# Job boards & recruiters  --- ## Job boards There are many, many places to find jobs posted on the internet. Often, dozens of people are also applying and the jobs are no longer live. Here are :tada: Jack's three favourites :tada: ---- ### [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/) LinkedIn is to work what Facebook is to friendship. And their tool for finding jobs is pretty good. - Pros: Used by a lot of employers, great filtering, inuitive functionality, you may be approached directly - Cons: Used by a lot of job seekers, jobs often no longer live, kind of chaotic ---- ### [Otta](https://app.otta.com/jobs/) A dedicated job board that matches you with jobs based on your interests and experience - sort of like Tinder in that you get 40 jobs a day(?) and either add them to your shortlist or bin them. - Pros: cool to see your % match, valuable insights from their team, 'confirmed still live', built-in jobs kanban - Cons: I haven't got a job using it (yet) ---- ### [AngelList](https://angel.co/jobs) The go-to for start-ups. It still feels very grass roots, even though it is well-established in the tech community. Most likely place to find a co-founder, or be approached by a CTO. - Pros: an open space for less formal discussions, lots of variety given much earlier stage companies (often <10 people) - Cons: not particularly structured, talking to start ups is always risky --- ## Recruiters - In the past, FAC has strongly discouraged working with recruiters as it undermines our ability to support ourselves financially - You may be hearing from recruiters - If it sounds interesting, have a conversation to learn what's out there - Don't take them too seriously, be cautious about their incentives - They can be really valuable --- ## Side note This is a numbers game, and we'll be using our time next week to develop a strategy to approach employment so that it is systematic, high-volume and effective. --- ## Today's activity - Spend 15 minutes researching other job board options. If you like the look of any, add them to the list ---- - Spend 10 minutes discussing as a team any parameters of your first job - the values, company size, sector, role you're interested in ---- - Spend 30 minutes finding at least 5 jobs for anyone in your team but yourself. Try and keep these even so that at the end everyone has 5 jobs they can apply to ---- - In the last 5 minutes, we'll hear from each team how it went ---- ### What next? I would encourage you to apply to all five jobs in your own time. **You probably won't get the job, so don't spend more than an hour on this**. It is important to start not caring about rejection. (If you do hear back, that's awesome) --- ## Job's a good un  --- ## Resources - [24 best job boards](https://careersidekick.com/best-tech-job-boards/)