Re-Ask HN: HN hiring threads became crowded, dumb job boards. Alternatives?

[zerr]

HN hiring threads are not so personal anymore. Full of resume black holes.

Getting noticed is like a gambling, lottery... due to massive applications I guess.

It just got like a yet another dumb job board (Craigslist, Dice, Monster, lately Stackoverflow).

So are there any alternatives or maybe some ways to fix this on HN?

Thanks.

[andys627]

I've had some success on the who's hiring thread by 1) showing off what I've done on a personal website, dribble, github, whatever. And 2) taking 5 minutes to poke around the employer's site and explain how your skills/interests/personal experiences are at all relevant.

[27182818284]

Although it doesn't change the substance, http://hnhiring.me/ changes the view to make it much easier to search and sort through the jobs.

Changing the substance of a job board is, at least in my mind, non-trivial. Hiring and finding work have always been difficult problems and the Internet is just taking a new stab at it with things like LinkedIN (horrible) indeed.com(OK not a terrible job search engine), Monster (spam) and others.