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Has anyone applied for jobs via LinkedIn? It's been worthless for me.

They let you know when HR has taken a look at your applicati...
Razzmatazz Doctorate Boltzmann
  11/20/17
The past month I've started to. I've applied to like 3-4 inh...
Lime embarrassed to the bone windowlicker
  11/20/17
When my company posts jobs to LinkedIn it's a fake job posti...
coiffed library
  11/20/17
fucking lol
Floppy French Chef Point
  11/20/17
Lol holey shit
Topaz Seedy Telephone Hospital
  11/20/17
how is that any different
Cruel-hearted Emerald Native Travel Guidebook
  11/20/17
HR says everything has to go through our online system. but ...
coiffed library
  11/20/17
...
Excitant quadroon selfie
  11/20/17
Something similar has happened to me before when applying th...
Razzmatazz Doctorate Boltzmann
  11/20/17
All online job apps just go in the toilet, bro. You have to ...
Fighting talented yarmulke
  11/20/17
I've gotten every job by applying online
Cruel-hearted Emerald Native Travel Guidebook
  11/20/17
*Guy who flips burgers for a living.
Fighting talented yarmulke
  11/20/17
they make you show up for a hiring blitz now, no online apps...
Cruel-hearted Emerald Native Travel Guidebook
  11/20/17
Fuck that. You show up at the office and demand to see the h...
concupiscible principal's office
  11/20/17
(non CS-major)
underhanded misanthropic police squad locale
  11/20/17
applied for about 500 jobs through linkedin, gotten like 5 b...
multi-colored red therapy
  11/20/17
Networking is everything. My resume is legit 10/10 for every...
slippery appetizing ratface church
  11/20/17
What is your initial cold email template like?
Razzmatazz Doctorate Boltzmann
  11/20/17
Basically Hi, I notice you’re [position] at [company]. [s...
slippery appetizing ratface church
  11/20/17
I have done this a couple times in a narrow set of jobs and ...
diverse zombie-like sanctuary
  11/20/17
True dat. Gotta go get it. Passively applying online is trul...
slippery appetizing ratface church
  11/20/17
1-fucking-80. i want to do this but with holidays coming up,...
Vigorous startled community account
  11/20/17
Nah you can get the ball rolling now. Often there’s a lot of...
slippery appetizing ratface church
  11/20/17
What is your email subject line like?
Razzmatazz Doctorate Boltzmann
  11/20/17
Maybe [POSITION/NAME OF GROUP] - [our shared school] Alum ...
slippery appetizing ratface church
  11/20/17
TY. I just sent out a couple. Do you attach your resume too...
Razzmatazz Doctorate Boltzmann
  11/20/17
One that I have seen and liked: "Fellow [School] Grad ...
Razzmatazz Doctorate Boltzmann
  11/20/17
...
Vigorous startled community account
  11/20/17
Tons. Never gotten interviews.
Vigorous startled community account
  11/20/17
Lol wagecucks
Motley doobsian dingle berry space
  11/20/17
...
Provocative well-lubricated famous landscape painting
  11/20/17
My last job I got purely through networking. After I signed ...
slippery appetizing ratface church
  11/20/17
Lots of academic jobs do this, which is especially obnoxious...
gaped hominid
  11/20/17
it's a massive scam
Dead Tattoo Forum
  11/20/17
The lawyer in me smells a class action of some kind...
anal shitlib theatre
  11/20/17
...
Razzmatazz Doctorate Boltzmann
  11/20/17
...
gold base weed whacker
  11/20/17
got my current job through it. Easy applied, Got an email a ...
pontificating liquid oxygen
  11/20/17


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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:35 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Doctorate Boltzmann

They let you know when HR has taken a look at your application. I've applied to dozens of jobs and the application is barely ever even looked at, and I have a decent pedigree.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735796)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:36 PM
Author: Lime embarrassed to the bone windowlicker

The past month I've started to. I've applied to like 3-4 inhouse positions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735801)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:40 PM
Author: coiffed library

When my company posts jobs to LinkedIn it's a fake job posting. We look at the resumes, we tell the ones we like to apply to our real job posting on the online job system.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735824)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:41 PM
Author: Floppy French Chef Point

fucking lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735826)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:41 PM
Author: Topaz Seedy Telephone Hospital

Lol holey shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735828)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:42 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted Emerald Native Travel Guidebook

how is that any different

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735831)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:42 PM
Author: coiffed library

HR says everything has to go through our online system. but it gets more views on LinkedIn if we do it as a LinkedIn job post.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735838)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:42 PM
Author: Excitant quadroon selfie



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735835)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:43 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Doctorate Boltzmann

Something similar has happened to me before when applying through "networking." I was put in to contact immediately with HR with a phone screen, etc. And they had me sort of retroactively apply to their taleo system for official purposes. LJL.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735840)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:42 PM
Author: Fighting talented yarmulke

All online job apps just go in the toilet, bro. You have to know hiring managers or at least have a recruiter in your corner.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735832)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:44 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted Emerald Native Travel Guidebook

I've gotten every job by applying online

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735849)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:45 PM
Author: Fighting talented yarmulke

*Guy who flips burgers for a living.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735863)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:50 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted Emerald Native Travel Guidebook

they make you show up for a hiring blitz now, no online apps bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735895)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:46 PM
Author: concupiscible principal's office

Fuck that. You show up at the office and demand to see the hiring manager and tell him "I am the man for this job." They will be impressed by your moxie and give you the job right away.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735868)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:43 PM
Author: underhanded misanthropic police squad locale

(non CS-major)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735842)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:48 PM
Author: multi-colored red therapy

applied for about 500 jobs through linkedin, gotten like 5 bites

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735880)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:51 PM
Author: slippery appetizing ratface church

Networking is everything. My resume is legit 10/10 for every job I apply to on LinkedIn, and I still only have like a 10% hit rate.

Be aggressive and just hit people up via cold email or LinkedIn instead. I just sent out 10 last week and already have numerous interviews this week. Applying online is dangerous since it lulls you into feeling like you’re accomplishing shit when you’re really not.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735912)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:52 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Doctorate Boltzmann

What is your initial cold email template like?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735919)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:56 PM
Author: slippery appetizing ratface church

Basically

Hi, I notice you’re [position] at [company]. [sentence on our shared school/professional/other connection, however remote]. I am reaching out because I’d love to learn more about [x].

[hard sell the fuck out of myself in three sentences]

[ask for a quick call whenever they have a chance]

It’s taken me a while to tailor this so it includes enough attention grabbing detail without being too long. My hit rate is astonishingly high with this version, though who knows whether these leads will end up in a sweet job

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735950)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:58 PM
Author: diverse zombie-like sanctuary

I have done this a couple times in a narrow set of jobs and it works. When I am ready to jump ship I am going to do it with a fuckton of alums from my school and slide and let do. Something will work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735965)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:02 PM
Author: slippery appetizing ratface church

True dat. Gotta go get it. Passively applying online is truly for cucks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34736013)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:14 PM
Author: Vigorous startled community account

1-fucking-80. i want to do this but with holidays coming up, seems like its best to wait until January

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34736093)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 11:05 PM
Author: slippery appetizing ratface church

Nah you can get the ball rolling now. Often there’s a lot of networking involved before they’ll pass your res to hr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34736458)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:20 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Doctorate Boltzmann

What is your email subject line like?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34736164)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:40 PM
Author: slippery appetizing ratface church

Maybe [POSITION/NAME OF GROUP] - [our shared school] Alum

Don’t be self-conscious about cold emailing (you can even throw in a “sorry to email out of the blue” into your email). look at it as a 0 downside, high upside proposition. And don’t take it personally if/when people don’t respond.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34736316)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:41 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Doctorate Boltzmann

TY. I just sent out a couple.

Do you attach your resume too?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34736324)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:43 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Doctorate Boltzmann

One that I have seen and liked:

"Fellow [School] Grad Seeking Your Advice"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34736337)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:03 PM
Author: Vigorous startled community account



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34736017)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:59 PM
Author: Vigorous startled community account

Tons. Never gotten interviews.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735975)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:59 PM
Author: Motley doobsian dingle berry space

Lol wagecucks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34735979)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:04 PM
Author: Provocative well-lubricated famous landscape painting



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34736028)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:03 PM
Author: slippery appetizing ratface church

My last job I got purely through networking. After I signed my offer, hr posted the job on the website and LinkedIn and then had me apply as a formality. I wonder how many poor souls wasted time applying to that shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34736018)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:09 PM
Author: gaped hominid

Lots of academic jobs do this, which is especially obnoxious given that it costs 10-20$ a pop to apply

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34736058)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:17 PM
Author: Dead Tattoo Forum

it's a massive scam

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34736126)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:48 PM
Author: anal shitlib theatre

The lawyer in me smells a class action of some kind...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34736358)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:32 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Doctorate Boltzmann



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34736255)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 11:09 PM
Author: gold base weed whacker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34736471)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 11:17 PM
Author: pontificating liquid oxygen

got my current job through it. Easy applied, Got an email a few day later, phone screen with manager, onsite a week later.

It's 180. I will never again look at indeed or monster or any of that garbage again.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804170&forum_id=2#34736499)