I used to pay for LinkedIn Premium and apply to jobs that went nowhere. Now I use free job boards that send you straight to the company. One of them connects to Claude, so Claude can search it for you and match jobs to your résumé. Here are my ratings, the setup and my two prompts.
These are my opinions from my own search.
Find remote [your role] jobs posted this week and tell me which ones fit my résumé. My résumé is attached. Use the Himalayas connector. For each job that fits, give me: - the job title and company - the salary, if the listing gives one - the link to apply on the company's site - two lines on why it fits my résumé - anything the listing asks for that my résumé doesn't show Leave out anything posted more than 7 days ago. Only list jobs the connector returns. If nothing fits, tell me that.
Want it on autopilot? Make it a daily scheduled task. Scheduled tasks come with the paid Claude plans (Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise). In Cowork, click Scheduled in the left sidebar, then New task, and set it to run daily. It runs in the cloud, so it still runs when your computer is asleep. Paste your résumé text into the task so Claude has it every day.
Check Himalayas for new [your role] jobs, pick the ones that fit, and draft a tailored résumé for each. My résumé: [paste your résumé text here] Rules: - Only look at jobs posted since the last run. - For each job that fits, give me the job title, the company and the link to apply on the company's site, then the tailored résumé. - Use only experience and skills that are in my résumé. Reword and reorder them to match the listing. Don't add anything I haven't done. - Draft only. Don't apply, send or submit anything. - If nothing new fits today, say so in one line.
Claude drafts the résumés. You check every word, and you hit send.
A ghost job is a listing for a role that doesn't exist or that nobody plans to fill. The Texas Attorney General's office cited studies estimating that ghost jobs make up between one-fifth and one-third of online job postings, and it is investigating LinkedIn over them.
Look for two or more warning signs. The listing is more than 30 days old or keeps getting reposted, it isn't on the company's own careers page, it has no salary, team or hiring manager, or the company announced layoffs or a hiring freeze in the last few months. One sign on its own can be innocent.
Himalayas does. It's free to search and free to apply, and each job links to the company's own application page. I rate it 9.5 out of 10 for job hunting, partly for its free connector to Claude. I give Remote.co, a free remote job board sorted by the kind of work you do, 9 out of 10.
Yes, with the free Himalayas connector. In Claude, open Customize, then Connectors, click +, choose Add custom connector and paste https://mcp.himalayas.app/mcp. You don't need a Himalayas account, and the free Claude plan allows one custom connector. Then attach your résumé and ask Claude to find jobs that fit.
Not for me: I rate LinkedIn 0 out of 10 for job hunting. Premium plans cost up to about $70 a month, and the Texas Attorney General is investigating LinkedIn over ghost jobs. I used to pay for Premium. Now I use free job boards that send you straight to the company.
The warning signs I look for in any listing, and a prompt that has Claude check a job for you before you spend an hour on the application.
One sign on its own can be innocent. Two or more, and I move on.
Here's a job I'm thinking of applying for: [paste the link or the full listing]. Before I apply, check it for signs of a ghost job: 1. Is the same role on the company's own careers page? Give me the link. 2. When was it first posted, and has it been reposted? 3. Does the listing name a salary, a team or a hiring manager? 4. Has the company announced layoffs or a hiring freeze in the last 6 months? Link the source. Then give me a verdict: apply, apply with caution, or skip, with your reasons. If you can't find something, say so. Don't guess.
Each Himalayas job comes with a link to the company's own application page. Apply there. If a job isn't on the company's site at all, treat that as a warning sign.
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