Hi,

I am looking for a remote senior software engineer position. Most of my career I have been using connections to move from one job to another but this time I haven’t had the luck, so I am mostly blindly applying through LinkedIn.

I know the general tips but I would like to get some more specific tips to improve my chances.

How can I make my CV stand out? I feel I am getting rejected by positions that are way below my qualifications. I have wondered if I should be updating my CV according to the stack of the position I am applying for. Throughout my career I have focused on building transfarable skills and as a result I have worked with a wide variety of technologies and it feels like I am being penalized for that.

Are there any job boards that may be better than LinkedIn? I am tired of skimming through ads about fintech and AI positions. I am not interested in those and I would prefer to work somewhere that I genuinely I am contributing something in the world. Also, I would be interested on job boards on the Fediverse, especially if it meant that my resume is read by humans and not machines.

How can I avoid time wasters? I had applied to Canonical, after 8 interviews and a bunch of offline steps, I was rejected. While the interviews were fun, I feel I have wasted a lot of time and energy for a someone that was not genuinely interested in hiring.

Anything else I should be paying attention to?

  • candyman337@sh.itjust.works
    36·
    27 days ago

    Use a recruiter, they know how to sift through the bs, if they reach out, respond ASAP. It’s about the only way I’ve found real jobs these days. It’s absolutely abysmal out there.

  • MagicShel@programming.dev
    19·
    27 days ago

    I think job postings are better in indeed, but tbh >75% I’ve gotten in pretty much my whole 25+ year career has been through a recruiter. Dice.com used to be big for tech jobs back in the day but I’m not sure any more.

    As a SSE, mostly I have recruiters hitting me up through linked in. This is also a really bad time. I’ve been back to work for about a month after 5 months of not finding anything. That’s the worst drought I’ve had in almost 15 years. Usually it’s < 1 month.

    Be seriously prepared about cloud. It’s so anyone fucking wants right now. I’m a damn good Java/js developer, but I’m still learning the tech stack and I haven’t touched a line of code yet in this job. Everything has been configuration and pipelines. I feel more like devops than developer.

  • 0x0@programming.dev
    10·
    27 days ago

    specific tips

    You’ve enabled the visible as “for hire” to recruiters thingy, right?

    I feel I am getting rejected by positions that are way below my qualifications.

    Also below your pay grade, that’s most likely why.

    Are there any job boards that may be better than LinkedIn?

    The only two others i know are xing (mostly german) and honeypot (haven’t quite figured it out yet besides the silly name).

    job boards on the Fediverse

    Try cs_career_questions or engineering_resumes.

    Edit: as for recruiters, Michael Page has worked for me (especially considering they do recruiting only, not outsourcing which i hate).

    HTH

    • Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de
      5·
      26 days ago

      I feel I am getting rejected by positions that are way below my qualifications.

      Also below your pay grade, that’s most likely why.

      You’re not wrong, but it is almost comical how stupid this situation has become: new grads aren’t allowed to work because they don’t have experience, but experts are also being denied work because they have too much experience??? It makes no storming sense.

  • bigredgiraffe@lemmy.world
    6·
    26 days ago

    Hey not sure if I’m too late but there are a few places I have run across that I don’t see mentioned:

    Also, your resume sounds a lot like mine, I have done a wide variety of things over the years. If you want someone to review your resume I am happy to, send me a DM or something. I’m not a developer but I have reviewed a lot of resumes for people and mentored all kinds of engineers, I am a principal level engineer in a related path though.