Is LinkedIn Cheating Employers and Job Seekers Alike?
Age and skills seem to be a factor. The people in the video are 40+, with many doing marketing/sales. The HN community, based off the <i>what is your age?</i> poll [1], suggests the majority here are between 21-35, so we probably are not experiencing their problem. Second, networking is a major factor, if the software keyword system is really the issue, you need to find ways around the system, email your old co-workers, etc. This is why it is important to keep learning, as tech evolves, and to <i>put your self out there</i>, through quality work.<p>One thing did bother me a little, is pride a factor here? There were lower level job, but many did not want to take them, because they felt it was below them, or they were over qualified. If you are in the red, with zero money coming in, isn't anything better than nothing, at least as a gap till you find something better?<p><pre><code>  ▁▁▂▇█▅▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁
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[1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5536734" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5536734</a><p>ps. I created the bar graph via <a href="https://github.com/holman/spark" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/holman/spark</a>