Questions tagged [legacy-stack-overflow-jobs]
This tag is NOT for questions about the new Jobs product introduced in 2024. For questions and issues concerning the former Jobs tab on the main Stack Overflow site, which was fully removed in 2022.
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Allow resizing the cover letter textarea [duplicate]
So per Stack Overflow Jobs' glossary, introduce yourself is a cover letter. I use Word to write my cover letter, and I like to review my letter one last time before submission. However, the field is ...
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"Check out these companies" sidebar is broken
I noticed that the recently added Check out these companies sidebar is broken.
Many times it lists a company and says that it has 1 or 2 open positions, and when you click to go to the company page ...
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Missing out on relevant Job Recommendations because of "Jobs Near Me"
There have been multiple older threads around the issue but none have
a solution - eg 1,
2, 3
I am currently exploring opportunities and have specified a few locations in my Job Preferences. Despite ...
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Replying via email to recruiter SO message does not work [closed]
Yesterday I applied to a job on StackOverflow and then today received an email saying:
[Company name] has sent you a reply:
[...]
You can respond to [Company name] by replying to this email or ...
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Why isn't there a contract-to-hire option for job postings? [closed]
Long story short, I spent about 6 hours interviewing for a company between tech interviews and interviews with the team and the executive staff and it was a waste of time for everyone involved.
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JPMorgan Chase jobs wrongly geolocated
If you search for JPMorgan Chase software jobs in Toronto, you get results on Stack Overflow Jobs. However, if you click through, all of these jobs are actually in Singapore but are being incorrectly ...
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Why is the Posted Date on Jobs completely made up?
There's a particular job I've been seeing in my feed for the past few months, when I saw it I gave it a reaction.
The last few times I've seen it (over the last few months), it's always said a date in ...
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How did I apply to a job 146 weeks ago which was posted 14 days ago?
This job was posted 14 days ago, but I applied 146 weeks ago.
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Stack Overflow jobs - can't reapply - Internal Server Error
When I'm trying to reapply to the job I applied 102 days ago for testing purposes, but this time with my normal resume, I am getting an error:
Oops! Something Bad Happened! We apologize for any ...
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Phishing email using Stack Overflow Jobs redirects to a Netflix phishing site
Today I have received a phishing email impersonating Netflix. When inspecting the email I have noticed the email used Stack Overflow Jobs URL redirects to hide the real URL of the phishing site.
You ...
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New Features on Stack Overflow Jobs: Company Updates, Follow, and Ads
Today, August 31, we released three new features on Stack Overflow Jobs that make it easier to connect with your favorite companies.
Company Updates & Follow
We updated Company Pages by ...
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Jobs that I already applied for should be removed from the list or at least marked
I applied for a job that is still showing on the Jobs ad list, which is really annoying and confusing at the same time. What I suggest is one of the following:
if a user applied for a job it should ...
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Viewstate is lost after applying for a job
Suppose I apply a few filters on Stack Overflow jobs, search job postings and then apply for particular job using Easy Apply.
After this, I am redirected to the home page I guess, and all the filters ...
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Message after applying for a job is still too bright
The message after applying for a job is too bright
It is basically a duplicate of the question above. The popup survey is still too bright in dark mode.
I am using dark mode on macOS v10.15.6 (...
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What is "Great engineering culture" for an SO Jobs listing?
One of the filtering options offered by Stack Overflow Jobs is "Great engineering culture". It's listed under the "Perks" dropdown:
It sounds nice, but what does it actually mean? ...
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