Need guidance to improve my chances of landing a job here in SF bay area

Posted by bayshine on Sunday January 25, 2015 @07:22PM
from the self-post dept.

Dear HN,

I have moved recently to San Francisco bay area with my husband & kid here, I have 6+ years of software development experience in BI/ETL/SQL/Data Analytics (MSBI Stack), & have spent recently many days in applying to various job boards, but still am not able to get any interview calls.

I have also learnt NodeJS/MongoDB/Redis & developed sample web apps using these technologies & have them published to my Github profile recently to widen my chances of getting a job/interview.

Unfortunately no interview calls yet, everyone is looking for either 2+years in (Node with Java combination) or 10+years in BI/ETL domain.

I am beginning to wonder what should I do next to improve my chances of getting a job here in SF bay area ?

Is it due to some lack of technical skills or anything else that I fail to comprehend ?

So finally thought of asking the HN community. Any help/pointers/suggestions would be greatly appreciated..!!

Thanks

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Re:Need guidance to improve my chances of landing a job here... by jtfairbank on Monday January 26, 2015 @04:11AM (#8946115)

Shoot me an email (address in my profile). We're not hiring, but I'd be happy to grab a coffee in Mountain View and talk about some specifics. Pretty new to SF myself so I don't know much about the scene, but I'm happy to review your work, resume, etc.

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Re:Need guidance to improve my chances of landing a job here... by dkarapetyan on Sunday January 25, 2015 @07:54PM (#8944985)

If you don't have a linkedin profile you should set one up. Recruiters can vary in terms of quality but they are a useful resource when looking for a job and most of them hang out on linkedin. There's also careers.stackoverflow.com. For more startup oriented jobs there's hired.com and I think interviewing.io. Aline Lerner is one of the people behind interviewing.io and as far as recruiters go she's pretty good so sending her an email can't hurt.

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Re:Need guidance to improve my chances of landing a job here... by jalateras on Sunday January 25, 2015 @08:16PM (#8945062)

You seem to have a pretty good skill set. I would definitely set up a linkedin profile as a starter. I work extensively with open source so i usually look at technologies that interest me, contribute to open source projects and build networks that way. Also look at meetups for nodejs or other technologies and start meeting people on the ground. I personally wouldn't look at recruiters.

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Re:Need guidance to improve my chances of landing a job here... by ogcricket on Sunday January 25, 2015 @09:10PM (#8945227)

I agree, fine tune your Linked In profile and also make sure you're connected to the relevant folks -- colleagues, managers, clients, et al -- you had and have positive ties to. Good luck!

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Re:Need guidance to improve my chances of landing a job here... by seekingcharlie on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @11:18AM (#8953868)

Check out Hired. http://hired.com/

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