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OkCupid for Jobs #employment #jobboard

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:18:00 +0000

In a discussion about replacement for StackOverflow jobs in HN; User 0xbadcafebee comments about the need-gap in job search websites,

Somebody please make OkCupid for Jobs. Both employers and applicants fill out questions that the community curates (so they can be job-specific, industry-specific, etc). Both employers and employees get matches via algorithm rather than receiving 100 random resumes or 100 random job suggestions that have nothing to do with you. Existing sites do this, but very poorly, because they only try to detect information out of a resume and detect keywords in a job listing. There is only so much data you can gleam from those sources and it's highly variable. You need to ask specific questions, like "Is Functional Programming the best form of programming?" or "Do you prefer asynchronous communication when dealing with coworkers?", or "Do you like being in an office?", or "Do you like working in finance?".

3 points posted by Abishek Muthian

Better employee verification system #verification #employment

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 16:56:00 +0000

Recently I had cleared an interview from a large organisation and all that was pending was verification on my previous employment. The verification was conducted by a 3rd party and they sent email to all my past employers. My very first employer (5 years back) had since shutdown the company and in-spite of personally vouching for me to the verification company; they didn't accept it because it wasn't from their official email id.

The communication from that employer wasn't from official email id because the THE COMPANY HAD SHUT DOWN, the verification company kept insisting that my employer verify via official email id. The incompetence of the verification company in not knowing how email domains work has nearly cost my job.

If an email domain is all what it takes to verify, then how is it even properly verified? I think there is a need gap for better employee verification system.

4 points posted by jobseeker

Creating a team with only remote employees #remoteworking #employment

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 04:59:00 +0000

Forming a good core team for a startup is a large challenge, having remote team could help with better talent acquisition and also reduce the costs for setting up the infrastructure. There is no goto place for getting full-time remote employees for a startup which is yet to be launched.

Available options are mostly focussed upon freelance workers, which wouldn't work for a startup needing dedicated workforce.

3 points posted by Yogesh Basu

Resume feeback, but simple and private #employment #review

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 07:47:00 +0000

Each sector requires a different résumé. Most résumé sites fail as they put more focus and emphasis on templates. The most important factor to keep in mind when creating a résumé is content. Fancy templates look attractive. Without good contents, your résumé is heading into the trash. Experts and professionals are the only ones who know what should be included to land your next interviews.

For example, a marketing expert is the only one who knows what to include on your marketing résumé to secure your next interview. Not a recruiter or software developer.

1 points posted by rotimi_je_suis

Don't know how my job applications are going #jobsearch #employment

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 08:29:00 +0000

Hey, I've been a SWE for a few years now and have applied for a lot of positions since deciding to move over from the civil service (100+ applications). I find this process just hugely inconsistent and it's really hard to manage because all the companies have their own special process so a spreadsheet doesn't really work. So I really want to be able to see how all of my applications have gone and do stuff like order the companies by the amount of face time they gave me in my job search process. Does anyone know something that will do this for me?

1 points posted by camjw

Deciding between job offers #employment #career

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 12:22:00 +0000

When there are several competing offers, it's hard to take a decision about which one to go with as just going along with the best monetary compensation is not always the ideal choice.

I feel there's a need gap for a service which helps one determine the best job offer based upon their career goals, lifestyle, location etc.

1 points posted by Zimochrome