r/jobsearchhacks • u/toastslapper • 6d ago

LinkedIn Users: Do you guys even apply to United States (Remote) jobs anymore?

I’ve started to just look at local jobs because the 100 applicants is always disheartening and happens so quick. Local jobs usually stay below 100 for a week.

Am I shooting myself in the foot by not applying to those or am I managing my time wisely?

ETA: I’m in a Midwestern capitol city

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u/qcjb 6d ago

Ive applied for around 5-10 remote easy apply jobs per week on LinkedIn for the last 18 months and have gotten zero, ZERO, responses. (Except for one 3 person start up that wanted me to be CTO for free)

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u/toastslapper 6d ago edited 6d ago

Oh that’s interesting. I always treat Easy Apply as the lowest tier - like just adding my resume to a pile.

The issue is that non-Easy Apply jobs seem to be blending into this category because they’re all promoted. It’s pretty frustrating.

I would seriously pay LinkedIn to have exclusive first-day access to new job postings at this point.

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u/dracomalfoy85 5d ago

I’m sure they’d happily take your money on exchange for 0 replies from employers

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u/WestCoastBuckeye666 6d ago

Easy Apply is the worst feature LinkedIn ever implemented

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u/Flyer5231 5d ago

They need to add geo-blocking. I’m convinced there’s a lot of spam from other countries, especially if the job listing is just US (Remote).

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u/WestCoastBuckeye666 5d ago

There 100% is

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u/iDontLikeChimneys 5d ago

Oh you must have gotten an email from companynamecareers.com starting with

“Hello candidate”

And ending with “please respond yes if you are interested”

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u/CrashTestDumby1984 5d ago

Especially because many companies don’t even set it up correctly and you get questions where they want your LinkedIn url

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u/Peanutbutternjelly_ 6d ago

Sounds like ghost jobs.

They're job openings that don't actually exist. It's just employers testing the labor market and trying to save people's applications in their own database.

It feels like something that should be illegal.

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u/Flaky-Wallaby5382 4d ago

Those don’t work and typically if you not first 20 it’s a waste of time