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I automated applying for jobs a few years back. I wrote a scraper and a classifier that took a look at each job posting, determined if it required skills for t
by maxk42 9y ago
I automated applying for jobs a few years back. I wrote a scraper and a classifier that took a look at each job posting, determined if it required skills for technologies I wasn't familiar with, and if not, and it was also a strong enough candidate for requiring skills I'm strong with, it would send one of several appropriate resumes depending on which sort of job it was.
- j2bax 9y agoI would imagine you've accounted for this, but I'd highly suggest not applying for multiple jobs within the same company, with tweaked resumes/cover letters. I've seen a few of those and they always turn me off. When I'm sifting through dozens of resumes, I really don't want to feel like someone is roboblasting all of our open positions.
- kerbalspacepro 9y agoWhile I agree with this sentiment, I find it ironic I have no concern from my companies perspective where we will roboblast customers.
- mxuribe 9y agoThere's a fine line here...If i was a potential employer, and somehow figured out that you were blasting my company's career/job site, i would actually want to consider you speaking with you about the job. This is because I value resourcefulness, and also because - as part of the job interview - i would like to hear how you made the script; less the tech (though that's important) but more so the algorithm, your thinking on the script creation process, etc. However, if somehow you were to tell me that you did not develop the script, and merely used someone's else's script, than that would turn me off a bit. I would still applaud you for being resourceful, but you'd get way more points in my mind for creating your own. ;-)
- maxk42 9y agoI should've been more specific: It was applying to contract work on my behalf. I basically built myself a sales team that's happy to work for free.