Compared job boards for 2 weeks and LinkedIn won over Indeed for my field.

I was getting mostly warehouse gigs on Indeed, but LinkedIn actually had management trainee postings from local companies. Any of you see big differences depending on your industry?

3 comments

3 Comments

aaronsullivan1mo ago

Warehouse gigs? LinkedIn has finance analyst roles for me, not labor work.

umar491mo ago

I noticed the same thing in my neighborhood last week. The town gave out free mulch to residents and the line was pretty long, but people were complaining about it being "low class work" or something. Like everyone expects the white collar path to be handed to them without ever having to get their hands dirty. It feels like we've created this weird divide where some jobs are seen as beneath people even though they're necessary. Maybe LinkedIn just shows you what you've been searching for, not what's actually out there.

jamie8041mo ago

Read an article a while back about how some European countries actually have apprenticeship programs for everyone, not just tradespeople. Kids there go through both book learning and hands-on work in school, so nobody grows up thinking certain jobs are beneath them. It really stuck with me because we've gone the opposite way here (pushing everyone toward a 4-year degree like it's the only path). The LinkedIn thing is a good point too, the algorithm is just feeding us what it thinks we want based on our clicks and searches. Kinda makes you wonder how much of this "class divide" is real versus just manufactured by our own little online bubbles.