[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":357},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-44433386":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":39,"post_text":43,"what":44,"said":76,"maker_in_thread":163,"shape":174,"grid":179,"attempts":318,"same_week":319,"maker_shows":42,"maker_hidden":349,"reader_version":350,"card":351},"44433386","Jobs by Referral","Find jobs in your LinkedIn network","title","Show HN: Jobs by Referral: Find jobs in your LinkedIn network","https:\u002F\u002Fjobsbyreferral.com\u002F","jobsbyreferral.com","nicksergeant",1751374026,2025,174,64,397,3837,11,"notable","web_saas","job search","web_app",[24,25,21,26],"job referral","linkedin network","referrals","mixed",-0.207,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},2,7,0,8,17,{"idea":36,"privacy":38},{"positive":30,"critical":37},4,{"positive":32,"critical":37},[40,41,32,41,32,32,32,32,42,32,32,32,41,40,32,32,32,41,42,41,32,32,40,32,40,40,41,32,32,32,32,32,40,32,40,32,32,32,32,41],1,3,5,"I have some friends who were laid off and are on the job hunt. We were all quite surprised to learn that LinkedIn does not have a \"view jobs only at companies where I have connections\", so I built https:\u002F\u002Fjobsbyreferral.com\u002F\n\nIt's powered by https:\u002F\u002Frapidapi.com\u002Fletscrape-6bRBa3QguO5\u002Fapi\u002Fjsearch, which is a little pricey, so I'm trying to decide whether to put more effort into the project (I'd have to charge _something_ to offset the costs).",{"problem":45,"audience":51,"pricing":55,"motivation":59,"time_to_build":63,"stack":69,"openness":74,"stage":75,"team_size":74},{"value":46,"source":47,"evidence":48},"LinkedIn cannot filter jobs to companies where you have connections","maker",[49],{"id":50},"post",{"value":52,"source":47,"evidence":53},"Job seekers, including friends of the maker who were laid off",[54],{"id":50},{"value":56,"source":47,"evidence":57},"Maker considering charging to offset API costs; not decided",[58],{"id":50},{"value":60,"source":47,"evidence":61},"Friends laid off; LinkedIn lacks a filter for connected companies",[62],{"id":50},{"value":64,"source":47,"evidence":65},"About 2 hours",[66],{"id":67,"by":11,"text":68},"44434925","This is exactly where I think we're heading as well. This project took about 2 hours.",[70],{"value":71,"source":47,"evidence":72},"JSearch API via RapidAPI",[73],{"id":50},"unknown","launched",{"praise":77,"objections":90,"requests":128,"questions":136,"alternatives":143},[78],{"value":79,"source":80,"evidence":81},"Useful feature LinkedIn should have built","commenter",[82,86],{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},"44434569","hackernewds","Perfect feature that LinkedIn should've developed themselves. Thank you for this!",{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},"44436377","orliesaurus","Remember Blind? This is like Blind+++",[91,110,121],{"value":92,"source":80,"evidence":93},"Privacy concerns about uploading LinkedIn connection data to a third party",[94,98,102,106],{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},"44435077","98codes","Primarily because LinkedIn has to bother with complying with their privacy policies and other T&Cs, and your site has none of that. Why should I take all of my data and give it…",{"id":99,"by":100,"text":101},"44435100","thih9","> But someone can build it in a few hours, even if they're not super good at this stuff. Note that the end result is not the same as what LinkedIn would have built. Perhaps in…",{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"44436119","bsoles","I've read the instructions steps as: 1. Download your entire LinkedIn data. 2. Give us your entire LinkedIn data. The \"larger\" data they are asking for includes \"... connections,…",{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"44435194","toyg","The feature is interesting and I'm sure you're in good faith, but you're effectively doing LinkedIn-scraping, just outsourced to your users. Why not use the official API? (The…",{"value":111,"source":80,"evidence":112},"LinkedIn already has an 'In your network' filter",[113,117],{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"44434471","gergely","But it is there: If you search for jobs and expose \"All filters\" there is a filter called \"In your network\" which filters down exactly to this.",{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"44446557","floutist44","This feature already exists and has existed for many years. In the new “AI search” they are testing, just type “in my network” at the end of your search query or something…",{"value":122,"source":80,"evidence":123},"GDPR implications for EU users",[124,125],{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},{"id":126,"by":108,"text":127},"44435646","> Assuming they don't have an EU presence of some sort, EU law doesn't apply to them. That's not correct. If they handle EU people's data, they are responsible for it and can…",[129],{"value":130,"source":80,"evidence":131},"Let users indicate how they know a connection",[132],{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},"44434979","Fuzzy1000","The next best thing would be to have an overlay that allows you to pinpoint where and how you made a connection",[137],{"value":138,"source":80,"evidence":139},"What happens to uploaded personal data and is there a privacy policy",[140],{"id":141,"by":100,"text":142},"44435155","What happens with the personal data that gets uploaded? Is the payload stored or used for any other purposes? 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Edit: seems like this is only the \"Classic Search\", and presumably may disappear once \"AI search\" is no longer optional?",{"id":172,"text":173},"44435867","Hi! 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