[Reno89519]

My recent work ended in February, been searching since. It is clear that far too many of the jobs listed on Dice, Indeed, Monster, and LinkedIn are there to collect resumes, keep up appearances, or for phishing, etc. I even exchanged emails with a direct recruiter about jobs on her company's job board and she admitted that many "are 'dummy reqs' to generate a pipeline".

Add to that, 99% of the responses I get are from Indians in India doing the screening.

A month and I have not gotten a single serious interview, no job prospect. Problem is that I am a non-Indian working in IT, a fat old white man.

[No.6]

Over the years you undoubtedly worked with all sorts of decent people, some of whom are still in the field.

Best chance is to ping them for ops or leads. The people blasting ads are mostly phishing, Indians who will never hire us, or wokoids who will never hire us. The people who know you will know the value.

[fuzzylogic]

I hear you. The old-white-man effect is real. I know ‘American’ engineering companies that only have the C-suite in the USA now, everything else is outsourced to India or Mexico.

The only advise I have - target USA staffing companies, let them do the matching work. You’ll probably get something, even if it isn’t your idea of permanent.

[bobcat62]

My LinkedIndia feed is a stream of unemployed Tech recruiters, having trouble paying for food & rent.

The jobs aren’t there. Try again in 2025.

[zeugma]

Problem is that I am a non-Indian working in IT, a fat old white man.

You mean someone who can actually do things other than lie on your resume about your qualifications?