Tell HN: The ratio of wants-to-be-hired to is-hiring is at a record high 0.94

Re:Tell HN: The ratio of wants-to-be-hired to is-hiring is a... by muzani on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @11:52AM (#35441604)

I did both but had much better responses on WWTBH. A lot of the companies that approached were really good, paid well, respectful, etc. Funny enough, I had actually applied for one of those companies elsewhere and they didn't process the application until they realized I was on HN.

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Re:Tell HN: The ratio of wants-to-be-hired to is-hiring is a... by zeven7 on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:05PM (#35441807)

> they didn't process the application until they realized I was on HN

I have been on the other side of that. I hired guy I found on HN (one of the best guys I've ever worked with) and later discovered he had applied earlier through another source but I overlooked it (some sources for candidates can be an absolute fire hose).

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Re:Tell HN: The ratio of wants-to-be-hired to is-hiring is a... by Atlas22 on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:04PM (#35441780)

Thanks for sharing this, I always figured the contacts in WWTBH would be mostly low quality (similar to recruiter spam) so never bothered before. But now that I actually think about it some of the best jobs I've ever had were companies that approached me.

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Re:Tell HN: The ratio of wants-to-be-hired to is-hiring is a... by jonpurdy on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:19PM (#35442045)

Similar, last time I was looking (2020) I posted in both and had good responses from quality companies. Basically any HN thread has yielded vastly better opportunities than anywhere else (direct apply, linkedin, etc).

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