Search for work It is a laborious, often frustrating and time-consuming activity. The most common way to find it, if you do not have contacts, is to be attentive to job offers that appear on platforms such as LinkedIn and similarbut there are also other ways that can be effective.
‘How I Got Multiple Remote Job Offers: My Remote Job Search Strategy‘ is the title of a viral post on reddit in which a software engineer explains his misadventures trying to get a remote job, the frustration of trying to do it on LinkedIn, and how he got much better results with Google Maps.
The author says that was not in a situation of unemploymentgiven that I had been working as a junior engineer in a company for 3 years, but I did want a second job that I could do remotely.
‘Like many, I began my search on LinkedIn, applying for various positions and even shopping LinkedIn Premium to connect with companies (yes, I paid for that). But after 5 months, I discovered that this strategy was not effective, at least for me.’he explains. He landed a few interviews, but none came to fruition, so he decided to try a different approach: forget about LinkedIn and turn to Google Maps instead.
‘I used Google Maps to locate recruitment and selection agencies and, instead of passively waiting for jobs to appear on LinkedIn, I took the initiativehe points out. For example, to search for companies in the United Kingdom, it is recommended to enter the terms ‘recruitment’ or ‘hiring’ in the Google app.
In this way, he located a series of companies whose websites are also linked from Maps. ‘Visit their websites, and many will have an “Upload Resume” button. I started sending my resume to these firms one by one’he relates.
The author offers, linked from his Reddit post, a handy listthe result of their efforts, with 450 recruitment agencies in Europe, organized by country. ‘If you focus on local jobs, you can replicate this process searching for agencies in your region using Google Maps and sending your resume en masse (via email)‘, he suggests.
Another option that it recommends with Google Maps is search according to the sector in which you want to work. For example, if you are a nurse, identify the hospitals in your area and collect their email addresses.
To increase his chances, he used a tool called Rabbit Resume for the creation of resumes, which has the particularity of being a platform that also sends them to hundreds of recruitment agencies and human resources departments in the United States, Canada and Europe, with a single click.
With these two methods and within a few months, I began to receive positive responses and interview requests. Ultimately, I received 4 job offers and accepted two remote positions. Currently, I work 3 hours a day for one and 2 hours a day for the other, balancing both roles without feeling overwhelmed. Furthermore, I continue working in the company I was in before,’ he says.