You could always go to the careers page of the company and apply there as well. Sometimes the same job will be posted by the recruiter on multiple platforms. Apply till you catch that recruiters attention or get rejected. Other than job portals, referrals would act a much better part

Second this. I never apply thru the portal. I find the post then either try to get referrals thru linkedin or apply thru the careers page. Also send them an email on the careers email handle. Its a long shot but when you’re looking for a job you really gotta do everything you can.

Marketing Creative

Company’s job portals hardly work ! I don’t know anyone who got a job by filling in useless info like their Gender identity and race.

Finance Operations

Recruiter

The recruiters dont take action on applications, and even if someone does, its hidden behind premium subscription. As an applicant, where do I get the same quality of jobs but a better platform

Welcome to Business Roles's Private Community

Does iimjobs.com serve any purpose

Does iimjobs.com serve any purpose- Grapevine

I have always been half pessimistic about updating my profile on Naukri? Does it really works? Has anyone received a call from it? I know it’s free, but  is it even worth regularly updating my Naukri profile? 

Background: Growth Product manager with 7 years of experience in product based companies. CTC > 45LPA

Does Naukri.com works for you now?

Growth Manager

Context: 10.5 YOE, Marketing lead. I've been looking for a switch since September last year. I'd seen signs of maybe my role or the company itself folding very early and knew 'twas time to bolt. But it's not that easy. Back then - 1 year in a startup meant hey not bad, people still spoke to you and considered your profile. These days, they treat you like Ebola if you've not had your ass stuck in the same place for 3-5 years. 

Anyway, so the majority of my time searching for jobs was the shitty Easy Apply or IIMJOBS premium account route. Suprise suprise. It doesn't work. But hey I was still employed and not nearly as motivated as someone who's unemployed. 

Cut to layoffs: Got laid off with my whole team and a huge chunk of other leaders. My first layoff, felt hilariously like the last day of school. To the org's credit they gave us 3 month severance, leave encashments and extra months for those who'd been there for 2 years+. In hindsight hearing the horror stories of 2k severance from Byju's. I'm grateful for the nice golden parachute I got. I'll be honest, it contributed heavily to my mental stability. I had time, I had leverage, I didn't have to run for the first shitty opportunity that came my way. 

The How I did it (why you struggled through the above stream of consciousness) 

- Wrote to 159 founders with one pagers to 35 of them with ideas on how i'd lead their marketing function. 5 replies. 3 interviews. 2 offers - didn't take em cuz they were super early stage or diff cities. This is immediately in month 1 so I've already started feeling icky about not getting great brands to have in my set. 
- Easy Applied to 768 (I ran a Gmail search, this is a real number) jobs. 99% no responses or you've been rejected. 
-Kept changing one letter on my Naukri.com profile, got me 6 calls, 3 interviews and 1 conversion 

I think theres a word limit to posts 🥲 following up as comments below.

Finally got a job (here's the do's and dont's)

Part 3 
  
 - Add HRs and hiring managers on LinkedIn, send them free ideas and strategies. Its ok if they steal them it meant they were great. One of them will refer you, remember you or hire you. 
 - Have a CV and a summary (half a page) that gets people excited about wanting to read the CV. Only areas of expertise and bullet points for results  
 - Don't put the OpentoWork filter on your LinkedIn DP. Its radioactive. I know people actively avoid those profiles. But make sure to keep open to work beacon on for recruiters. It pushes you ahead  
 - Dont post low effort i need a job because im laid off, i dont have money, copy pasted by millions on Linkedin. If you're gonna publically ask for a job, make sure that post has enuff of your skillset screaming for a potential hirer to want to explore more. Else you'll get velle gadhe typing CFBR 
 - Dont be anal or choosy about interviewing, i literally gave 35-50 in 3 months that culminated in 4 offers. Each one taught me something, heck ive spoken to startups with 7 peeps in it  
 - The only one that can negotiate CTC is the one that can walk away. When the offer i wanted finally came, my fixed went down a tad, but variable increased. The role was worth it so i didnt bother negotiating. Places i wasnt excited about - oh i quoted 30% hikes and got it at one place :p

Brand Marketing Manager

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

Whoever is looking for a change in Product, do you guys have preferred platforms apart from the careersites and Linkedin that generally give you good traction from recruiters?

Doing this for a survey to understand what channel would be more effective.

Where do you apply for jobs apart from Linkedin

Talent Acquisition

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Is it worth buying Naukri subscription of Display resume and priority applicant ?

Have anyone tried ?.Please share your feedback.

Naukri Subscription Feedback

Product Manager

Hi Grapeviners, I have ten years of work ex in performance marketing and CRM. I started job search actively from Feb 15 this year and landed first interview today. 

How bad is the market out there. I usually get hired with in 30 job applications, also I apply to the role only if 70% and above role match with my previous experience also use referrals when available.

Also please roast my resume https://stonedmind.tiiny.site/ have redacted wherever necessary to stay anonymous as possible. For the first time in my career I have a doubt that my resume might not be upto the mark

Please let me know your views in the comments. Any help is appreciated.

To land 1 interview it took 60 job applications

Being a tier 3 college grad, It took me 700 applications to get 25 shortlists, and only 7 interview calls. Converted all of them. 
  
 Sometimes you’re just not allowed to participate in the race 🙂

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

I happen to finally go for premium since I ran out of invites. And bro I’ve been bombarded with job suggestions left and right . I have applied for 3-4 hours straight, just can’t believe it.
Just a day back my feed was dry as a desert.
So if you’re looking for jobs go for Premium at least till you get few offers

LinkedIn premium is nuts

Infrastructure Engineer

I use LinkedIn right now to look for and apply for entry level jobs as I am looking to switch to Finance domain. Are there any other sites that can help me? Is it worth looking at job portals? If so, which ones have relevant jobs? P.S. - Looking for FP&A or Fin Analyst roles

Places to look for entry level jobs?

Sales

Layoffs at apna, Hirect, work India and betterplace. 

Job portals getting job less. 💤

Layoffs at apna, Hirect, work India and better place.

Investor

Looking for recommendations where HR's reply is faster/processing of application is faster.

What platforms are you using to apply for jobs?

Lead Designer

Other than standard platforms like Linkedin,Naukri. What apps do you use to keep an active watch on job opportunities? Pls also mention any tips and tricks

Which Job searching apps do you use?

Product Marketing Manager

I must have applied for dozens of jobs on LinkedIn job portal. At times companies don't reply or I mostly get automated rejection emails. 
PS - I'm someone with more than a decade and a half experience. So my target roles are a little senior.

Has anyone found a job via LinkedIn?

Solution Architect

How has a company like instahyre managed to get a 80 million people on its platform and nobody is talking about it! What are your reviews about using it? I have never found a good job there :(

The curious case of Instahyre

Looking for a job in Bangalore for SDE roles in backend or full stack, join immediately, thanks in advance

Anyone hiring???

Software Engineer

So I wanted to understand, when we get job opportunities on linked in and we apply too but why there’s no one from the hiring team connects with us ? It also says to apply on their website but no response. 

Like for example, Myntra has lot hiring positions and keep getting same notification week on week but no one contacts from their team ? 

Even if we are not selected, there should a notification right?  Why can’t we get in touch with the hiring team or again it all depends on referrals?

Linked in Jobs

Category Marketing

I see that there are no calls and LinkedIn is primarily useless bcoz of very few replies. Naukri.com is not worth it in product companies and there are very few opportunities. Instahyre is working but few recruiters are reaching out.

Is there some way of getting good calls. I am missing?

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