelling you will be. good luck - theres a lot of opportunity out there.
wnm
This really depends on where you live!

For startup hubs such as San Francisco, New York etc, I think the best job boards are https://jobs.github.com/, http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/, http://www.authenticjobs.com/, and https://angel.co/jobs

Angellist as mentioned on another comment is also great for just finding startups.

I also used to find really good city specific sites with a google search like "startups [CITY NAME]" or even "startup jobs [CITY NAME]"

for berlin for example one of the first hits is: http://berlinstartupjobs.com/

Also, there is a huuuge list with job boards, currated by the guys from underdog.io -> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AlOCi7qqICWzdEh...

if you are interested in remote jobs, and dont want to wade through all those job boards yourself, subscribe to http://remoteworknewsletter.com and set a couple of filters to only receive jobs that are relevant to you

JSeymourATL
> One of my main criteria is a relatively small company, preferably a mature startup.

Search the news archives for startups in the local business journal corresponding to the market where you're interested in living/working.

Go back to 2009-13, put together a hit-list of promising targets, see where they are today. In Dallas> http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/print-edition/2013/09/20/n...

*Pro-Tip: Reach out to the CEO directly, not all jobs are posted.