Appreciate the candid and elaborated response. Who would be these typical international consultancies? You meant the Randstad and Kelly of the world?

Egon Zehnder, Korn Ferry, Spencer Stuart, Aon, WillisTower Watson,

Sales Manager

Product Owner

Engineering Manager

Depends on the role. 
  
 Headhunters have specific mandates - especially for CXO roles. The head hunters who do this are usually the large international consultancies.  
  
 Talent is also tracked externally and head hunted when roles open up.  
  
 Referrals could play a part sometimes.  But thats rare.   Most folks who are in that sphere and have the capability are known already.  
  
 LinkedIn 🤣

Purple Connect is one consultancy who does this.

Software Engineer

Would like to know how top corp leaders find jobs  do they employ headhunters or referrals or LinkedIn applications?

Would like to know how top corp leaders find jobs - do they employ headhunters or referrals or LinkedIn applications?

Headhunters for execs role

Headhunters for execs role- Grapevine

Does anyone here have experience dealing with effective Headhunters? Looking for reliable, non-shady ones. Preferably those specialising in senior Marketing or Digital Marketing profiles in Bengaluru or Hyderabad. Would be grateful for any relevant leads. Thanks in advance!

Effective Headhunters

Growth Manager

Welcome to Moving Abroad's Private Community

Overall 6 years of work experience, 2 years in tech and 4 years in business. Currently with Flipkart (Category management and growth, 2 years completed) 

Have been trying to through LinkedIn and personal network, but something just doesn’t click. Salary is also an issue, most of the jobs are paying less than what I earn here in India. 

Whats the way?

How do one move to Dubai? Preferably Ecommerce or Retail space.

Category Manager

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

I’m dumbfounded when the best piece of advice I hear is that its a numbers game and probability is supreme.
There’s got to be a strategy that one applies to shortlist from the ocean of offers out there.

- applying in the same domain as your current company?
- platform or regions where recruiters are more active?
- directly talking to freelance HMs and doing a deal?

If no hack, just share what worked for you? And how are you optimising the job searching?

Give me your best strategies for job hunting?

1. Accept that it's a numbers game. Especially in this market  
 2. Embrace that there may be a super stupid person on the other side . E.G - My CV was rejected at a big Web3  startup, but I persisted : went through a reference spoke to HR and showed her how the CV is a 90%+ Match. She ended up fixing an interview. What if I didn't have a referral? Jata na 
 3. There is only one hack - get that CV in front of the hiring managers face : through referrals, through problem solution one pagers that I've DM'd directly to founders or hiring managers, consistently applying to the widest net, getting friendly and maintaining good relations with head hunters: I've helped so many head hunters with their other mandates unrelated to me, just for the sake of it. No expectations.  
  
 DESPITE throwing such a wide net, it still is roughly taking me 9-10 months for my next gig. Sure I'm looking at leadership mandates and woh roles by default halway mein nahi khatam hote.  
  
 But play the numbers smartly is the only way. Send a 100 tries out (but customized and personalized not spam) and tab hi kaam karega.

Brand Marketing Manager

Product Manager

So, I finally landed an offer with a product company as an SDE after months of struggle as a fresher. 

I hail from a circuital branch of the old IITs. Campus placements were difficult this year, so while I did interview at some good product companies (Microsoft, Amex, etc.), luck didn't favour me and I had tsettle up with a trading role with a low pay. (Other story why I decided to apply here in the first place)

Most of the news articles floating around fucked up placements at IITs are in fact true and I decided to try my hands at off-campus placements only to realise how difficult it is to get even your profile noticed (yes, even with a tier-1 college). 

So this is what I did which I believe can help freshers land a job in this difficult market:

1) Simply applying on LinkedIn esp. via easy apply won't work. There's literally thousands of applicants within a day for a job posting. So try to stand out among the crowd. 

2) Draft an excellent resume. Add things that you believe you can explain to the interviewer (doesn't matter if you've worked a lot on it, the interview is just an hour of you trying to make the interviewer believe the guy knows his stuff).

3) Know your strengths- are you good at DSA or are you good at dev. Startups would demand dev skills majorly, product companies would require DSA knowledge.

4) Start reaching out to people - very senior level people, HRs, Hiring Managers, people directly in touch with Hiring Managers, etc. Dm them on LinkedIn, cold email, and keep following up. In the case of early stage startups, directly reach out to the CTO/CEO. Sometimes, the jobs just don't get posted publicly. 

5) Don't lose hope. I've had days when I used to get a headache thinking of the future and days when I had multiple interviews on the same day. The market is just tough, you're good enough and things might take time, but you'll definitely make it through. 

I got interviews at a couple of HFTs, and a few good product companies and got an offer.

Finally landed an offer

Software Developer

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

I have been looking for an Android Engineer for about 1.5 months and i applied on LinkedIn and company website but they don't reply.

But if I apply to naukari.com in the same company then the middle man as a consultant will call you and help you schedule interviews.

Regarding that i have a question:

What is the purpose of Posting jobs on career page and in linkedin if HR's are hiring from naikari.com with the help of consultants.

Can anybody please help me get the job and please share your views on this.

Plus i am also looking for a freelance Android development work also not getting any result.

I will highly appreciate it.

🙏🏻Please share your thoughts.

Worst hiring processes are opted by most companies

Android Engineer

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

1YOE 13LPA(10 Base) working in a Product Role currently. How to hunt for jobs in this market? Considering LinkedIn is pretty much useless now

Any good companies who are doing well?

How to hunt for new job in this market

Product Management

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

Hi, I am a 21yr old interested in Talent Acquisition as a career path but I am also interested in making a lot of money (50LPA+) as I progress in the field. 

I’ve done my research using Glassdoor & Levels.fyi but I want to hear from real people on whether such a salary is possible in Talent Acquisition specifically at Director or Sr. Manager Level? (so like 10-15 years down the line for me). I know HRBP pays more but I can’t be arsed to plan parties (employee engagement) or keep attendance trackers (performance review), I enjoy matching talented people with the right companies more.

Salary for Talent Acquisition Senior positions

I am a '21 graduate from a Tier 1 college (old IIT) and have had short stints as product manager at a couple of startups. About a year back, I decided to startup but after a few months, realized that startup idea wasn't worth pursuing. 

Researched around a few startup ideas and finally landed upon a good one in D2C space. But the problem is financing. I don't have much saving and friends / family network wouldn't be able to finance this. I really want to pursue this idea but finance is becoming a hindrance. 

So started looking for job opportunities about 3 months back. I have been exploring work opportunities in product / founder office / EIR roles or other generalist role. 

Job hunt process has been frustrating to say the least. Getting very few calls. In most cases, people are ghosting after couple of rounds of interview or assignment. In some cases, after getting through 2-3 rounds, I got to know that opening has been closed temporarily. Most HRs don't even have the decency to give feedback. 

I don't intend to work in job for long anyway. As soon as I have the job, I plan to start working on my business idea and quit as soon as I have enough financial leeway. 

How should I go about job hunt process? I have been trying to connect with folks on LinkedIn in whose company job openings are there. Apart from this, I have been connecting with founders from recently funded startups. Naukri / Instahyre and IIM Jobs are other portals I have been looking on. Anything I should do differently here? 

Looking forward to hearing your suggestions / experience.

How bad is the job market?

Just a advice: 
  
 Never do the assignment for any company.This company will ghost you every time after the assignment or will offer lower pay / lower position. 
  
 Companies just try to get ideas via the assignment

Welcome to Business Roles's Private Community

Just got laid off. 
Worried about my kid since he is just 1 year old. I was a stay at home father and was looking after the kid as well. (He has a nanny but still you need to give care to the kid).
I don't know how I will get a remote/hybrid job. I'm into business and not engineering/software so this makes it harder.

Laid off

I have 3 years of experience in frontend. I usually look for jobs by creating profile on Naukri and expecting calls from recruiters. Also, I apply directly on company portals.

My question to the grapevine community is how should I find good companies?

What I usually do is search up great places to work list or top tech companies on G2. I also apply based on LinkedIn jobs / posts about openings and from Instahyre and Wellfound. Sometimes I do ask for referrals.

Is there any other ways to look up on good tech companies? What do other grapeviners do?

Job Search

Off late I've been getting emails about hiring/open positions from VPs/CXOs of various start-ups. 

Pretty unusual for me, since I've always interacted with HRs primarily in the initial stages. 

Is this the start of a new trend or is there anything else going on? Just wanted to understand the thought process behind these things

Job opening/Hiring invites from VP/CxOs

Data engineer

Welcome to LinkedIn Cringe's Private Community

I have been applying via LinkedIn Easy Apply from a long time but never got any response. Any HRs who know where does the CV land after applying there? 

Has anyone ever got a call via LinkedIn Easy Apply? If yes, which company please comment.

LinkedIn Easy Apply Scam?

Product Marketing Manager

Hi,
What are the companies hiring for Mid to senior leadership roles ?

I have been trying for the past 1 month but no success so far.

Companies hiring for leadership roles

Helloo Everyone,

Please guide me on how to search job in UAE sitting in India 

THANKS

How to search job in Dubai / UAE

I am posting this here cause this has happened to me more than once and want to know if this happened to anyone else?

I work in a relatively (heavy emphasis on relative) niche analytics role and I got a call from a hiring agency for an opportunity in blore. I have everything they are looking for in the JD and the recruiter from this agency wanted me to send me my resume urgently to present it to the company as well. And then comes the topic of current ctc. 

I am grossly underpaid by my current firm, one of the key reasons for me seeking out. Once she heard my pay she says “they are paying xxx for this role and your pay is too less, let me see if I can find a junior role that fits your pay”. I was furious and told her that my experience and expertise should be considered and pay is not an indication of my suitability.

She mumbled something and said she will come back and now she is ghosting me.

If the hiring agencies are gatekeeping on basis of my current pay, I am doomed.

Did anyone go through something like this? Any advice?


PS: I checked the company’s career page to apply by myself but they did not post this role on their page. There is no way for me to cut out the middleman here.

Bad experience initial screening.

Project Manager

I have been terminate in Jan. Its almost end of March now. I have been applying since Feb. But still i can see application in progress status in the careers page of the companies. Usually how long it takes to get another job after being terminated/laid off?

How long does it take?

People who are recently doing a job search, how difficult is the current market
Especially for generalist roles- Program Manager, Founders office, Product managers. 

Also, how do you secure referrals.

Any tips would be helpful

Thanks

Job search

I am seeing LinkedIn posts everyday about how people are starting a new position in a different organisation. I've tried LinkedIn job posts, asking for referrals, trying less popular job portals, applying directly in career pages of companies, and changing my resume multiple times. But no luck. Even if the resume gets shortlisted now, there's no further action. 

I can see multiple people giving seminars on how to switch jobs but everyone has the same things to say.

Any suggestions?

How are you successfully switching jobs?

I have around 2 years experience and am looking for a switch. But I am finding it very difficult to get interview calls. Has anyone recently switched their jobs? What portals do you use?

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