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For those who are job searching, how's the market been for you lately? (ani.social)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm a fullstack web dev with 7 years of experience, and been casually searching for the past year or so, but most applications don't go anywhere, when I've had no problems with resumes in the past.

How have your experiences been, anyone having any better luck?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@AFKBRBChocolate The way I think about it is the currency of business is trust, not aptitude.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's part of it. I've been a hiring manager for a bunch of years now, and I think we're mostly looking for a differentiator. If I have a pile of college hire applications that all look roughly the same, but one comes with a recommendation from someone I know, I'm probably going to at least interview that one. Of course, if a different one has a technical differentiator, like relevant work experience, that's even better.

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

@AFKBRBChocolate Interesting, thanks for the reply. I don't mean that trust is a bad thing. When I was younger I could never get my head around how decisions were made. It just never occurred to me that there could be other factors in how decisions were made - both at a personal and commercial level - other than finding the cheapest/best stuff.