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Re:Ask HN: How to Find a Developer Job with a Felony? by pavel_lishin on Friday June 27, 2014 @11:43AM (#7954479)
Another quick tip: whenever you see a job posting that doesn't mention the company by name, google some of the sentences used in the posting - often, you'll find the company the recruiter is trying to hire for, and often they'll have a direct www.some-company.com/jobs page where you can apply directly.
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Re:Ask HN: How to Find a Developer Job with a Felony? by tptacek on Friday June 27, 2014 @11:45AM (#7954498)
This is a great tip, but candidly: the same way you can assume companies in Orlando will all hire directly, you can usually safely assume that any tech company is always hiring, whether or not they have a listing for a specific job on their site.
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Re:Ask HN: How to Find a Developer Job with a Felony? by joezydeco on Friday June 27, 2014 @11:55AM (#7954578)
This used to be a peeve of mine... that recruiters were so lazy that they would just cut-and-paste the job description and hope to hook a nice commission off of an applicant.

Now I treat it as a job-lead generator.

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Re:Ask HN: How to Find a Developer Job with a Felony? by pavel_lishin on Friday June 27, 2014 @02:20PM (#7955462)
In their defense, why would they not do that? If the job description is already written up and looks good, why re-write it?
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