What is everyone using to job hunt? is it still Indeed?
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What is everyone using to job hunt? is it still Indeed?
Grrl_geek@reddit
Glassdoor (which I believe is indeed), my state's virtual job board that I access via a secure login (I needed that for my unemployment benefits). Plain old legwork (so to speak). I'm tapped out atm.
Ryebread095@reddit
Glassdoor and Indeed are separate job board sites
Crinkez@reddit
I thought glassdoor was an employment complaints site.
the_federation@reddit
Last I heard, they also require you to validate with your corporate email address.
itskdog@reddit
Surely that could be used to notify bosses of who is writing stuff on there, depending on how they verify?
Ryebread095@reddit
They also have a job board these days
13_letters@reddit
Same holding company was his point.
Ryebread095@reddit
Maybe, but they have different job postings on each site, so I don't think that would be relevant
13_letters@reddit
It’s not a maybe, they’re the same holding company, and it’s pretty relevant, imo at least (and maybe OP’s above).
Mountain-eagle-xray@reddit
Google jobs boards. It aggregates for lots of location and generally filters out the bs.
If your in the gov sector, usajobs.gov or clearancejobs.
HitmanCodename47@reddit
I second this. But to add, I'll generally also google dork the job req itself and apply directly at the company's site. ClearanceJobs has also been fruitful for me earlier on in my career, though reqs there can fairly often redirect you to company portals as well. However, usajobs... It's on the same tier as Indeed for me - I have never once got a proper response back from any application.
kuahara@reddit
Usajobs is terrible. 99% of every "employer" is just collecting resumes year round so that if a position does open up, they already have a collection of resumes and applications they can sort by date on and skip right to interviews.
It is disrespectful to applicants in every way.
dirasupia@reddit (OP)
Would like to get into the gov sector but havent found anything yet, ill give google job boards a shot
kuahara@reddit
Which state do you live in? What experience level are you at?
Mountain-eagle-xray@reddit
Clearance jobs is great because it all the contractor jobs for the most part.
You can also go directly to contracting companies who work in your area like BAH, BAE, SMX, mantech etc. Their dedicated job boards are where all the jobs come from anyways.
TraditionalDiver2492@reddit
try jobswithgpt, it has curated pages like https://jobswithgpt.com/jobs/by-category/it-systems-administration-jobs/
TraditionalDiver2492@reddit
try https://jobswithgpt.com/jobs/by-category/it-systems-administration-jobs/
Dapper-Train5207@reddit
I still use Indeed, but mix it with LinkedIn and niche boards like Glassdoor, they usually have fresher roles. I track everything in HirePilot so I don’t lose follow-ups. Set job alerts for specific titles instead of broad ones, way less spam, way better matches.
the_federation@reddit
Do you use the word "administrator" in your alerts? I used to get a lot of non-sysadmin related alerts because t "Systems administrator" kept alerting me about any role with the word "administrator."
How do you like HirePilot in general? I never thought I'd see an Old Bridge based company mentioned in the wild, yet here I am.
TheLungy@reddit
I use Indeed/LinkedIn/Glassdoor.
But, if there is a specific company that has their own internal "careers" page where if you google the exact title and company it shows up - I would apply there.
Anecdotal, but I feel I have gotten more feedback/interviews from those companies I applied from their careers pages than Indeed/LinkedIn/Glassdoor.
DaCozPuddingPop@reddit
Linkedin
dirasupia@reddit (OP)
I have never gotten anything from linked in other than spam.
Masam10@reddit
You need to build your profile like a CV, add all the recruiters to your network, set your profile to Open to Work (even if you hide it publicly).
LinkedIn has its own ATS so your profile needs to read like a CV with all the right key words and technologies.
CleverMonkeyKnowHow@reddit
This is so disappointing... I fucking hate LinkedIn.
It's just corporate Facebook.
FullPoet@reddit
It used to be way better.
I suggest that the first thing you do when you connect to someone is to unfollow them.
And to unfollow the ppl who post shit on their timelines. Its just not relevant and has made my experience much better.
Its nearly all ads on my timeline though but I dont even pay attention anymore.
hasthisusernamegone@reddit
Just don't go to the timeline at all. The only page you're interested in is the job page, so just shortcut that.
root-node@reddit
Just done this, thanks for the suggestion.
psmgx@reddit
nah. it was just a roladex then, but it was nice enough to STFU most of the time and not spam emails and bullshit
OiMouseboy@reddit
i hate it to. they keep banning my accounts for no reason. i use my real name, real details. then like 2 days after creation they ask for my ID verification. I will verify, jump through their hoops and then they say "too bad your account is fake".. and there is no way to appeal..
JuicedRacingTwitch@reddit
Well you are trying to get a corporate job...
PerceptionQueasy3540@reddit
I've thought about doing this but since my employer is on LinkedIn its always been a concern they'll see I'm looking for a job.
FullPoet@reddit
You can set it up so its not visible to ppl in your company.
You dont have to set your profile to be looking for work though. Ive never heard any employer being concerned their employees have a linkedin profile, its perfectly normal.
DaCozPuddingPop@reddit
They definitely get concerned when that 'open to work' flag pops up lol
I work for a biotech startup that just did a restructuring. Pretty much the definition of 'uncertain future'. I survived the restructure but knew it was time to start looking and set myself as open to work.
Next day I get an email from the CEO freaking THE FUCK out over the fact that I was looking to leave. I was pretty taken aback by the reaction, but took the opportunity to mention some things that could be done to keep me around - promotion, even if in title only, so at least I walk away with something for my time...and total honesty about where the company is going.
I'm still looking for work, but I have that fact now hidden from my company because...pseudo-integrity I guess? lol
FullPoet@reddit
You dont have to put that on your profile, and also:
DaCozPuddingPop@reddit
Which is precisely how I have it set up now - post restructure I truly didn't care that my company knew I was looking - considering what was going on it shocked the shit out of me that they were SURPRISED by it.
root-node@reddit
In my last place, my Teams avatar was my linkedin picture, complete with "#opentowork" banner.
Hated that place.
the_federation@reddit
Can you go into more detail about building a profile like a CV?
user975A3G@reddit
I have my current job from LinkedIn
But also I always put meme profile pic on LinkedIn whenever I am not looking for new job, which filters out A LOT of spam
No_Investigator3369@reddit
all of mine have been recruiters reaching out to me on linkedin but interested if theres newer places out there.
ElectricOne55@reddit
Same for me it's mainly bs contract to hire jobs from recruiters. If I do apply for a job using the easy apply then I don't hear nothing back.
DaCozPuddingPop@reddit
I found my last two jobs via recruiters on linkedin. Lots of spam too however.
Luann97@reddit
I recommed trying Careery. Their AI applies for jobs for you on sites like Indeed, Glassdoor, and even company career portals like Workday and Lever. I’ve used it, and it saved me so much time. It only applies to jobs that match my skills, so I’m not wasting time on irrelevant listings.
Low-Okra7931@reddit
Reminder to non US reader that these answers are very US biased.
BattleNub89@reddit
I used a combination of LinkedIn, Indeed, and Zip recruiter last year.
While I know the general wisdom is to cater resumes and CVs for every application, I found way more success spamming the 1-click apply for every job that I looked qualified for. I got maybe 2 or 3 interviews in 1-year using the former method, though they were higher quality positions. I got 2-3 interviews within a couple of weeks using the latter. Did it again when the company I just joined did some lay-offs, and again had 2-3 interviews within a few weeks.
mmiller1188@reddit
Unpopular, I'm sure, but I used a recruiter in my last job hunt.
Our area is kinda in a weird spot right now where the job market is OK, but there's a promise of a LOT of industry coming so people are trying to get here from all over the country ahead of something that might happen.
At my last job, I was involved in the hiring process for a few IT employees. On the infrastructure side and applications side. The amount of resumes we got from people in Idaho or Texas or California who had not even started to figure out where to live or how to get here was astonishing. Throw that on top of all of the fake applicants and people who have AI apply to *any* job .. it was hard.
On the flip side, applying to jobs you're also competing with all of those other applicants overwhelming hiring managers. It's nearly impossible on both sides.
Working with a recruiter, I was able to kind of point out what I was looking for in a company, the size of the department, etc. Seemed to work pretty well. I definitely excluded a lot of potential employers with that method but at the same time, a lot of employers local are going to that way.
I'm happy where I landed.
BisonThunderclap@reddit
LinkedIn and Indeed.
I've gotten a few from LinkedIn, mostly I do it though for easy apply to knock out unemployment requirements quickly.
SamuraiJr@reddit
This guy knows how to be unemployed.
Sufficient_Yak2025@reddit
r/ThisGuyThisGuys
TKInstinct@reddit
I got a surpring amount of hits from Indeed in the span of 2 weeks or so I was looking. Granted most didn't pay great but still, seemed like I was doing better than most people speak of.
The-Jesus_Christ@reddit
Seek.com.au // Seek.co.nz for us Aussies & Kiwis.
RadiantWhole2119@reddit
Man people are really shit at finding jobs. Crazy how poor people are at marketing themselves.
MetalEnthusiast83@reddit
Yeah. I mean I personally don’t want to take the time to be active on linked in or any of that kind of shit. None of this stuff is actually important
RadiantWhole2119@reddit
It is when you’re looking for a job. You don’t need to post or like people shit. You’re just converting a resume into a profile and applying to jobs based on that.
I’d be willing to bet those who can’t find jobs are antisocial, and have poor soft skills.
MetalEnthusiast83@reddit
Have you looked at the news lately?
Plenty of people looking for work after the worst set of October layoffs in 2 decades.
RadiantWhole2119@reddit
People are going to have to find a way to adapt.
MetalEnthusiast83@reddit
Yeah man. I think that’s why OP was looking for advice lol
RadiantWhole2119@reddit
My comment was developed after reading replies in here. Maybe I should have specified that?
One guy said he uses easily apply on linked in solely to satisfy unemployment requirements. Another dude did some shit for unemployment to need a demand for unemployment as well. Almost as if they are happy to do the bare minimum to keep receiving unemployment. Maybe that’s too pessimistic.
OP said they haven’t had anything from LinkedIn that wasn’t spam, making me think they aren’t even applying or reaching out to recruiters. Just waiting for a great opportunity to fall into their dm.
Long story short, there really isn’t a shortage of mid to senior sysadmin roles. There’s a shortage of entry/junior level roles.
There’s also several posts asking this same question. Happy to link them if you’d like. I fear that if you’re unable to find the post from a month ago asking this question, or the other one asking what sites outside of indeed/linkedin both from roughly a month ago, then it makes more sense as to why it seems like finding a job is hard lol.
MetalEnthusiast83@reddit
I have a job. I’m not currently looking. I also didn’t search this sub for any posts similar to this one because why the fuck would I do that?
RadiantWhole2119@reddit
Well then none of my comments are directed at you. Why are you even replying to me haha? I’m just talking out of my ass because I don’t think there’s a shortage of skilled jobs in our field. Companies just aren’t handing them out.
heapsp@reddit
LinkedIn Premium, AI everything including your headshot to make it perfect. AI your resume for each job posting. I got three interviews from three applications (two were recruiters contacting me through linkedin). I got two jobs out of three apps.
People saying the job market is so bad, must be doing something wrong or must be very junior level.
Businesses also aren't looking for admins, they are looking for admins+ business. Throw some things on your resume about acquisitions and soc compliance.. you know things that actually speak to executives.. not just technical skills which anybody in India can do for 1 dollar an hour...
crutchy79@reddit
Curiosity, what would you consider very junior level? What would you say about 250ish apps in a month with 3ish automated responses with 3.5 years experience as a software/hardware admin? Used LinkedIn (regular) and Indeed.
I do enjoy your bit on executive buzz words and will have to incorporate that. Ive been looking since May 2024 and this is pretty much my experience so far. I’ve had 3 interviews that didn’t count because the reason they never hired me was “we hired internally”. Beyond that… I have to ride the “this job economy sucks” train.
heapsp@reddit
Yeah something is seriously wrong with either your linkedin profile or your resume for sure.
Dragennd1@reddit
Anonymo123@reddit
IMO GlassDoor and LinkedIn. My copy\paste from another local job thread for IT...
- setup LinkedIn and Glassdoor accounts, no need to pay for any premium.
- update resume and research best resume style for your situation, if its experience first or education, etc.
- write a cover letter, yes really. Plenty of generic ones out there and modify it for each job you apply to. Save ac opy of that in a folder with the job info to refer to later.
- have a copy of your resume and cover letter in MS Word, PDF and .txt. Pay attention when they ask for a resume in a specific format, send that format and nothing else. That's an easy way to get in the trash when i ask for a pdf and i get something else.
- create a job hunting only email with something like firstname.lastname@ whatever email site you like. Gmail and Outlook look more current then yahoo and god forbid AOL. This will keep things separate and make it look better then using your old gamer handle or worse.
- Upload your resume to LinkedIn and Glassdoor and set job alerts based on keywords for what you are looking for with daily alerts.
- Do a search within whatever distance your willing to travel in your area and find all the companies that hire for what you do. (ChatGPT is decent for this list) Go to their sites and setup accounts on their Career pages, setup alerts.
- use your .txt resume to copy\paste on job websites.
frankztn@reddit
Its kinda crazy that all these sysadmins everywhere and we still need to use Indeed or LinkedIn. Can we get like a Myspace of ONLY sysadmins. I want to add my top 8 🤣
justanothersmartass@reddit
dice.com maybe?
Falconpunch7272@reddit
hiring(dot)cafe has done good work for me in the past.
KN4SKY@reddit
Use caution, they tried to stage a coup over on r/jobs and took over AutoMod to shill the site there for a few days before Reddit admins stepped in and put things back to normal.
reddittttttttttt@reddit
hiring cafe
dirasupia@reddit (OP)
I will look into this
KN4SKY@reddit
Use caution, they tried to stage a coup over on r/jobs and took over AutoMod to shill the site there for a few days before Reddit admins stepped in and put things back to normal.
NetworkEngineer114@reddit
LinkedIN "Open to Work" and Indeed Sometimes good old fashioned referrals.
goinonbreak@reddit
Just got my first full sysadmin role from indeed. It was one of those jobs I didnt think id get but wanted to get familiar with the interview process. Less than month later here I am day 4 trying to figure out what the last guy was doing. Good luck OP
Valuable_Dream900@reddit
You know those emails that some employees send out when they are amicably leaving a job and they send their personal contact info out? Yeah, I've leveraged those in the past to get jobs.
I'll reach out to them and ask if they know if they are hiring in their IT department. Most say no but I did have one lady say yes and she was able to put me in direct contact with their IT director. That's how I got my current job that I've been at for a few years now.
It's no longer a matter of who has the most impressive resume. It's a matter of who can be one of the first 15 resumes that a hiring manager sees.
Fallingdamage@reddit
I would go through Indeed and search for jobs within the limits of how far I would be willing to drive, then I would drive around and hand-deliver resumes.
BookkeeperBrave8872@reddit
It's an FTE desert out there. I can get contract work (6-12 months) easily through recruiters. Every single time, I'm the 'sysadmin fixer’ stabilize their mess, clean up legacy systems, and implement best practices. The moment the environment is humming, I get the "thanks, but the project is done" talk. Companies just want a high-skill, temporary cleanup crew, not a long-term commitment. Not sure if this is just a ME thing.
The job boards like Indeed are a total crapshoot for FTE. You're throwing a resume into a black hole hoping it sticks, and half those FTE posts feel like 'ghost jobs' anyway. I'm in the rough Seattle market, so the struggle is real. Recruiters for contracts, pure patience and luck for full-time through job sites.
NirvanaFan01234@reddit
I use Indeed or LinkedIn and then go to the website of the company. I've had WAY more luck applying directly through their website than through a job board. They get TONS of applications through the job boards and yours will stand out more if it's through their website.
Old-Ad-3268@reddit
My personal network
Hotshot55@reddit
Google.
site:jobs.* after:2025-11-01 "Linux Engineer or whatever job title you want"Valdaraak@reddit
If I needed to look for a job, I'd reach back out to the recruiter that got me this one. A good recruiter can sift through lots of BS that you'd have to deal with applying places yourself.
uptimefordays@reddit
LinkedIn works if your profile is up to date and you have in demand skills. The ideal setup is talent acquisition at companies reach out to poach you, the next best is working with a good head hunter, the least desirable position is applying to jobs.
Kahless_2K@reddit
I really hope I don't need a tool for this specific problem.
That being said, I have about a dozen different companies I would reach out to first if I needed a new job. Places where I have worked with on projects for our more niche products, where I know I would be an amazing hire if they can justify the headcount.
aquaberryamy@reddit
unfortunately yeah
but I have, in the past, went to a particular local companies website and used their career tab to search for jobs and that has sometimes worked
QuietBookkeeper4712@reddit
CV Library
Hier0phant@reddit
My company found me through indeed. Use both LinkedIn and Indeed.
ObjectiveApartment84@reddit
Go to in person events and network. That’s better than any online job board imo.
NoSirPineapple@reddit
Posts on LinkedIn , networking on LinkedIn, not LinkedIn job posts
Own-Raisin5849@reddit
I have always just used Indeed and checked local organization/company sites. I have no interest in a commute outside of my medium sized city, so if there aren't job listings on the few dozen sites that would be worth my time or Indeed, great chance there isn't work to be had.
It's worked well for me.
AuroraFireflash@reddit
I start with my network of contacts that I maintain at LinkedIn.
(I treat it like an easy to keep updated address book.)
dankmemelawrd@reddit
Depends on region but indeed/linkedin/bestjobs etc
derango@reddit
Did a job search earlier this year. Indeed and Linkedin were my best sources.
Indeed was better for actually applying to specific jobs and getting responses.
LinkedIn was more useful for getting in with a couple of recruiters who resulted in some interviews/offers that I ultimately turned down for various reasons. Actual job applications on linkedin were about as lucrative as opening a window and shouting "I NEED A JOB" into the void.
Your milage may vary. Good luck. It's rough out there.
CornBredThuggin@reddit
I found my current job at Indeed.
AlternativeLazy4675@reddit
Indeed. They will be happy to have their AI try to hook you up with a company that isn't using AI. 😒
GhoastTypist@reddit
Wish I had a good answer.
Seems the only thing I'm aware of finding a job is by who you know. So networking. I see some people saying linkedin, I'd agree but more so boots to the ground type of knowing someone. I've had opportunities to move into positions at other companies because I'll have contacts within the company and they'll let me know of job opportunity (which I can never find online) then they'll put in a good word for me.
So there's value in who you know and the connections you make.
Thundahead@reddit
I used to always use Jobserve for IT Jobs or the back of Computer Weekly (is that still a thing) but haven't looked in years
dirasupia@reddit (OP)
Thanks i will take a look at jobserve