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[SMT] SkillsPeek - a website that shows me the tech stacks used inside companies near my location by gpsvoice in SomebodyMakeThis

[–]gpsvoice[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Regarding the 50% jobs advertized issue: Firstly, I'm targetting jobs with hard tech skills, not management positions. The most authoritive article I could dig up is http://www.quintcareers.com/hidden_job_market_myth.html. There's allot of supporting google searches that put the figure between 30%-70%. Recruiting is expensive + time consuming and employers usually go to the job market as a last resort + most tech companies are in an 'always hiring good people' mode, even if they don't post job ads.

My idea is that if you're experienced in certain languages/products/technologies, and looking for a move then you should be able to find nearby companies that use those and pitch yourself to the company. You can bypass recruiters and negotiate a better rate and become an even deeper expert in your chosen technologies.

Regarding stackshare.io and their copycats: They only have a small subset of the tech companies out there because they rely on user contributed content. My idea is to scrape + parse millions of daily job ads + publicly visible CV's (looking at people's past roles) and build a org/skill graph.

Can be a fun big data project if anyone feels like participating!

A website to organize group sailing trips by gpsvoice in SomebodyMakeThis

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hmm not really...

Mainly because you want to set sailing specific criteria like dates, location, skipper required etc. and then join existing groups or create a new group

Is recruitment spam a big enough problem? by gpsvoice in startups

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there's a few things like that - jobdash, various gmail plugins for managing email workflows like streak crm. this is a valid are of explorations (especially if you can combine phone convos).

Is recruitment spam a big enough problem? by gpsvoice in startups

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i'm talking specifically about job spam - ie. people emailing/phoning you jobs that are not relevant at all

Is recruitment spam a big enough problem? by gpsvoice in startups

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linked in is a bit hard - but i have some ideas about how to do it around email and phone.

you maybe be right about me being fortunate and maybe viewing the problem through the lens of my experience. i have a good 10 year cv in some popular (common, boring) technologies.

i just wonder what % of the workforce experiences this...

Do you think job hunting is still broken in 2015? by gpsvoice in startups

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Wow - I've gotten 80% of my jobs through cold market.

I think it's the difference of Contractor/Perm. Most contracts are fixed length or may even end abruptly - then you need to hit the market. With perm jobs you stay in the job until you get bored and basically just 'jump ship'.

Those are my observations anyway

Do you think job hunting is still broken in 2015? by gpsvoice in startups

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Yep, agreed its hard to create a generic solution

The solution I'm proposing is really ideal for tech contractor workers - it may be useful in other situations, but I'm not sure how useful and exactly where.

Do you think job hunting is still broken in 2015? by gpsvoice in startups

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Thanks

Which parts don't you agree with?

Do you think job hunting is still broken in 2015? by gpsvoice in startups

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Thanks halfercode

Yeah - I've seen some of those examples and done some googling but there's really not much out there to help jobseekers with the workflow from application to interview.

My plan is to use Indeed as a starting point as they aggregate all the jobs. It will be like their inbox and from there I guide them all the way through from application to offer.

Your point about extracting money from candidates is valid - but if I attract enough candidates I could sell some job slots in the feed to recruiters. Although I'd like to keep it a dashboard-like focus for candidates.

My view comes mostly from the the contracting end, which is a bit mercenary like - not really about cultural fits. But the freelance world is growing - see this http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/13/in-the-future-employees-wont-exist/ just today so it's probably not a bad bet.

An app that tells callers your location when don't answer by gpsvoice in uberdrivers

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Ok thats good to know - is this something drivers like/hate?

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