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Job Seekers Split Between Generalist and Niche Job Boards

The post poses an open question to job seekers about whether they prefer using large generalist platforms (Indeed, LinkedIn) or smaller niche, industry-specific job boards to find work, highlighting fragmentation and uncertain discoverability in the job-search market.

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