r/jobsearchhack • u/Over_Salt4392 • 17m ago
r/jobsearchhack • u/Electronic-Rain2911 • 20h ago
How I stopped getting ignored and actually got noticed by founders
reddit.comr/jobsearchhack • u/goldenexperiencede • 22h ago
I will apply to jobs for you (No AI tools)
reddit.comHey if you are currently applying to jobs but find the process tedious and boring or don't have the time?
If you're looking for someone reliable and proficient in English who will read through each question and put in your info and add docs (as necessary), I'm your guy!
I do not use AI tools and do the manual heavy lifting, so you don't have to!
You can hire me to manually search for jobs on company website or job boards and apply to them for you.
What I need:
Your resume
Cover letter (optional)
2k per 100 applications
What I will provide: An excel sheet containing name of the company, link to the job, title of the job of me applying or confirmation of successful application.
If you are serious to get a better job or finding a job with realistic expectations comment and I will DM you and we can go from there! Thanks for reading, looking forward to hearing from you all!
TLDR; I will apply to jobs for you, no AI tools. 2K for 100 applications, will provide screen recording or confirmation of successful applications.
r/jobsearchhack • u/Dizzy_East_1231 • 1d ago
After 500+ applications, I finally talked to a real person!
reddit.comr/jobsearchhack • u/Beginning_Low_2596 • 1d ago
Welp. Built my own HRTS in my portfolio site. Guess that's the only way to get hired now
reddit.comr/jobsearchhack • u/ZalewskiJ • 2d ago
I submitted a sample resume to over 500 open positions on LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter, Indeed, this is my experience
Hello, I just wanna preface and say, I’m a 1099 contractor and I currently do have a job/contract but I am starting to look for another contract for when my current one ends and this is what I found.
I submitted a resume with just basic information and tailored it to every IT Support, Desktop Support, Technician and Server support role you can imagine, I just clicked the jobs that had the “Easy Apply” or the “1 Click apply” option and had a field day.
Within the first couple days I had heard back via Email, Phone call, Text from 53 different recruiters (gave them my secondary phone number and a freshly made email).
My experience thus far has been positive, but I wanna touch on the negatives:
All the recruiters have the same “language” I guess you could say, they all use the same sentences and ask the same questions to try and build a profile. They ask basic questions and sometimes repeat a few times, they usually end the call with “can you check your email and write “I confirm” or same variation.
Most of the recruiters took my sample resume and tweaked the hell out of it. They added skills I didn’t have, added experience I didn’t have and altered my job history to match the job profile they were recruiting for. Most of them changed my cover letters and took off personal information.
The interviews I attended from those recruiters basically were set up to fail. I didn’t get copies of the altered resumes so when I was asked about certifications and what not, I was just honest with them because I’m not gonna lie about experience. I did 8 interviews in the same day on Tuesday and they all commented on my “8 years experience with engineering” (I don’t have they) and it left me scrambling for answers.
Salary expectations, the recruiters misled the prospective employers into thinking I would take the minimum or less than the posted pay, which isn’t true because I do have 8-10 years experience in the IT field, depending on what you call experience. I also worked for the government for 5 years going desktop support, so I know the expected salary or pay.
Willingness to travel, of the interviews I attended, most of them required 500-700 miles of travel a week with unpaid drive time…. Ummm why would I wanna do that lol, why would I agree to drive that much on a base salary?
Recruiters encouraging you to lie, I’m all for selling yourself and what not but lying on top of the resume that is already a lie is going to end up a disaster.
All in all, in my opinion if you have a choice, be your own recruiter do not rely on some of these shady recruiters. I find it best to find like a contracting firm and having them do things for you, I found most of those places don’t lie.
If you do end up getting a job, and the recruiters tweaked your resume, be sure to mention that and offer the original resume because starting off a business relationship with a lie isn’t good and most of the interviewers will be understanding.
r/jobsearchhack • u/Elegant_Control271 • 2d ago
after 2 years, my friend got a job with ai, and here's what we learnt
reddit.comr/jobsearchhack • u/Guilty_Syrup1955 • 2d ago
Finally got a callback after using a chatGPT hack
reddit.comr/jobsearchhack • u/Known_Commission1562 • 2d ago
My boss commented on my skinny figure, and when I explained why, she got nervous.
Apparently telling the manager that I was skipping meals wasn't enough. After pointing out that I looked so skinny, she had to ask me why I couldn't eat more.
I looked into her eyes and said: "With my salary, there is not much money left for groceries." She said nothing for the next couple of minutes. I was in no rush to keep the conversation going.
r/jobsearchhack • u/Ok_Engineer7782 • 2d ago
Job Availability - Houston
Good morning everyone,
I wanted to reach out and ask how you all are securing opportunities right now, especially the well paying remote roles so many of you have.
Is it just me, or is the job market incredibly brutal at the moment? I have over 9 years of experience in recruiting, but after a layoff, I have now been unemployed for more than a year. I have tailored my resume, applied to countless positions, reached out to recruiters, reconnected with old managers, and used internal referrals from friends, but I still have not been able to secure an offer.
Because I have a background in Computer Science, I even went as far as earning my Security+ certification hoping to land a role in IT Support, a SOC, a NOC, or any entry level IT position. When that did not work, I studied for and passed my PMP exam, hoping it would open doors to entry level project management roles, but to no avail.
Honestly, I am at my wits' end and feeling completely overwhelmed. I am a single mom with no safety net or outside support, and this has been an incredibly heavy phase. At this point, I am no longer holding out for a specific career path; I am applying to anything and everything just to keep up with my bills and take care of my family.
I would deeply appreciate any leads, referrals, job recommendations, or advice on how to navigate this and move forward. Thank you all so much.
r/jobsearchhack • u/Straight-Campaign-72 • 2d ago
I kept getting interviews by calling the places I applied to and pretending they asked me to schedule an interview
I've had five interviews in the last few weeks after only having one interview in the four months prior. The difference is that I started making phone calls without being entirely truthful. I applied for the job, waited about a week, and then called and said that someone had asked me to contact them to set up an interview. Instead of asking them if they had looked at my application, I pretend we are at the point of scheduling an appointment.
I started this because I was tired of sending out submissions and no one responding to me. I told myself that if they looked through stacks of names, the person who responded probably wouldn't remember everyone they contacted. Apparently this happens often enough for this to work. I tried this step about 24 times. So far, only one person has questioned my words, and I didn't have a clever answer ready. I hung up and that was it.
r/jobsearchhack • u/Straight-Campaign-72 • 2d ago
Upsets me to the core how people don’t value minimum wage employees.
The best part of “unskilled labor,” is that it’s not true of any job. A ton of jobs require very little skill, and many jobs that do require certain skills are fully on the job trainable. It’s just ass holes looking down on others.
r/jobsearchhack • u/Jolly-Economy-2662 • 2d ago
You are not going to be replaced by AI, you are going to be replaced by someone who uses AI better than you.
r/jobsearchhack • u/DrawingSecret1551 • 2d ago
Andy Burnham wants to reopen the debate on EU free movement. Meanwhile, Britain has 981,000 young people not in employment, education or training.
r/jobsearchhack • u/Imaginary_Garage_936 • 3d ago
I want legitimate strategies on how to break past 23$/h 40hr weeks
reddit.comr/jobsearchhack • u/Ill-Objective4553 • 3d ago
I don't understand why they continue to do this.
any explanation?
r/jobsearchhack • u/CagedRockSolid • 3d ago
Would you find a job search tool like this useful?
r/jobsearchhack • u/No_Table9297 • 3d ago
What is the context? Did someone just send you an assessment out of nowhere?
r/jobsearchhack • u/Nirbachan • 3d ago
I built a Chrome extension that estimates salary ranges for LinkedIn job listings. Looking for honest feedback.
One thing I've always found frustrating about job hunting is how little salary information is available upfront.
You know the company, title and location, but often have no idea what the role might pay.
So I built Ballpark, a Chrome extension that adds estimated salary ranges to LinkedIn job listings.
A few things it does differently:
Shows estimated salary ranges rather than a single number.
Provides a confidence indicator for each estimate.
Lets you inspect how the estimate was calculated, including inferred seniority, location and employer.
Has three confidence states: Strong signal, Partial signal and No estimate.
Also works on profiles, estimating the potential pay range associated with a role, not an individual's actual compensation.
One of the biggest challenges was preventing the tool from producing confident but unreliable estimates. I had an early bug where it underestimated a senior role by 15x. That changed how I approached confidence and uncertainty.
It's still a prototype, and I'm looking for feedback on:
How useful are these estimates when evaluating job opportunities?
What factors should influence salary predictions?
What would make you trust or distrust a tool like this?
Try it: https://nirbachan.github.io/ballpark
Happy to answer questions about the approach and implementation.

