Ask HN: How can I monitor job openings?

Posted by bovem on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @02:28AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Is there a way to monitor job openings other than following the LinkedIn Page of the interested companies/checking job portals periodically/signing up for emails?

I want to know if there is any dashboard/table type solution/service that could be reviewed once in a while for job openings in a particular location.

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Re:Ask HN: How can I monitor job openings? by skbly7 on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @02:39AM (#32833970)

You can use smart search queries specially for the title/keywords/companies you are interested in.

A sample search will look like this:

- `"python" "engineer" "infrastructure" site:jobs.lever.co`

- `"python" "engineer" "infrastructure" site:boards.greenhouse.io`

(and in the search tools, limit the results to Past week, etc)

Obviously it can only track companies who use tools like lever, greenhouse, etc.

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Re:Ask HN: How can I monitor job openings? by peteatphylum on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @02:37AM (#32833957)

This is a terrific project. Write a scraper to do this!

I suggest this having read another comment of yours (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31763001) Scrapers are fun projects and there are tons of resources online to assist.

A project like this is a great thing to discuss in an interview as well.

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Re:Ask HN: How can I monitor job openings? by bovem on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @03:16AM (#32834194)

Yeah, I am thinking about doing this.

Some projects that gave me inspiration: - https://pypi.org/project/linkedin-jobs-scraper/ - https://github.com/nicolomantini/LinkedIn-Easy-Apply-Bot

I was thinking to contribute to existing ones to add a database/dashboard option through Google Sheets or something else.

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Re:Ask HN: How can I monitor job openings? by theGeatZhopa on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @03:08AM (#32834141)

I support this strongly. Given that a Software engineer should be able to understand code / write code.. it's a nobrainer to go the scrapping way. Even me, with absolutely no CS background (never studied, but it's my digital life) started to learn python out of fun and also did some scrapping because I'm to lazy in some terms.. Scrap your info.

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