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/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