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The marketplace for programmers in 2024 is in a stage of transformation. From one side, some companies limit employment, and even lower the numer of people involved in their IT departments. On the other side other companies crave to find motivated programmers.
In this article you'll learn about 25 places where you can find your dream programming job!
1. LinkedIn Jobs
If it comes to social media platforms, LinkedIn, as a professional platform for companies and employees is a nice place to start your search. You can use filters to narrow down your search criteria. There's also a fast apply feature, so you usually don't have to fill out lengthy forms. It's good to have polished profile before you apply to make a great impression.
2. Glassdoor
Glassdoor is a place where companies are rated, and also where programmers share their payrolls. So it's a nice place to research your career opportunities. Also it offers job listings, where you can find some interesting options. The site attracts some big names in the industry, so you can find some opportunities that aren't available anywhere else.
3. Indeed
Indeed exists for a quite while now. On the portal you'll find job offers in the US, Canada, Europe, and other places in the world. Indeed offers an extensive list of filters to find your programming job. It also offers fast apply track, making the process more convenient.
4. Fiverr
Fiverr usually is associated with low paid gigs. However, it changed. During last years it attracts more and more professionals. You can post your offer or respond to custom orders from clients. Sometimes finishing a small task for a company ends up as a full-time opportunity for many years to come.
5. Upwork
Upwork is a popular middle-man between companies and employees. You can create a profile on the service, and when a company will be interested, it can hire you. Compared to other platforms it's nice because you can get some additional recognition. I also know some companies use only Upwork because of the ease of signing a contract.
6. We Work Remotely
We Work Remotely grew on the latest popularity of remote work, offering companies and employees or coding contracts way to find only remote jobs. What I like about We Work Remotely is that it has a clear design. It's easy to navigate between job offers. They can also send you offers to your e-mail inbox.
7. Stepstone
If you're interested in work specifically in a given country you can find for a job board for that one. For example one of the popular platforms in Germany is Stepstone. Usually programming jobs there require the German language knowledge, but not always.
8. Naukri
Another more local platform with programming job offers is Naukri. That one is initially focussed on India job market.
9. Seek
Moving further away from Europe and America, there's a job market popular in Australia, it's called Seek. A lot of job offers there for programmers as well.
10. Freelancer
Some companies decide to work with freelancers. So you don't work full time, but project based. Sometimes projects are small, sometimes take years. Anyways, it's a way of work focused more on independence and creativity. On this portal you can find some interesting job offers for programmers too.
11. ZipRecruiter
I know some people were very successful when using ZipRecruiter to find a programming job. You can search for local job offers, and also remote ones, mostly in UK companies.
12. CarribbeanJobs
Following-up on the list of local market platforms, you can be interested in CarribbeanJobs platform as well. What's interesting about is that you could combine a new job with living in a nice place.
13. People Per Hour
Lately it occurred a lot of companies look for programmers for hours. It's an interesting way of employment where you can usually adjust the work to your life schedule and increase/decrease your involvement depending on your current goals.
15. Monster
Monster is quite a while here, and it attracts a lot of companies, also with IT job offers. So it's always good to check it out regularly for some interesting fit for your career.
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Best wishes in your search!