Indeed – Some More Job Searching
[man, I'm glad the folks at work don't really get this whole blogging thing yet or these topics would get quite awkward]
I mentioned SimplyHired in a post last week. Still have those feeds rolling in. Received a comment to that article suggesting a I have a look at Indeed.com as well. As I’m a slave to the comments, I had to at least look, right?
The first view presented is a very simple, almost “google’ish” search screen. Enter “what” and “where” and you’re off and searching. I never know quite what to search on, but I threw a few generic terms in and had a look. Very impressive list returned. Oh, and be sure to check out preferences from that search page to set some basic parameters (stored as a cookie) to help tune searches a bit.
Advanced Search offers some more useful filtering options. Now I can easily filter out all of those SAP jobs that seem to be so popular in the Denver area, for instance. Sheesh. Or maybe that’s a hint that I should get better acquainted with that scene? Thoughts to ponder another day, I reckon.
Where do all the jobs come from? From the FAQ:
Indeed searches jobs listed on job boards, newspaper sites and niche sites. Indeed dynamically monitors job listings on these websites on a continuous basis, so in one simple search you can find the very latest jobs listed on every site.
Comparing Indeed to SimplyHired is interesting. They clearly have some different sources of jobs — and both provide a lot of value. Both offer RSS feeds which is just a forehead slapper as it seems so obvious in hindsight. Also, both offer great “Browse” options which can really aid in getting a search going. Frankly, I don’t know that I could see one is any better than the other. Think I’ll try and, as much as possible, get equivalent feeds going from them and try and get a feel for things after comparing the results for a few days.
Don’t hurt to be aware of what’s out there, right?
Analytics and Job Searching
How odd. Google Analytics appears to have reset itself a few hours ago. Earlier today I had checked and was pleased (and surprised) to see that yesterday had been my biggest day ever. Didn’t look into too much, but surmising maybe the google post? Moot point though, I went back just now to check out where the volume was going and see that suddenly I no longer have a full day’s worth of data for yesterday. Now it is only current up to 6pm yesterday. hmmph. Ah well, not like I pay anything for it…
Tripped over an interesting job searching site today called SimplyHired. This thing is pretty slick as it combines a bunch of the major job sites and corporate sites all into one place. Searching is pretty easy to work with and I discovered some little tricks too!
If you want to get a good search going, use the “browse” feature. However, I live in a tiny little suburb near a large town. If I started the browse with my little city, I couldn’t drill into the categories I wanted. So, I plugged in the large town, set my industry and categories. On the results page, I changed the radius to 50 miles and then, in the url field, typed in my city name instead of the larger city’s name. Presto, a custom search for what I want within 50 miles of home.
Killer feature: RSS Feeds! Omg, ’nuff said.
Is it the full deal? Nah. You won’t be storing a resume here, for instance. But to keep an eye on the market it is pretty sweet.
[dear co-workers reading this: relax, I wasn't out looking for jobs. I still love y'all too much. kinda. Thanks bye]
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