Job Search

After more than 1,400 profile-to-job comparisons, here's what I learned about getting found on LinkedIn for the right jobs, and what to fix first.

I audited my entire six and a half month job search.

See whether recruiters can find your LinkedIn profile in search, and what to rewrite so it reads like a person.

Six months of inbound job leads came from LinkedIn posts I didn't write from scratch. Here's the skill file that captures my voice, the process to build your own, and the exact skill to copy or download.

Four strange things started happening to my posts this summer. So I went digging through what LinkedIn has actually published about its feed. There was no summer update. There was an eighteen-month rebuild nobody announced.

LinkedIn Recruiter now mixes filters, Boolean, and AI search. What that means for getting found, what LinkedIn documents, and what nobody actually knows.

Search appearances go up and down, but the number alone tells you nothing. What LinkedIn actually measures, and how to check whether you're findable for the right roles.

There is no universal list of best LinkedIn keywords. How to pull the words that matter from the jobs you actually want, and where they belong on your profile.

Six and a half months of running my own job search like an instrumented funnel: 148 applications vs. 70 inbound leads, why findability beats volume, and every tool and write-up I've published, in priority order.

Two upgrades to my automated job search system after months of daily runs: a relay of scheduled tasks that finishes the long jobs, and a loop that keeps the system's own instructions current. The original system still works. This makes it better.

It's not you. In 2022, a remote marketing director had roughly 1,200 open roles with ~290 applicants each. Today: 389 roles, ~1,100 applicants each. About 92% of your odds are simply gone. Here's the data, and what I'd do about it.

A free Claude skill that turns AI into a real interview coach. It asks the hardest questions your actual interviewer would ask, in their voice, then catches the delivery habits draining your answers, one pattern at a time. Copy it below.

Six months, 70 recruiters and hiring managers reaching out first, starting from 3,500 followers. What the data says works, what doesn't, and why the KPI matters more than the tactics.

I spend maybe an hour a week looking for jobs and still see more of what's actually open than people who scroll their feed every day. The Boolean search strings, the right ATS platforms to target, and the automated company-list sweep I use.

I tracked 172 of my own LinkedIn posts during a job search. The hooks, cadence, and post types that drive profile views from people who hire, and the one metric that lies.

A Claude-run system that watches your target companies and scores every new role against your fit. Guide plus a printable PDF.

Seven moves that make recruiters actually find you. Pairs with JobSearchDx.