Ask HN: How do you look for jobs in 2023?
Bit of a tangent, but what has been everyone&#x27;s experience so far in 2023 trying to find a new job? I got really interested in this and have been passively researching it (HN, reddit posts).<p>My conclusion, so far, is unless you&#x27;ve got strong connections it&#x27;s hard right now to find a job. Most job posting, as OP mentions get hundreds if not thousands of applications. Other times, I&#x27;ve personally also notice, candidates with perfect skill&#x2F;experience matches get the same generic rejection (&quot;we respect your experience but we&#x27;re going to go with another candidate&quot;) or worse getting no response at all. There have been mentions of pseudo job posts (ie companies are just falsely advertising positions they are not actually look to fill). Ultimately, a really crappy situation for those looking for a job. Even experienced people, think 7,8,10+ years of experience, are seeing similar things unless they have a strong connection that get them to the final stage(s) of the internet process.<p>Happy to provide a links to relevant online discussions and articles about this situation if anyone is interested. Let me know.