It might also help to specify details such as
- where you are in the world
- what field you work in
- what stage of your career you’re in
For example, I’m in Canada (Vancouver) and I see a lot of LinkedIn + school career pages
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How do you find anything useful on LinkedIn? (Serious question) Filtering on location with few of and/NOT search terms doesn’t yield many results. Their suggested jobs are irrelevant crap riddled with 95% repeating promoted crap that you can dismiss but your dismiss gets ignored.
I use indeed and it’s been steadily getting to the same point as LinkedIn where they repeat promoted shit, ignore filters you setup and just straight up serve useless garbage irrelevant to search terms.
Tried monster and zip recruiter couple of times, it was never better than any of the above so I didn’t bother continuing to try.
- Sweden
- Tech
- 7 YoE, Senior level
What I did last time was to write down every company I could see myself working for here in town, and checked their career pages/contacts I knew at the company for openings. Then I browsed LinkedIn to figure out any other potential opportunities.
Finally, I applied to 10 companies simultaneously. I got rejected by one, rejected a few before coming to the offer stage (the remaining didn’t complete their processes in time), and landed five offers that I tried my best negotiating against each other before signing one.
Var det bara i ditt stad du har ansökt? Jag har aldrig hört att man får 9 av 10 tjänst.
Stockholm, 2022. Det var lite bättre marknad då, med nollränteläge och allt.
Notera också att jag inte fick erbjudande på en del av företagen då jag självmant lämnade processen eftersom att jag fick negativa signaler. Jag hann ‘bara’ med att få 5 erbjudanden under tiden jag intervjuade.
I got my current job at a German university as a programmer through some shady site that scrapes job listings. It still had a link to an outdated PDF looking for programmers. The person listed as a contact didn’t work there anymore. And at least that position had already been filled.
But when I applied my application was forwarded to the correct person and they were about to post a new opening. It was a perfect fit.
Luckily for me, because the only other job available in that area was at a shady data collection firm that I definitely didn’t want to work at.
Sweden.
IT / Finance sector
Early to mid stage in my career
I got laid off in January, and have signed a new job starting in a few weeks, I found if through LinkedIn
Hört det att lönen har ökat för mycket pga. Inflationen. Vad tänkte du lön av 100k i Stockholms blir okej för familjen? Jag har flyttats ut och vill gärna komma tillbaks men vet inte vilken nivå lön jag måste tänka på att fråga om landar jag nåt tjänst.
Jag bor själv så utgifter är inte extrema, jag har klarar mig bra på 35 före skatt, men får en bra bump nu.
Western US, I work FT in financial crime as a senior analyst. I’m actively looking for a new employer and applying for postings that meet my privileged requirements because I’m not yet desperate. I’m also considering taking a part-time job (how the fuck do we manage to afford to live anymore, seriously?!) that’s something entry level and social.
That said, I primarily browse on LinkedIn for a replacement to my main gig, and I’ve used Indeed a little bit. For the PT gigs, I am using a local paper’s app to browse their classifieds.
Edit to add: I also use Blind and Glassdoor to get a read on the places I’m applying. No one wants to work at some shithole if it can be helped. If you’re looking for a referral to places, I’d recommend asking in the company’s Blind if someone is willing.
Oh I feel you on the “how do I afford living” bit. I’m a senior software engineer—arguably the career people say makes some of the best money—and I still feel broke as fuck constantly.
(I mean I’m in the UK so it’s not Silicon Valley Monopoly money but STILL)
Seconding the question on what kind of PT stuff you’d go for, because I often consider the same.
I really thought that when I managed to get a ‘grown up’ job that the money thing would be much less daunting but I have been a fool there. It’s so weird to be ‘successful’ in your work yet not able to ever stop being paycheck to paycheck.
Anyway, back to the question…I work from home in my regular FT gig so I have been looking for simple but social work. For me, this means something in the service industry like working a door on weekends at pubs. I hate customer service but fuck me if it isn’t the only thing I can think of that keeps me chatting with people.
I knew a wealthy financial advisor who got a part-time evening job at a gas station. I say wealthy but he also had five kids and a housewife so he needed all the money he could get his hands on.
What kind of part time gigs are you interested in?
I’m in the US and work for the government (and have worked at all levels but federal), so I just go straight to neighboring city/county/state websites. Those positions end up on other job sites a lot of the time, but not reliably and you can’t apply there, so no reason to bother.
When I was looking for a PT job to help pay off student loans, I started with Indeed and the like, but there’s so much trash on there that it wasn’t really worth bothering. I ended up thinking of a few places I could stand to work and again going right to their sites. I don’t know wtf I would’ve done if I’d been a little more desperate and/or worked primarily in the private sector. Seems like a nightmare.
UK based Senior software engineer here (by title anyways, I have a little over 3 years experience iirc so I’m more a mid stage-wise). I kinda use indeed, mostly use linkedin and recruiters though. My last two jobs, a recruiter just reached out to me with companies I’d never heard of or looked for. But I got on their radars by applying to postings on linkedin.
Based in the UK, work in accountancy.
Got my current job from an internal promotion/sideways move from Purchase Ledger to Commercial Finance. I was in the process of being made redundant before I got the promotion. Before that, I got my job through Reed (the agency.)
I’m not currently looking for jobs, but I’d honestly look on Indeed if I was seeking something. There are very few recruitment agencies I’d actually recommend, and those are: Red Recruitment, Robert Half, Reed and Ashley Rees Associates. A few agencies are on my shit-list but I won’t namedrop them.
LinkedIn to me is just 90% recruiter spam and 10% corporate boot-licking. It’s where you go when you want to post disingenuous motivational quotes about how great the working world is.
Midwest US. Federal employee. I currently work operations. 11 year as a mechanic 2 years in operations and now I just keep track of the guys doing my former job. 4 days a week, 10 hour shifts $31.61/hour
usajobs.gov - There are jobs open to the public and jobs that require military service as well
All kinds of jobs in all kinds of fields. Unions as well
Agreed. But what’s the fastest time toy have had for a response? For me it’s been measurable in quarters, not months or weeks. Usually about 3, but sometimes 5 or 6.
I used to work for the state of IL and remember I applied on their website, then didn’t hear back for a civil service exam for 6 months! I thought I was outright rejected up until they reached back out a half a year later hahaha
Unfortunately, that’s the norm from my experience as well. I think it depends on location/department. I put in for jobs in South Dakota in my field and I had an interview within 2 weeks of the job closing.
Hell, applying for NATO is even worse. I think the shortest I’ve waited for them is 8 months
https://nato.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en
Many jobs get filled through networking. Basically every single job I’ve had since I worked at a pizzeria as a teenager. If you want to find good jobs, you need to network.
I’m currently in telecom and we post things online but it’s mostly for show. When we need someone we call around.
Live entertainment production. Currently eastern United States, but I have used this method almost everywhere in the US. I am a production manager, so I let all the companies in town know I’m there, and freelance gigs just happen. Sometimes I’ve liked working with a company so much, I’ll accept their job offer, but usually I get more money working freelance.
Chicago, food & hospitality, I primarily use CulinaryAgents.com
But just walking around handing out resumes still works great
I’m a mid-career mechanic in the USA. I found my last job on Indeed.
There were TONS of mechanic jobs available in my area (Seattle). I was able to be really picky.
I had success with LinkedIn. I knew the exact company I wanted to work for(had been eyeing a role in said company for over 5 years)and applied for all the openings that were relevant to my skill set.
Got rejected on 4/5. But that’s beside the point because the last one was a remote role and was a much higher position than the other 4.
ZipRecruiter
