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> Are people finding placement? LMAO no. Admittedly I have been out of the job hunting circus for a decade, but the number of positions I've applied for in the
by sph 4y ago
> Are people finding placement?
LMAO no. Admittedly I have been out of the job hunting circus for a decade, but the number of positions I've applied for in the past few months that have resulted in a first interview is laughable. Recruiters are still useless and such an active waste of my time I don't even reply to them any more.
I'm seemingly having better luck these days getting freelance contracts through non-standard avenues (but I'm holding off from celebrating as I'm still negotiating and haven't signed anyone just yet)
- peruvian 4y agoAll the interviews I got after I was laid off were through recruiters. I did not apply anywhere directly. I found them very helpful. However, you are not the first person to tell me this. It seems recruiters work very well for one kind of applicant and terribly for others.
- jon-wood 4y agoThere are a few very good recruiters out there, who will have you interviewing for jobs within days, and probably fielding offers within a week or two. There are also vast seas of terrible recruiters who do nothing but keyword matching and spamming your details out to anyone with a pulse, who are at best neutral in your ability to find a job, and in the worst case will actively make things harder for you because companies will be unwilling to cover their fees.
- Root_Denied 4y agoI've never found a good recruiter - how does one go about hunting one of those down?
- jon-wood 4y agoIn my case, via going to meetups related to the field I'm in. There'll be one recruiter who everyone wants to talk to. Talk to them, and make it known that you're looking for work.
- cosmodisk 4y agoThere are some really good ones out there that can place into decent positions. The problem is it takes time/connections to find them.