The Random Recruiter
@randomrecruiter.bsky.social
Headhunter w/ a decade of recruiting experience. The intersection of recruiting, hiring, job search, and careers.
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I'm not sure if this is the "best" resume template, but it's helped me place almost 1k tech workers since 2014.
Simple, boring format.
Easy to skim, scan, and read. No bells and whistles.
That's all you need.
Simple, boring format.
Easy to skim, scan, and read. No bells and whistles.
That's all you need.
What your european colleagues are doing when you try following up with them on a critical project due last week
July 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
What your european colleagues are doing when you try following up with them on a critical project due last week
ChatGPT hit 2.5 billion daily prompts.
Translation: Millions of corporate employees figured out they can coast by letting AI write their reports, emails, and PowerPoints.
Translation: Millions of corporate employees figured out they can coast by letting AI write their reports, emails, and PowerPoints.
July 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
ChatGPT hit 2.5 billion daily prompts.
Translation: Millions of corporate employees figured out they can coast by letting AI write their reports, emails, and PowerPoints.
Translation: Millions of corporate employees figured out they can coast by letting AI write their reports, emails, and PowerPoints.
“Hey man it’s been a while what have you been up to these days?”
July 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“Hey man it’s been a while what have you been up to these days?”
The AI talent market is on fire.
Even mid-market and non-tech companies are moving like it’s 2021.
Faster hiring. Bigger offers. Fewer hard lines in negotiation.
Even mid-market and non-tech companies are moving like it’s 2021.
Faster hiring. Bigger offers. Fewer hard lines in negotiation.
July 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The AI talent market is on fire.
Even mid-market and non-tech companies are moving like it’s 2021.
Faster hiring. Bigger offers. Fewer hard lines in negotiation.
Even mid-market and non-tech companies are moving like it’s 2021.
Faster hiring. Bigger offers. Fewer hard lines in negotiation.
Software Engineers (TC: $450k) after they only received a 15% bonus last year
July 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Software Engineers (TC: $450k) after they only received a 15% bonus last year
The RCMP warns North Korean IT workers are posing as freelancers to infiltrate companies.
Hiring them is illegal and risks malware, data theft, and funding weapons programs.
Watch for crypto payments, fake IDs, deepfakes, and too-good-to-be-true rates. Vet freelancers carefully.
Hiring them is illegal and risks malware, data theft, and funding weapons programs.
Watch for crypto payments, fake IDs, deepfakes, and too-good-to-be-true rates. Vet freelancers carefully.
July 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The RCMP warns North Korean IT workers are posing as freelancers to infiltrate companies.
Hiring them is illegal and risks malware, data theft, and funding weapons programs.
Watch for crypto payments, fake IDs, deepfakes, and too-good-to-be-true rates. Vet freelancers carefully.
Hiring them is illegal and risks malware, data theft, and funding weapons programs.
Watch for crypto payments, fake IDs, deepfakes, and too-good-to-be-true rates. Vet freelancers carefully.
Catching your work rival slipping at the company sponsored happy hour
July 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Catching your work rival slipping at the company sponsored happy hour
5 rules for entry-level professionals:
1. Make your boss look good
2. Write and speak clearly
3. Build a reputation for reliability
4. Chase results, not credit
5. Network quietly inside and outside your company
Do these and you won’t stay entry-level for long.
1. Make your boss look good
2. Write and speak clearly
3. Build a reputation for reliability
4. Chase results, not credit
5. Network quietly inside and outside your company
Do these and you won’t stay entry-level for long.
July 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
5 rules for entry-level professionals:
1. Make your boss look good
2. Write and speak clearly
3. Build a reputation for reliability
4. Chase results, not credit
5. Network quietly inside and outside your company
Do these and you won’t stay entry-level for long.
1. Make your boss look good
2. Write and speak clearly
3. Build a reputation for reliability
4. Chase results, not credit
5. Network quietly inside and outside your company
Do these and you won’t stay entry-level for long.
Corporate Executives after they shill you a 2% raise while giving themselves a $20M bonus
July 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Corporate Executives after they shill you a 2% raise while giving themselves a $20M bonus
The best advice I got was a simple question: Why you?
Why should they hire you over the next resume?
Why should they promote you over the person beside you?
Why should they fight to keep you?
If you can’t answer that confidently, it’s time for a hard look in the mirror.
Why should they hire you over the next resume?
Why should they promote you over the person beside you?
Why should they fight to keep you?
If you can’t answer that confidently, it’s time for a hard look in the mirror.
July 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The best advice I got was a simple question: Why you?
Why should they hire you over the next resume?
Why should they promote you over the person beside you?
Why should they fight to keep you?
If you can’t answer that confidently, it’s time for a hard look in the mirror.
Why should they hire you over the next resume?
Why should they promote you over the person beside you?
Why should they fight to keep you?
If you can’t answer that confidently, it’s time for a hard look in the mirror.
When you love your work wife more than your real wife
July 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
When you love your work wife more than your real wife
The worst time to network?
When you’re desperate for a job.
The best time?
A long, long time go.
Build relationships before you need them.
So when the time comes the foundation is already built.
This way you’re not spamming people for referrals out of thin air.
When you’re desperate for a job.
The best time?
A long, long time go.
Build relationships before you need them.
So when the time comes the foundation is already built.
This way you’re not spamming people for referrals out of thin air.
July 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The worst time to network?
When you’re desperate for a job.
The best time?
A long, long time go.
Build relationships before you need them.
So when the time comes the foundation is already built.
This way you’re not spamming people for referrals out of thin air.
When you’re desperate for a job.
The best time?
A long, long time go.
Build relationships before you need them.
So when the time comes the foundation is already built.
This way you’re not spamming people for referrals out of thin air.
HR after they see you applied to other jobs on your work laptop
July 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
HR after they see you applied to other jobs on your work laptop
Bringing flowers ❌
Discussing your fiscal year strategy ✅
Discussing your fiscal year strategy ✅
July 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Bringing flowers ❌
Discussing your fiscal year strategy ✅
Discussing your fiscal year strategy ✅
The US just sanctioned individuals and companies for helping North Koreans pose as American tech workers.
Here’s how the scheme worked:
• North Koreans stole US identities
• Got hired remotely by US companies
• Funneled money back to Kim Jong Un’s regime
• Planted malware in some networks
Here’s how the scheme worked:
• North Koreans stole US identities
• Got hired remotely by US companies
• Funneled money back to Kim Jong Un’s regime
• Planted malware in some networks
July 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The US just sanctioned individuals and companies for helping North Koreans pose as American tech workers.
Here’s how the scheme worked:
• North Koreans stole US identities
• Got hired remotely by US companies
• Funneled money back to Kim Jong Un’s regime
• Planted malware in some networks
Here’s how the scheme worked:
• North Koreans stole US identities
• Got hired remotely by US companies
• Funneled money back to Kim Jong Un’s regime
• Planted malware in some networks
Thrilled to announce after years of my hard work, my manager bought a new Porsche today!
July 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Thrilled to announce after years of my hard work, my manager bought a new Porsche today!
The tech job market is still in a weird spot.
AI and cybersecurity roles are growing fast.
At the same time layoffs continue across the board.
Here is what you need to know:
AI and cybersecurity roles are growing fast.
At the same time layoffs continue across the board.
Here is what you need to know:
July 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The tech job market is still in a weird spot.
AI and cybersecurity roles are growing fast.
At the same time layoffs continue across the board.
Here is what you need to know:
AI and cybersecurity roles are growing fast.
At the same time layoffs continue across the board.
Here is what you need to know:
We had a few qualification calls with hiring managers today.
Here’s what they don’t want to see:
1. Frequent job hopping with no clear reasoning
2. Big gaps in work history you can’t explain
Take that for what it is.
Here’s what they don’t want to see:
1. Frequent job hopping with no clear reasoning
2. Big gaps in work history you can’t explain
Take that for what it is.
July 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
We had a few qualification calls with hiring managers today.
Here’s what they don’t want to see:
1. Frequent job hopping with no clear reasoning
2. Big gaps in work history you can’t explain
Take that for what it is.
Here’s what they don’t want to see:
1. Frequent job hopping with no clear reasoning
2. Big gaps in work history you can’t explain
Take that for what it is.
When corporate announces they’re throwing a pizza party in the break room
July 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
When corporate announces they’re throwing a pizza party in the break room
How your email found me
July 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
How your email found me
Most resumes aren’t broken. They’re invisible.
Recruiters scan in 6 seconds. If your bullets read like job descriptions, you’re done.
Fix it with storytelling:
Action + Context + Result = Impact.
Stop listing duties. Start showing why you matter.
Recruiters scan in 6 seconds. If your bullets read like job descriptions, you’re done.
Fix it with storytelling:
Action + Context + Result = Impact.
Stop listing duties. Start showing why you matter.
July 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Most resumes aren’t broken. They’re invisible.
Recruiters scan in 6 seconds. If your bullets read like job descriptions, you’re done.
Fix it with storytelling:
Action + Context + Result = Impact.
Stop listing duties. Start showing why you matter.
Recruiters scan in 6 seconds. If your bullets read like job descriptions, you’re done.
Fix it with storytelling:
Action + Context + Result = Impact.
Stop listing duties. Start showing why you matter.
Manifesting a 3% merit increase while the CEO announces his $40M bonus
July 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Manifesting a 3% merit increase while the CEO announces his $40M bonus
How the “reject” button looks at me when I’m reviewing a resume in the ATS
July 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
How the “reject” button looks at me when I’m reviewing a resume in the ATS
“He’s not a sales rep. He’s a Senior Enterprise Account Executive!”
July 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“He’s not a sales rep. He’s a Senior Enterprise Account Executive!”
When the recruiter is using control+f to see how many buzzwords you have in your resume
July 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
When the recruiter is using control+f to see how many buzzwords you have in your resume