\n\nIn the last few months, we’ve focused our efforts on several key features designed to help you land the job you love.\n\u003Ch3>1. Better job matches\u003C/h3>\nAbout a year ago, we began a long-term experiment that used our \u003Ca href=\"http://kevinmontrose.com/2015/01/27/providence-machine-learning-at-stack-exchange/\">machine-learning technology\u003C/a> to surface more interesting jobs to our users. This drove a 40% increase in overall applications, which was awesome - it meant that we were making it easier for you to find and apply to jobs you found interesting.\n\nThis experiment taught us that we can help the programmer community by showing relevant jobs without asking anything of the user. But how could we make the experience even better? What about specific criteria that you’re looking for? How could we better empower you in your search for not just a job, but the right job?\n\n\u003Cimg class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://stackoverflow.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/QN2HP.png\" alt=\"match preferences\" />\n\nWe believe that we can serve up even better jobs if we allow you to define your own preferences for important things like tech you’d like to work with, where you’d like to work, and desired compensation. Our matching algorithm uses this information to sort the latest jobs for you, putting the best matches on top.\n\nTo start seeing jobs that match your criteria, just login and visit the “matches” tab.\n\n\u003Cimg class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://stackoverflow.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/9rGr6.png\" alt=\"search jobs on stack overflow\" />\n\u003Ch3>2. Better job listings\u003C/h3>\nLast year, \u003Ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzd_CzYvUxE5U1NSWnA2SFVKX00/view\">we asked you what you care about most when looking for a new job\u003C/a> - and this is how you responded:\n\n\u003Cimg class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://stackoverflow.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/I4L0O.png\" alt=\"new job criteria\" />\n\nWe’re working hard to get more companies to provide this info in their job listings. So far, we’ve focused on tech stack - and today, about 80% of our jobs offer tech stack data. Now we’ve set our sights on compensation. Currently, about 30% of our job listings provide compensation data - but we’re working hard to bring this closer to 100%.\n\u003Ch3>3. No recruiter spam\u003C/h3>\nIf you’re a programmer, \u003Ca href=\"http://jobtipsforgeeks.com/2012/04/12/why-recruiters-suck-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/\">you’ve probably never tweeted this:\u003C/a>\n\n\u003Cimg src=\"http://stackoverflow.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ocgso.png\" alt=\"recruiter spam\" />\n\nBecause chances are high that you’ve received \u003Ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4433031\">a message like this:\u003C/a>\n\u003Cblockquote>My associate forward me your contact info. and the hiring VP of Engineering is interested in your technical background for a senior position.\nThe company I’m working for is very successful, profitable and well funded by several top VCs. Also can you please email me your current resume in word so I can forward it to the hiring VP of Engineering so he can review it, the resume he has is a bit dated...\nThe compensation is excellent with great stock options, bonus, 401k and comprehensive package. I can call you with all the details on the position and company, please let me know the best # to call you at.\u003C/blockquote>\nWe’ve taken a few measures to help ensure that Stack Overflow users only receive personalized, high-quality messages from companies - and of course, only after you’ve given us explicit permission.\n\n\u003Cimg class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://stackoverflow.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Z486L.png\" alt=\"job search status\" />\n\u003Col>\n \t\u003Cli>Our Job Search Status feature gives you full control over who is allowed to talk to you, whether you want to hear from companies right away or not at all.\u003C/li>\n \t\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"http://careers.stackoverflow.com/faq#messageLimit\">We limit the number of outstanding messages that a company can send.\u003C/a> This feature helps us control generic, copy-and-pasted messages to candidates, while encouraging companies to send messages that are relevant to the unique interests and background of each user.\u003C/li>\n \t\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/161345/does-stackoverflow-investigate-employers-before-allowing-them-to-post-to-careers/161403#161403\">We refund company subscriptions when we receive reports about bad behavior\u003C/a>, and all of our job listings are required to disclose a company name. Furthermore, we seek out opportunities to work with \u003Ca href=\"https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/companies?utm_source=so-owned&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=dev-c4al&utm_content=c4al-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">developer-friendly companies\u003C/a> that would be appreciated by the Stack Overflow community.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n\u003Ch2>Okay, but how does this affect Q&A?\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/1Ocuw.png\" />\n\nAs Jason \u003Ca href=\"http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/312452/careers-unificintegration-jobs-on-stack-overflow\">neatly summed up:\u003C/a>\n\u003Cblockquote>That ^ is about the extent of the changes to existing Stack Overflow. There's nothing else changing about Q&A. We aren't going to put jobs that look like questions in the middle of a question list, or jobs that look like answers in the middle of the answers for a question, or any other dark pattern garbage. The Jobs tab will be there for you should you need it, and otherwise Stack Overflow is essentially as it was.\u003C/blockquote>\nWe also won’t start hassling you about things that aren’t relevant to your interests. That means we’ll only push relevant Jobs content to users who’ve indicated to us that they’re interested in looking for a job. For everyone else, it’s there when you need it.\n\u003Ch2>Stack Overflow Jobs is now live\u003C/h2>\nEach of us has a different dream job. Some of us want to work quietly from home; others want to build products in offices filled with colleagues and free perks. Some of us want to make more money, while others want to push the first line of code on a product that will eventually be used by millions. 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