Lately, a lot of posts on LinkedIn have been giving tips on Job listing sites. And one that is ALWAYS mentioned, is FlexJobs.
On the downside, it’s a paid. It costed 75 USD for a year subscription. Just an one time payment. Converting to BR$ it did cost a bit much.
But… It offers a lot, so I decided to tale advantage of what it got.
Networking
It doesn’t really offer much for networking, like LinkedIn. You have more access to the job descriptions. And some information (not much) about the company… After that is up to you to go after what you want to know.
Profile
You can set up your profile with every course, work experience you have. And you don’t have to attain to just one. You can create several resumes, and choose with which one you want to apply for the position. But that, seemed to me not much of a positive point, because…
Job Application
It’s not possible to apply to any position directly from the platform. They have a button for you to apply, but this button just takes you to the Company Website where you can apply directly.
Interaction with the post
Above you can see some of the interactions you can have with the Job post. The Apply Button as I said before. The Save, so you can apply later. You can leave your personal notes (only for you, your notes are not public), and last but not least… You can report the Job if there’s something wrong with this posting. Bellow there are the reasons you can report a job posting:
Webinars
This is one of the coolest features FlexJobs has! They have several Webinars about a variety of subjects touching aspects like Resume Building, Transferable Skills, Remote Working… And in this webinars, in my opinion, are your stronger possibility of networking. Because they are open for comments and you can leave questions that might be answered in the Q&A part of the Webinar. And a lot of people (like myself) use the chat during the webinar to share your LinkedIn, website, what they are looking for. It’s a great connection opportunity.
My conclusions
FlexJobs is a great Job posting site. But knowing what I know now, I would not get the yearly subscription. Maybe 3 months. There are a lot of other sites where you can find several positions, you don’t have to fill out your information because they leave quite clear that they will redirect you to the Company’s website… And they are free. Of course, I will enjoy my best the current subscription attending to webinars and making the best of Networking I can. But other sites are just as good, for example Remotive.
Sincerely remote,
Su
Remotely Su 