anyone tried Linked ?

I notice jobstreet pretty bad, not much new jobs.

Depends on which industry you're in I guess. For me in credit/risk management is still OK. Several HH and recruiters reached out to me via LinkedIn and asked if I'm planning to make a move. Even got a few interviews lined up in the coming week.

Disagree. LinkedIn have too many inactive job and mostly you are wasting time applying to a job which recruiter won't response to you, while jobstreet posted job are likely to land a response from recruiter. For LinkedIn, I would suggest you to response to recruiter invitation rather than applying on their posted job.

may take forever to wait for a recruiter

well it's not all bad, if u look deeper...

there's opportunity even in pandemic time

Jobstreet or LinkedIn whatever platforms...

there are, just that all the jobs advertised, are too low the expected salary.

whereas Linked, does not even have an expected salary, I may be applying to job that is too low salary even with the position.

try out any platform if u want to get more opportunity...never try never know

depends on what job and what industry

Junior or senior position? Many years back for junior position got offer lowball salary 2k expect work 14 hours 6 day week I say fark off.

A fair bit of my friends been headhunted by Linkedin, i notice those who get hired from linkedin is mostly headhunted and highly qualified.

One of my friend just change job, then another big bank called him though he decline initially cz he just masuk new job they still persuaded him to consider in the end he agreed to go for their interviews and the offer him .

If your reputation is good linkedin can be your friend. Jobstreet a lot of good potential freshie dun get a chance cz the HR may have their bias so thats the issue.

i notice.. if you want high paying job.. LinkedIn / Jobstreet it's really not the place. It's really through personaly connection. Adakah anda agree? I'm talking about /k 20k standard.

thats why I mention this "LinkedIn, I would suggest you to response to recruiter invitation rather than applying on their posted job.". Apply to Linkedin "job posting" its waste of time as this platform usually have better response for headhunters.

Recruiters and HR are human too, if part of their job is done for them then it makes their life easier and your chances of getting the job better.

How do you make their lives easier?
1. get referred by someone the recruiters already know and trust. Easier said than done of course but this basically means your referrer is doing the first round filtering for the recruiter.

2. build a good brand. LinkedIn is probably one of the better options out there, build a good profile, write posts, comment intelligently. When the recruiter does a search on your profile they can see what you've done in addition to your profile/CV so they don't have to do more work.

3. customize your CV to the job descriptions. Instead of letting the recruiter do the work to link what you did to the job requirements themselves, do that work for them in your customized CV and/or cover letter.

I've done all of the above and in reality looking for a job itself can be a full time job. Even if you're happy in your job you shouldn't stop networking (to enhance #1) and contributing on LinkedIn.

All the best.

Problem is some HR go along the racial lines and favoritism this is where ive seen HR push candidates who are ok on paper but concurrently reject some people who have potential as they are not of the preferred ethnicity, no specific ethnic group to blame as this trend is observed at some MnC or financial institutions as well. I had a friend who was a recruiter and told a certain Singaporean bank only wanted a specific ethnic group to be considered for the role which doesnt require any other language besides English and Bahasa so these cases I understand it isnt HR fault but the problem is when HR themselves have this bias the company loses a candidate who can contribute accordingly and the job seeker loses the opportunity to secure employment on their merit as this would give them a platform to develop. As much as US has a lot of flaws when it comes to employment i believe the west allows more diversity and appreciates talent more then Asian countries.

Well its all depending on job & industries....

The smartest play I've seen is remote working from us, earn usd spend in myr

I agree to an extent. LinkedIn MY seems to be very quiet when it comes to self-submit job applications. You submit a job application on LinkedIn Malaysia you get 0 replies and views.
Whereas when I was abroad in England, recruiters are more active and responsive. They willget you for an interview, put on KIV, or tell you no outright. Sometimes they may even call me up and give constructive criticisms on what to do on my application. I don't any of these on Malaysia LinkedIn.

Malaysia's recruiter or Hiring manager also famous of ghosting their interviewee. Therefore, never take Malaysia recruiter or hiring manager seriously and move on from time to time, lowering our expectation and it would be helpful to us too.

This post has been edited by soules83: Jul 22 2021, 09:35 PM

1) itself would be hard, its like knowing the hiring manager personally

Linkedin is not bad for normal, you can get the ping from headhunter for the job opening