[dsk139]

I do. I look at your repos and what you contributed to as well. The recruiters who have built a business on high match rates look at any/all info you provide. For example, a recruiting firm I partner with in NYC boasts a 89% offer to job acceptance rate.

For recruiters who are purely matching using LinkedIn recruiter filters a lot of the matching is done with your skills section and the descriptions under each job.

It's helpful to add industries you want to work with and languages/technologies w/ context. e.g. worked as a javascript developer for X company that did Y, a leader in the Z industry. built end-to-end messaging system using javascript and socket.io that had an engagement with 30k users.

This will help you get more relevant matches. Granted you'll get some spam- but there are some quick tricks like asking for e-mails to include certain information on your LinkedIn description so you can easily filter out.

As a software eng. who's getting to see both sides of the market it's always best to get a referral to a really good agency in your location. A good recruiter is worth a lot of time/money especially for such an important decision like where you're going to be spending 1/4~ of your week at.