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by _fat_santa 1326 days ago
> Online applications are indeed ridiculously long, yet somehow, when a recruiter contacts you from LinkedIn or other method, they do not require any of this info. No formal resume, no references, nothing.

This is one of the reasons I don't fill out job applications anymore. If there is a company I would like to work for I find their recruiters on linkedin and reach out to them. Though my past few jobs have come from either a recruiter messaging me with a position and me messaging them with any open positions they are trying to fill. The last time I filled out a job application I was in college applying to my first tech job.