By Globe and Mail
Gone are the days when a resume and a fistful of newspaper classified ads were all one needed to land a new job. Today, technology has both complicated and simplified job searches.
The latest development is applications: Dozens of smart-phone apps are giving enterprising applicants a leg up.
Here’s a sampling:
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Android’s HireADroid app aggregates listings from multiple job search sites. It also allows you to save them to your favourites or to send an e-mail from within the app. It’s free.
JobCompass, for Android and iPhone, allows you to enter your location and preferred job type, and not only provides listings, it plots them on a map. It, too, is free.
On BlackBerry, the free Beyond.com app allows users to search thousands of jobs across more than 25 industries by sorting by location and keyword. The app can also review detailed job descriptions, save jobs to a list of favourites and share jobs with friends. It’s available in the BlackBerry App Store along with Beyond’s collection of industry-specific search tools, including AdministrativeJobs.com, FinancialJobBank.com and CanadianJobForce.com.
There’s a version available for Windows Phone 7, too. You’ll find it in Microsoft’s Marketplace as BeyondJobs.
If Monster.com is part of your job searching regimen, well, there's an app for that. The Monster app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad lets job seekers search and apply for positions from their Monster account and keep track of the latest postings. Monster says in its first five months of release, the iPhone app alone was used for 1.5 million job searches and that users applied for more than 200,000 of those jobs. The app is free in Apple’s App Store.
CareerBuilder.com also offers a free app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It's available on iTunes in eight languages, and with the help of geo-location technology, it finds positions in the applicant's vicinity.
Gone are the days when a resume and a fistful of newspaper classified ads were all one needed to land a new job. Today, technology has both complicated and simplified job searches.
The latest development is applications: Dozens of smart-phone apps are giving enterprising applicants a leg up.
Here’s a sampling:
More stories from Your Business
•Your salary, published on the Web
•Do credit checks really prove your job-worthiness?
•Mess with my desk, but not my cheque
Android’s HireADroid app aggregates listings from multiple job search sites. It also allows you to save them to your favourites or to send an e-mail from within the app. It’s free.
JobCompass, for Android and iPhone, allows you to enter your location and preferred job type, and not only provides listings, it plots them on a map. It, too, is free.
On BlackBerry, the free Beyond.com app allows users to search thousands of jobs across more than 25 industries by sorting by location and keyword. The app can also review detailed job descriptions, save jobs to a list of favourites and share jobs with friends. It’s available in the BlackBerry App Store along with Beyond’s collection of industry-specific search tools, including AdministrativeJobs.com, FinancialJobBank.com and CanadianJobForce.com.
There’s a version available for Windows Phone 7, too. You’ll find it in Microsoft’s Marketplace as BeyondJobs.
If Monster.com is part of your job searching regimen, well, there's an app for that. The Monster app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad lets job seekers search and apply for positions from their Monster account and keep track of the latest postings. Monster says in its first five months of release, the iPhone app alone was used for 1.5 million job searches and that users applied for more than 200,000 of those jobs. The app is free in Apple’s App Store.
CareerBuilder.com also offers a free app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It's available on iTunes in eight languages, and with the help of geo-location technology, it finds positions in the applicant's vicinity.
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