Employers bow to tech workers in hottest job market since the dot-com era

Re:Employers bow to tech workers in hottest job market since... by lifeisstillgood on Sunday August 01, 2021 @06:23PM (#28030718)

A lesson I did not learn: I dedicated each lunch hour every day for a couple of months ringing up companies and agencies. I moved jobs three times and doubled my salary in that year - which seemed good.

Then I attended a seminar - the question was asked who used agencies and who used their "network" for new jobs / freelance work.

I was the only hand up to go used agencies and the traditional job hunt.

So it's the old saw - keep a profile up - blog, project, podcast whatever, so you can use that as an excuse to stay in touch with ex-colleagues so that they might think of you when they are hiring in 3 years.

As I said not a lesson I have learned but people who earn more than me recommend it

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Re:Employers bow to tech workers in hottest job market since... by mooreds on Sunday August 01, 2021 @07:13PM (#28031150)

And don't dismiss LinkedIn! It's a rolodex other people keep up to date.

Log on once a week and like posts by other folks (job posts, interesting articles, whatever). Send a congrats message as suggested by LI when someone starts a new job. Send someone a job that seems like it might be of interest to them when you see it. Post something you wrote/built/read about.

The goal is to keep in touch so that when you are ready to start looking, you aren't starting from ground zero.

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