Job Searching - Why Pull When You Can Pop?

Job Portal searching took a giant leap forward today as WebAlertz released their new site: www.moreJobz.com ñ the most advanced and user-friendly IT job search portal available.

Job searching online has become the method of choice for most IT job seekers due to its speed, availability, and because recruiters now use job sites as a main avenue of advertising. However, it can also become a problem ñ which sites should a job seeker monitor? And how frequently?

This is where job portals come in. They aggregate the jobs posted on the various sites, enabling the job seeker to do all their searching in one place. But generally theyíre still based on pull technology. In other words, the seeker has to keep clicking on Refresh every so often to see if new jobs have been posted. The searches also tend to be unintelligent, with the results displayed in a raw format and with no opportunity to filter the data in a meaningful way.

moreJobz works differently. It has full knowledge of all the job sitesí layouts and so is able to present the relevant details in a meaningful way. Whatís more, salaries and rates are parsed by a set of highly intelligent algorithms to ensure that whether a job ad says ì40k î or ì30-50kî, it will be recognised for the actual rate offered.

It also simplifies the whole process of job seeking, allowing users to receive automated notification, by SMS, Email or pop-up window, whenever a new job matching their criteria appears.

Its predecessor, JobAlertz, was originally developed by the founders of the company for their own use but was soon recognised as a powerful and vital tool for anybody searching for an IT job on the web. Over the last 8 months JobAlertz processed more than 800,000 jobs and sent out over 150,000 job notifications to its users. As a job portal it has been running 24x7 since August 2003.

Alan Potter, Sales and Marketing Director of WebAlertz explains: ìHaving been a jobseeker myself, I know what people are looking for when they use a job search engine. Being able to define a minimum rate or salary and getting accurate results is one of the main reasons that will ensure people use this site again and again.î

Another problem that jobseekers face is multiple reposts. This is where the same job appears time after time. In certain cases this might be acceptable ñ for example, an agency might choose to repost daily to ensure that their job reappears at the top of the list, but WebAlertzís software has detected some reposts occurring within seconds of each other.

Alan Potter, again: ìIt is in our own interests to try to filter out reposts because, even though itís not our fault, users will blame us whenever they get the same job sent to them over and over again. To this end, we are building in intelligent monitors into our software that will reduce this menace to a minimum.î

Having tried the site myself, Iíve been stunned by the response speed. Most job notifications arrive within seconds of them appearing on the original job boards ñ usually quicker than they arrive by a job siteís own notification method.

This portal technology will soon be the way that almost everybody looks for a new job and WebAlertz recognises this. Soon they will be covering most areas of industry with the same high-speed, easy to use interface. Itís definitely something to look out for.

Web Alertz Ltd was formed in 2003 as a web-based notification company. Since then it has provided high speed notification via pop-up window, email and SMS for jobs, land and share prices. For more information, contact pr@webalertz.com.