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@Charmesal well I’ve been told by my remote manager for the 9th time all the pain points will be solved in the next 2 weeks. I’m just not being patient enough.
#FingersCrossed -
@irene missing out, clearly
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@practiseSafeHex that sounds too good to be true but I'm keeping my fingers crossed as well
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Setting your status to "open" just means "send me recruiter spam". I've never heard of anyone who's actually found a job that way.
Interestingly I have had a few bits of more "reasonable" recruiter spam from StackOverflow, in that they actually mention my personal experience somewhat and the jobs make a bit more sense. Again though, I've never personally heard of anyone who's found a job that way.
If you're serious about finding one, either sign up with a recruiter with a good rep, or hunt the opportunities yourself! -
@AlmondSauce I do much prefer stackoverflows job thing, but a lot less places use it. Thanks for reminding me I need to update my profile on that!
Not that it in anyway defends my point, given how its turned out, but I actually did get this current job from the "open" thing on linkedin. Theres a tool recruiters have where you can "watch" someone. If the status changes, recruiters get notified. They can contact you from that then -
@practiseSafeHex Yeah, there's not many jobs up there, but the guys that actually get in contact with you seem more genuine as a result.
Sadly though if there's only a small selection of jobs there there's little point in putting much effort into the platform! -
@irene same, just made an account there and never looked at it again. When the whole connection thing got mentioned, I figured, screw it. There's no way that I'm gonna spend effort on looking for "connections" in the same way that I look for actual job listings at companies that seem interesting. LinkedIn seems like a big no-no for me. Not sure if I'm missing out on anything 🤔
Picture of the Day :D
Reality
Recruiter: Hi, i'm recruiting for xyz, your profile looks like a great fit. Would you be interested in discuss...
Well I’ve had my LinkedIn status to open for a little while now. Time to check what exciting offers (me, an iOS developer / team lead) has received.
- Senior python engineer with multiple years machine learning experience.
- a job 3000 miles outside the only city I’ve marked myself as interested in.
- Architect for a .NET team.
- Senior UX Researcher.
- The same job for a bank 6 times. But each time they won’t initially give the name of the company. Only “my fav client to work with” until I respond.
... not much hope in this process
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