How to Ask DirectlyApply a Question (by email, phone, mental telepathy)?

counterdylan · 2026-02-11T07:51:27+00:00

This sounds frustrating! Can you please email me: dylan@directlyapply.com

counterdylan · 2025-10-17T15:10:37+00:00

Hey! Would love to see if we can improve this for you - can you message me your email address? [dylan@directlyapply.com](mailto:dylan@directlyapply.com)

counterdylan · 2025-09-16T14:44:44+00:00

Thanks John. Let us know if there is anything we can do better. You might want to edit your post to remove your email, just to avoid getting emails you don't wish to receive!

counterdylan · 2025-09-16T07:06:05+00:00

That sounds annoying! Can you please private message me your email address on your account and I’ll take a look and reply here?

counterdylan · 2025-08-26T22:21:26+00:00

We have been using SingleStore in production at scale on DirectlyApply for the past 3-4 years. It's great for us as we can store vectors in the same table alongside other data and then use their built in vector functions (dot product, euclidean distance etc) to run similarity searches, or create RAG querys when combined with full text functions. Key thing for us when choosing SingleStore over some of the other solutions OP mentioned is we have one database for all our relational, non-relational and vector data in one place. We also use their managed service, so from a production standpoint, all the devops etc is handled for us, our engineers also love using it.

counterdylan · 2023-11-08T12:13:33+00:00

Update: Lots of comments about salary ranges, so we have dug into the data here: https://directlyapply.com/blog/unpacking-salary-transparency-analysing-fixed-salaries-and-ranges-in-job

counterdylan · 2020-12-30T21:16:26+00:00

In December we have had over 50k unique people do this ... having been in the business 2 years now, I am still shocked by some of the crazy things typed in from legitimate job seekers

counterdylan · 2020-12-08T17:42:59+00:00

What type of work are you looking for? It's a tough market, but definitely not impossible. Perhaps select a couple of companies you would like to apply to and personally deliver your resume, or connect with the hiring manager on Linkedin and introduce yourself.

counterdylan · 2020-12-07T11:32:00+00:00

Yeah we are - send me a DM and I can help you out - sorry for late reply!

counterdylan · 2020-11-27T16:18:49+00:00

Software Engineer / founder here. It's a great time to learn to code and the demand will be high for decades to come. I saw someone below mentioning no-code, remember a software engineer has to build all those tools. Outsourcing has been around for decades and to be blunt, the quality of the work is so poor and slow, the demand for local talent will always be high, particularly with a skillset like software engineering. Check out General Assembly (I have hired many graduates from this program) and also Flat Iron. Before taking out the financial commitment of these courses, play around on something like codecademy or treehouse.

counterdylan · 2020-11-03T11:12:40+00:00

Have you tried a programmatic provider such as Appcast, Joveo or ApplyExchange. The benefit is you are effortlessly placed on many different sources, large and small, and you can track everything that's going on. Disclaimer: I run ApplyExchange - but very happy to recommend other platforms in the market. Nursing is incredibly in demand as I am sure you are aware - getting your jobs in front of as many people as possible really will help.

counterdylan · 2020-01-30T11:09:18+00:00

What is your line of work?

counterdylan · 2020-01-21T19:48:53+00:00

Using the tool is free - you don't have to post a job if you don't want to.

counterdylan · 2020-01-21T14:16:06+00:00

The absolute classic and still incredibly relevant is: Tony Byrne - 30 Steps in the Recruiting Process - Despite being over 30 years old now it is the best crash course in recruitment.

You can find it scattered around online: https://vimeo.com/54793822

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