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I'm straight-up not comfortable uploading a government document online. Bite my shiny metal toosh, Microsoft.

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[–] BombOmOm 103 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Alternative: Submit resumes directly to companies you are interested in and/or use a recruiter. The latter is surprisingly nice. Last time I used one I got lined up for phone interviews with little effort and the recruiter pushed the company forward during the hiring pipeline when the company was being wishy-washy.

The recruiter only gets full payment if you get hired and stay at your job for a full year. (And this payment does not come from you!)

[–] Brownboy13 22 points 5 months ago (2 children)

How do you find a recruiter without LinkedIn?

[–] BombOmOm 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Do a web search for recruiting firms. Find one who specifically mentions they recruit for your industry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Michael Page found mm e a job once

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

In most cases the cut-off is six months, not a year.

[–] Bonje 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That honestly looks like the only option. Just gonna set up a github pages with my resume and keep that updated instead.

I'm employed at the moment so this isn't that big a deal.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

That’s what I decided.

It will be more informative, and I have lots of options for hosting.

[–] aaaa 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I have such bad things to say about recruiters. They generally don't have a clue about any of the skills related to the jobs I'm after, and they take a huge cut of the pay the entire time I'm working the job.

On the other hand, the two best jobs (highest pay and best working environment) I've had in my career, I got through recruiters, so I acknowledge them as a useful business when it works out. The last one has led to the company buying my contract and hiring me directly for the past 12 years

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

This has been my experience the past 8 years or so. Before that they seemed to kind of have an idea. I get approached about stuff that is totally not my area of expertise in my field lol. Like you're a tech recruiter, shouldn't you have a basic idea and understand that a SQL expert is not a Microsoft 365 expert, or something?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Second on the recruiters (although i met all mine through linkedin). my last two company hops were using recruiters and i had multiple job offers to consider both times.