Especially if you are applying US job ..LinkedIn most important

If you have the skill and experience, companies and head hunters will contact you for offers. No need to hunt for job.

LinkedIn main purpose is not on the job application page, but more for you to connect with people that are hiring. The job application page have low success rate but I have gotten multiple jobs from the connections I've made on the site.

Recruiters and hiring managers will post the hiring positions there and you reach out to them directly. When your profile is good, the hiring managers and recruiters will reach out to you directly via LinkedIn message.

A proper profile picture with good description on your job is important. Highlight impact, not job scope.

Bad example:
1. My role in XXX company is to write software for XXX client
2. Manage client relationships
3. Developed XXX tool

Good example:
1. Developed software for XXX client which generated XXX revenue in 2022, growing business revenue by x%.
2. Managed and grew client size from 5 to 10 in a year, increasing/defending sales by X%.
3. Developed XXX tool and successfully roll out to XXX teams, enabling cost saving by X%/saving X manual labour hours a year.

All these numbers can be ballpark, as long as it's not too far off from reality. Just don't make up fake stuff then you will be getting better responses.

Example of words you should use in your cv: https://hwpi.harvard.edu/files/ocs/files/he...etter-guide.pdf

Another piece of advice is spam apply whichever job you think it’s worth trying, don’t have to hesitate and pick only those you are comfortable with.

Salary wise you can always filter when they give you the first call.

Have a range in your mind, on the first call ask for their budget range to filter. Don’t filter yourself out first from the job post itself. You’re supposed to build a huge upper funnel and filter when they reach out, let the recruiter filter you from their pile first, it’s their job. If you filter yourself out then you’ll be missing out on opportunities.

If you’re building your profile correctly, LinkedIn is the place where employer look for you, not you look for employer. Jobstreet on the other hand is where employee look for employer.

Most MNC in LinkedIn and SME in Jobstreet too.

97% of my job offers, interviews comes from Indeed, Jobstreet, MyFuturejobs and other job portals.

I applied tons of jobs thru Linkedin and not a single company called me to invite for interview.

In certain situation, there's 1 company that advertise vacancy in Linkedin and Jobstreet. The recruiter called me and mentioned they received my resume from Jobstreet.

So I have no idea how Linkedin works so that's why I deleted the account. I didn't get the benefit of using the platform