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Ask HN: How can I monitor job openings?

1 points by bovem 4y ago

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.

peteatphylum 4y ago
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 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.
- theGeatZhopa 4y ago
  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.
- bovem 4y ago
  Yeah, I am thinking about doing this. Some projects that gave me inspiration: - https://pypi.org/project/linkedin-jobs-scraper/ https://pypi.org/project/linkedin-jobs-scraper/ - https://github.com/nicolomantini/LinkedIn-Easy-Apply-Bot 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.
skbly7 4y ago
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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Ask HN: How can I monitor job openings?

1 points by bovem 4y ago

peteatphylum 4y ago
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 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.
- theGeatZhopa 4y ago
  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.
- bovem 4y ago
  Yeah, I am thinking about doing this. Some projects that gave me inspiration: - https://pypi.org/project/linkedin-jobs-scraper/ https://pypi.org/project/linkedin-jobs-scraper/ - https://github.com/nicolomantini/LinkedIn-Easy-Apply-Bot 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.
skbly7 4y ago
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.