[Porsche-O-Phile]

Has anyone on here actually done any hiring (or gotten a job) as a result of posting on this site? I'm considering a change in my career (and life) direction and want to start sending out some feelers in new areas without having my personal information mined and scattered to god-knows-where. I'm also leery of sites like Indeed or Beyond, and I flat-out refuse to use LinkedIn (or Facebook or MySpace or any of that social/quasi-social nonsense). I've used CL in the past - some legit stuff but a lot of worthless "headhunter" stuff and people trolling for low bids ("include salary requirements" ads automatically get ignored and there are an awful lot if them, but I digress...)

I like my current position (developer) and it pays okay but I'm just not very challenged here and think I'm kind of "maxed out" in terms of my opportunity. I've also been through a lot of changes in my personal life recently and have been thinking pretty hard about a new direction and a new adventure - this one completely on my own terms... More on that later maybe but suffice to say I've given a lot of thought to a new adventure. I have my eye on a couple of places in particular (longer-term business opportunities and quality of life in mind...)

Anyway, what site(s) can I use without feeling like I'm just going to be sticking a "steal my info" or "profile me" billboard on myself? I go through a lot of pains to protect myself from Internet profiling and to protect my personal privacy. I don't feel entirely comfortable just handing documents like resumes, cover letters, salary info, etc. to some site where they can be scanned for keywords and a profile of me assembled for no-good-purpose. But by the same token, I want results.

Any advice?