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also consider the whole chain -- From the layoffs I've observed Recruiters were some of the top laid off roles. Less recruiters means prioritization of effort

also consider the whole chain -- From the layoffs I've observed Recruiters were some of the top laid off roles. Less recruiters means prioritization of efforts. HN Who's hiring is probably a low priority platform. (Recruiter's boss doesn't know what it is, hard to instrument for tracking metrics) If you really want to know how many jobs are out there it's better to index and crawl all the companies jobs page directly. Albeit much much harder to do than a single HN thread per month.

MattGaiser 4y ago
I would be curious to know if Who's Hiring is recruiters or other devs/founders. I always assumed other devs or founders.
lysecret 4y ago
Companies job pages are very vague estimates of actual offering, especially at startups were everyone is incentivized to post more than existing to look good.
- maerF0x0 4y ago
  That is a very good point that I had actually forgotten. Yeah tons of jobs are fake, sometimes to boost how you look, sometimes to fake out the competition (let them overhire and burn up their runway.
msluyter 4y ago
"HN Who's hiring is probably a low priority platform." This has always surprised me. At several companies I've suggested to the hiring folks that they post on HN and I've rarely seen it happen. But IMHO, although you may not get a lot of candidates that way, I would imagine the signal/noise ratio is high, relative to the average recruiting channel. (Would be curious to see that (dis)confirmed.)
- maerF0x0 4y ago
  > (Recruiter's boss doesn't know what it is, hard to instrument for tracking metrics)
- bigbillheck 4y ago
  HN has a lot of very smart and talented people, but a lot more who think they are very smart and talented.
- Redoubts 4y ago
  As someone on the other side, HN as a funnel isn't much better than a linked in job ad. Scanning through The Who Wants to be Hired thread might be better, but that's obviously more work.

MattGaiser 4y ago

I would be curious to know if Who's Hiring is recruiters or other devs/founders. I always assumed other devs or founders.

lysecret 4y ago

Companies job pages are very vague estimates of actual offering, especially at startups were everyone is incentivized to post more than existing to look good.

maerF0x0 4y ago
That is a very good point that I had actually forgotten. Yeah tons of jobs are fake, sometimes to boost how you look, sometimes to fake out the competition (let them overhire and burn up their runway.

msluyter 4y ago

"HN Who's hiring is probably a low priority platform." This has always surprised me. At several companies I've suggested to the hiring folks that they post on HN and I've rarely seen it happen. But IMHO, although you may not get a lot of candidates that way, I would imagine the signal/noise ratio is high, relative to the average recruiting channel. (Would be curious to see that (dis)confirmed.)

maerF0x0 4y ago
> (Recruiter's boss doesn't know what it is, hard to instrument for tracking metrics)
bigbillheck 4y ago
HN has a lot of very smart and talented people, but a lot more who think they are very smart and talented.
Redoubts 4y ago
As someone on the other side, HN as a funnel isn't much better than a linked in job ad. Scanning through The Who Wants to be Hired thread might be better, but that's obviously more work.