Ask HN: Why don't hiring managers provide feedback?(ycombinator.com) I have been applying for SWE positions for nearly 2 months now, at an average of 1 application per day. Of the 37% that have responded, nearly 70% have been rejections, to which I send a message thanking them for consideration and asking if they have any constructive feedback in how I might improve either my application, interviewing (if applicable), or my KSAs.
Looking for work is a full time job(resumevue.com) These are posts from hiring managers, recruiters to their private network, VC groups, private job boards, founders and startups, it's all here in one place
1 in 5 online job postings are either fake or never filled, study finds(gizmodo.com) The job hunt can be a slog. Confusing job portals, dense competition, and time-consuming application processes all conspire to make job hunting one of the most annoying experiences on the planet. After all the work that goes into an application, 99.9 percent of the time you hear nothing back. It’s enough to make you feel like you’re firing applications into the abyss—as if the jobs you’ve applied to never existed in the first place.
Ask HN: How to work at a bigger tech company?(ycombinator.com) My career trajectory looks something like this: medium sized publicly traded company, early startup, another startup over the course of about 5 years.<p>I’m pretty tired of the startup scene to be honest and would like to try to work at a larger tech company but I’m having a hard time even getting interviews.<p>I think this is partly because of a bad job market, and partly because I have two no name companies on my resume that I’ve worked for.
I Landed 4 Jobs and Earned $25K+ with Technical Writing(catalins.tech) As a final-year university student preparing to enter the industry, I knew I had to differentiate myself from other candidates in a competitive job market. That's when the idea struck me: what if I combined two activities I enjoy, programming and writing?
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Secrets of Corporate HR Department(reddit.com) A friend of mine, who works as an HR manager at a MASSIVE corporation you likely know (you probably own their products), shared something deeply unsettling with me. She revealed how her company manipulates job listings to test how desperate people are for work. They’re testing how low they can go on salary and benefits before people stop applying.