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For most of my career, I was being hounded by various recruiters virtually every day. For the past few years... crickets. This told me everything I needed to

For most of my career, I was being hounded by various recruiters virtually every day. For the past few years... crickets. This told me everything I needed to know, regardless of the many whom have been in denial.

increscent 3y ago
Perhaps the first people to be laid off are recruiters?
Havoc 3y ago
Juniors are more commoditized though. Number of job opportunities decrease with seniority in most industries (but conversely potentially also become better quality)
wombat-man 3y ago
Yeah I've noticed a distinct reduction in linkedin spam too.
- sureglymop 3y ago
  Maybe you're the wrong person to ask this to but.. how does one get noticed at all without participating on something like LinkedIn. I think the privacy implications of a platform like that or any public resume are pretty worrying (essentially a timeline of ones whole life) but I don't understand how to even get any job prospects without this kind of self marketing. Not having a clue about marketing but having technical domain specific skills I just find it completely impossible to find any position where one is valued/compensated fairly.
  - wombat-man 3y ago
    I guess I don't have the same reservations on using linkedin. You can of course omit information as you like on linkedin, same as you would on your resume. I do not make posts on Linkedin, but try to keep the resume type info more or less up to date. The info I put on Linkedin, I'm comfortable being publicly available. Linkedin does block anonymous viewers, but you can't see everyone who views your profile without some premium subscription. But it IS possible. So slightly better than just hosting a resume on a public site. If you're not willing to post the information publicly, then I think you just have to put in more work, find places you want to apply to, and directly send them your resume. But it just won't really be possible for people to discover you on their own.

increscent 3y ago

Perhaps the first people to be laid off are recruiters?

Havoc 3y ago

Juniors are more commoditized though. Number of job opportunities decrease with seniority in most industries (but conversely potentially also become better quality)

wombat-man 3y ago

Yeah I've noticed a distinct reduction in linkedin spam too.

sureglymop 3y ago
Maybe you're the wrong person to ask this to but.. how does one get noticed at all without participating on something like LinkedIn. I think the privacy implications of a platform like that or any public resume are pretty worrying (essentially a timeline of ones whole life) but I don't understand how to even get any job prospects without this kind of self marketing. Not having a clue about marketing but having technical domain specific skills I just find it completely impossible to find any position where one is valued/compensated fairly.
- wombat-man 3y ago
  I guess I don't have the same reservations on using linkedin. You can of course omit information as you like on linkedin, same as you would on your resume. I do not make posts on Linkedin, but try to keep the resume type info more or less up to date. The info I put on Linkedin, I'm comfortable being publicly available. Linkedin does block anonymous viewers, but you can't see everyone who views your profile without some premium subscription. But it IS possible. So slightly better than just hosting a resume on a public site. If you're not willing to post the information publicly, then I think you just have to put in more work, find places you want to apply to, and directly send them your resume. But it just won't really be possible for people to discover you on their own.