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How to Get a Job on Craigslist

• brett 19y ago
  I found the graph of applicants per day interesting (although not terribly surprising). Craig's list certainly maintains a captive audience of people looking to apply for jobs. Makes me wonder how many responses news.yc job postings get.
• KB 19y ago
  From the comments to Guy's post: "And my favorite tip for sorting through resumes: Throw out half. That way you won't hire anyone who is unlucky!" Now thats an amusing way of getting things done.
• far33d 19y ago
  A good cover letter - written from scratch specifically for the job you are applying for - is the best way to get a foot in the door, especially with craigslist ads, where there might be 200 applicants with similar resumes. It shows initiative, creativity, and a desire for that SPECIFIC job.
• portLAN 19y ago
  "How to Change the World", apparently by reading about Craigslist job ads, Facebook postcards, "celeb heads", and how to get an autographed copy of his book. Getting a job on CL is the complete opposite of what start-up founders want to do, and there's no content on that blog for hackers.