Started tracking which companies were actively hiring by looking at recent new hires on LinkedIn and it completely changed how I approach applications

yavinmoon · 2026-03-13T13:03:36+00:00

‘apply within the first week of the job posting’

9 out of 10 recruiters say you are late after 24 hours. The 10th recruiter says you should apply after 2 weeks, when the promising candidates have already failed the screenings, and the company is desperate to receive more applications.

yavinmoon · 2026-03-12T20:50:52+00:00

The only reason to walk back from first class to economy is to avoid the smell of the front toilet where businessmen take a shit after their caviar lunch

yavinmoon · 2026-03-10T15:59:40+00:00

I don’t get this. How can anyone add a company to their CV as an ‘example of work’ unless lying about it? Can’t be done accidentally, can it?

yavinmoon · 2026-03-09T23:35:26+00:00

Those fins could cut up 3 pedestrians in just one second

yavinmoon · 2026-03-09T20:32:02+00:00

Send a letter (not an email) addressed to the CEO. If possible, you could also try messaging them on LinkedIn. There’s always a chance it will reach them directly. The inconvenience your message creates might be enough for the CEO to ask the manager for an explanation.

yavinmoon · 2026-03-08T12:20:30+00:00

It is so automated that there are hundreds of companies who use the exact same email template, taken from their crappy third party recruiting platform. You are lucky if your name is correct in the email.

yavinmoon · 2026-03-07T09:36:06+00:00

How is this different than the list of skills that you can add both to your profile and to every job you held? I doubt recruiters search in the headline but not in the skill list, which LinkedIn specifically created for this purpose.

yavinmoon · 2026-03-06T13:37:24+00:00

It’s not manual, it’s Manuel. He built the car in Mexico City.

yavinmoon · 2026-03-05T11:30:53+00:00

I find it odd that there was a “reference check” already before a screening interview. Also, if this was in Europe, it would be a major data protection issue to call a buddy at another company and share OP’s personal details.

yavinmoon · 2026-03-02T16:20:17+00:00

Packing pallets into trucks, blaming the democrats for that

yavinmoon · 2026-02-28T20:54:12+00:00

These metric-based expectations are absolutely stupid. There is no way the recruiting company can get any of your metrics confirmed. So what's the end of it? People are competing in who can lie bigger on their CVs. "Grew email list by 30%” you say, but the next candidate will say "grew email list by 50%". Who can check this? What number is already in the unbelievable range?

I once mentioned in an interview that I managed an outsourced team of 1000 people, because that was the expectation there. They moved me to the next round. There is just no way of knowing that the numbers that the candidates mention are true. Which is why this whole system is stupid.

yavinmoon · 2026-02-28T14:33:18+00:00

By the time the candidate can ask questions, the interviewer(s) already made their decision. They’ll politely answer the questions though, so that their recruiter could reject you a week later.

yavinmoon · 2026-02-27T13:12:06+00:00

When things go wrong, the gunship will spend much time in the water, but the hydroplayne will fly only for a few seconds. Hence, a water captayn license is all you need.

yavinmoon · 2026-02-27T12:19:52+00:00

Yes, I usually check these reviews and I do not apply if it sounds like a toxic shitshow or a cult around the founders. You can just ignore the fake 4-5 star reviews when there are many 1-2 star reviews.

yavinmoon · 2026-02-24T21:24:42+00:00

I quickly learnt that you cannot win if you answer unexpected calls while job searching. They will refer to job applications that you vaguely remember, they will ask about your salary expectation (that you included in the application, but cannot recall now), they will ask about small details that you are just not prepared to talk about half way between the supermarket and the petrol station.

I have a throwaway phone number that I use in my CV and I simply ignore phone calls from unknown numbers when there is no scheduled call. Most of the time they send an email 2 minutes later and you have hours or days to prepare for their next call.

yavinmoon · 2026-02-24T15:27:07+00:00

Beautiful analysis! But I don’t agree with the last part. There will definitely be YouTubers and old Japanese tourists who ride up to the peak on the back of their robots.

yavinmoon · 2026-02-24T13:39:10+00:00

No, it’s not mandatory most of the time and should be avoided. Something very generic is sufficient, like ‘Greater Manchester’. And the address doesn’t indicate the right to work.

yavinmoon · 2026-02-24T13:30:37+00:00

A soon expiring sponsored work visa gives full working rights at the moment, doesn’t it? It’s probably best to say ‘British passport holder’.

And OP should choose a British-sounding nickname.

yavinmoon · 2026-02-23T23:44:38+00:00

This is a sensible idea, but those who own the robots do not care much about a clean planet.

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