JazzySushi
Rant: Job platforms in 2025 are a soul-sucking mess
Folks, I woke up yesterday and frantically started to apply to jobs. And my experience was nothing short of horror. I will talk about every platform:
Naukri:
I apply for a job and then my resume gets blasted all over the place with my personal information (phone number) and I start getting unsolicited phone calls from shady recruiters about jobs that have nothing to do with my industry. They full on harass me. Fist they call, then ten seconds later, I get an email, then they send me a TEXT message.
LinkedIn:
Easy apply is a joke. Everyone pushes the button and done. Or, you push it and then go through prompts, some of which expect you to enter the SAME info as on your resume, or write a cover letter, right in the box, and I can't move the box to read the job description so I can make sure I address it in the asinine cover letter. Or it asks stupid questions, like "Do you have experience doing this ultra specific task in this ultra specific industry? Yes or no." You put "no" and you might as well have not applied at all.
Overall:
No salary ranges. Not being clear about remote/hybrid/onsite expectations. Listing EVERY god damn skill under the sun. Graphic Require 30 years experience, fresh graduate, entry level. 3L per year, based on experience....
Recruiters who post jobs but don't say who it's for until they get their grubby hands on your resume then ghost you after the initial phone call. They get their commission or whatever. You don't matter.
Ghost jobs. That's another problem altogether. My assumption is that 1 out of 2 jobs listed on the platforms is not even open. Companies post them just for advertising.
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PeppyRaccoon
Intel5mo
I have actually gotten calls (and offers) from easy apply. You just need to be sure to be an early applicant.
JazzySushi
BYJU'S5mo
perhaps you get a call because you have a really good profile? or perhaps the company quality is really poor?
PeppyRaccoon
Intel5mo
The company was a series C funded startup, pretty well known. So I won't say it was a bad company. I just feel there is a way to use LinkedIn which people often don't know of.
WigglyBanana
Stealth5mo
Absolutely Not sure who uses Naukri anymore
LinkedIn is extremely poor even for someone who puts up jobs regularly. 100s of folks apply, usually not relevant
Would never do easy apply. Always go via referral or cold emails or something
PeppyNarwhal
Accenture5mo
I still use naukri bcoz I never got any calls from any other site except naukri.
SquishyJellybean
Student5mo
Google interview through naukri
SqueakyMochi
TCS5mo
To be honest, I got more referrals via Grapevine than any other platform 😂
So i just want all my Grapeviners to keep doing good without any expectations & best will comeback to you in unexpected ways 💯
PeppyPenguin
Infosys5mo
EasyApply on linkedin just attracts noise.. anyone can apply with 0 effort. Some forms should have a certain amount of friction and effort to discourage random applicants who are just shooting their shot for the sake of it. Even as a recruiter, i think it would be better to receive 50 good applications than 200 irrelevant ones
JazzySushi
BYJU'S5mo
EasyApply is the death of logic It works well for places where talent is scarce - like an exec role. But not for regular roles man
SwirlyHamster
I don't believe Naukri as most of the calls are spam. You need some tweaks in using LinkedIn. Avail the free one month LinkedIn premium offer. Modify your linkedin profile as per the AI suggestions after you activate LinkedIn premium. Create an ATS friendly resume as per your job profile. Then start applying regularly to the job postings as per your choice.
I don't have a graduation degree. I hold 5 years experience in IT Tech support. Still I was able to get shortlisted by some top product companies for great IT support roles like Cloud Support Engineer, etc.
Companies include Amazon, Jumpcloud, Cognite, Opentext, Mott MacDonald.
80% of other companies have rejected me. But it takes only one company to offer you the best offer as per your profile and experience.
Right now I am on papers in my current organisation and will be joining a product company very soon with no education degree.
All thanks to LinkedIn. If you are patient and tweak your linkedin search and profile. You ll surely be able to crack a good job.
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