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Ask HN: Has anyone found a job from the monthly Who's hiring on HN?
I'm just curious to know the effectiveness of this. I have got some sales emails after I shared my details on who wants to be hired. So wondering if anyone's got a job through these monthly HN posts ?
- syndacks 5y agoYes. I almost hired someone I met from “who wants to be hired”. Unfortunately they took another job which I imagine they got from the same post that attracted me.
- 49531 5y agoI’ve never participated in the “Who wants to be hired” posts but I have found two jobs in the “Who’s hiring” posts, one of them being my current job.
- drewrbaker 5y agoI hired two part time people from one of those threads. In my experience, they produce the highest quality candidates that traditional job listing sites.
- atonse 5y agoYes we have hired 3 people from our posts on Who is Hiring, and it’s been great. Only downside is the companies that write in even though we are looking for individuals. Creates a lot of noise.
- dallbee 5y agoYes! One that allowed me to relocate at a time that I very much needed it.
- tfehring 5y agoYes, I got a job at a startup that was a great fit for my interests and skill set, which I never would have found otherwise. The signal to noise ratio seems strong from both perspectives.
- eyeownyde 5y agoI've gotten a job I found on who's hiring :+1:
- 0x11 5y agoGoing on 4 years at a company I found through HN Who Is Hiring.
- nachexnachex 5y agoFive years myself. I submitted about twenty five applications, got to the final stages in six and got two offers, one of which I got my current job from. Usual recs apply, job spec tailored resume, cover letter, etc.. No network use until I had to submit recommendations.
- voakbasda 5y agoI recently took a new job after posting to a "who wants to be hired". They had previously posted the position on "who's hiring" thread, but they did not list remote-only as a possibility. If they had, I would have applied sooner, but they probably did not want to offer that to just anyone. If you have a unique set of skills that are in high demand, I recommend putting yourself out there. Be sure to use an anonymous forwarder that you can later disable, as I also received a fair amount of spam during the window between posting and getting hired.
- chc4 5y agoI got my current job through an employee referring me from my Who Wants To Be Hired post ~3 years ago.
- markplindsay 5y agoTwo jobs. One in 2014 (at a YC startup), and the second last year.
- karmakaze 5y agoYeah I did once. Cmd+F "Toronto" saw that 500px had some nice offices downtown contacted them. I didn't really care to work with Ruby/Rails and Go was mildly interesting. Anyhow I did have a follow-up phone chat with the CTO who got me interested enough to come in, meet the Platform team, so I did the whiteboard and Redis/CRDT interview test which was pretty reasonable or representative of the type of work that would be done. I still wasn't entirely sure if I'd go for it, but my other pending placement had a hiring freeze so went with the startup and I was sure glad I did and got hooked on startups for the next long while.
- beckler 5y agoOut of the last four jobs I’ve had, I found three of them via HN. With the exception of the non-HN job, each one has been better than the last!
- teetertater 5y agoI have! But from the "who wants to be hired thread"
- jimmies 5y agoYes! I'm very grateful and thankful for the opportunity that I have got from HN. I was nor I'm the best position in my life when the job offer came. The opportunity boosted my confidence really turned my life around.
- rasikjain 5y agoYes, I got long term contract roles from ASK HN Hiring thread. It is worth spending time to checkout quality posts and reaching out to them.
- khaki54 4y agoI hired 2, both doing super well. Didn't hire 2 (one of which was one of the Peter Thiel dropouts)
- serd 4y agoI had a few interviews, worked with some project-based, now working full-time with another, all from these HN threads. By far the best way I've ever tried!
- scalesolved 4y agoYup, I found my current company (Sourcegraph) through a hiring thread!
- giantg2 4y agoI search the job posts. I don't think full remote is a good fit for me right now. My geographic area gets very few posts, like just 1-3 per month (Philly area). So I haven't found anything I would be interested (or qualified) to do.
- aranchelk 4y agoI recently facilitated a hire off of a “who wants to be hired” listing. I’m a consulting engineer and showed a client a couple of ads I thought looked promising. The SWE we hired is excellent and the client saved a chunk of cash that would have otherwise gone to a recruiter. I tried to explain to my client that even though anyone on the Internet could sign up for and use HN, there is in fact a fair amount of exclusivity just because you have to know about the site.
- shishy 4y agoYes +1 from me been at the job 2 years.
- Jaruzel 4y agoNope. Unsurprisingly, no-one wants a 50 year old Infrastructure Architect despite my jack-of-all-trades skillset. :(
- vidro3 4y agoNope. Just wish the posts would remain in chronological order.
- wmeredith 4y agoI've gotten a couple interviews. No job though.
- eatonphil 4y agoYep I have found a job there. And as a hiring manager I've gotten a ton of great candidates from it too.
- giaour 4y agoI got two of my last three jobs by replying to posts on the Who's Hiring posts. I've also sourced some great candidates through the posts as well.