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Ask The Headhunter®
Personal blog · corcodilos.com/blogcareerbusiness
Ask The Headhunter® is a personal blog at corcodilos.com about career and business. Since 2008, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times, most often “How TheLadders.com scam works”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Nick Corcodilos's job-hunting blog as a source on recruiters, counter-offers, job-hopping and LinkedIn and TheLadders practices, mostly to back up their own points.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- How TheLadders.com scam works2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-05-11
What Hacker News says?
Wow, unanimous 1-star reviews on Yelp. Very impressive: http://www.yelp.com/biz/theladders-new-york-2?sort_by=date_d... Edit: But wait! There's more! http://corcodilos.com/blog/3219/theladders-how-the-scam-work...
Comment linking /blog/3219/theladders-how-the-scam-works-2
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2013)”Submitted Employment in America: WTF is going on? as a story · 159 points
HN discussionLots of people advise job hunters to be skeptical of counter-offers. For example: http://corcodilos.com/blog/7874/should-i-take-a-big-counter-... The job offers you got suggest that your current employer has been happily underpaying you by 50% of your market value. Also, you're comparing a "hard offer of £28k" with " informally agreed to better the £28k offer". Don't turn down the hard offer until you've gotten a re…
Comment linking /blog/7874/should-i-take-a-big-counter-offer
on “Ask HN: How much equity should I ask for?”Submitted How TheLadders.com scam works as a story · 86 points
HN discussionThis article is factually incorrect. If you pay for a Job Seeker Subscription you show up at the top of the list of APPLICANTS for a job, it does not influence the search result rankings when a recruiter is searching LinkedIn. I think some of the confusion is from the way the marketing copy is worded: * "Get special placement as a Featured Applicant" translation: show up at the top of the list of applicants for a jo…
Comment linking /blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/linkedin-pitch-nick.jpg
on “LinkedIn Payola: Selling out employers and job hunters”Submitted Salary history: Just say no as a story · 45 points
HN discussionThe behavior described was either unethical or (more likely) incompetent, either way he sounds like a Bad Actor. > What should my next actions be? Send a cease & desist letter. If he's with an agency, address it the owner & principals. Given how important reputations are in the recruiting business, his boss should be informed. Here's a good read, with ideas for scripting your letter> http://corcodilos.com/blog/317/l…
Comment linking /blog/317/let-the-resume-wars-begin
on “Ask HN: Recruiter Blackmail”Submitted LinkedIn Payola: Selling out employers and job hunters as a story · 39 points
HN discussion> I'm conscious of being labelled a job hopper. A great deal of the employers perception depends on how you frame the conversation and get in front of telling your story. In short-- it's time to get smarter about the jobs and companies you pursue. Here's a solid read on the subject by Nick Corcodilos > http://corcodilos.com/blog/page/2
Comment linking /blog/page/2
on “Ask HN: How can I deal with self-entitlement, job-hopping and boredom?”Submitted HR Causes Talent Shortage as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bait and Switch Job Offers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Big Data, Big Problems for Job Seekers? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Ladders:A Lipstick Pig's Death Rattle as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How much can you afford? as a story · 2 points
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