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Job Search Tips: Give Monster Another Power Look

May 26th, 2010

By Jackie Simmonds, NEJS Blog Editor

Jackie SimmondsIn 2008 Monster purchased a company called Trovix with the idea to leap frog current job search capabilities on their site.  The Trovix approach is different; it built its job-matching capability around context and concepts.  Monster has launched this functionality, PowerSearch, on their web site in beta mode.

PowerSearch appears on the Monster site under the normal search information.  It generally looks the same as the standard search, but it is different in that it is able to find more results because it’s not limited to the words you enter.  PowerSearch will find relevant jobs by matching your search criteria and related words expanding the search results returned.

When you enter a position in PowerSearch it will not only return exact matches but related positions as well.  With this tool you can also search for more than one job title at a time.  Examples provided by Monster illustrate the functionality:

  • If you search for “QA,” PowerSearch will find jobs that have “QA” in the title, as well as jobs for test engineers, because the search engine recognizes that QA and test engineer are closely related.
  • If you search for a software engineer PowerSearch also will include results for software developer. » Read more: Job Search Tips: Give Monster Another Power Look

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NH Governor John Lynch Tells NEJS: “It Is All About Jobs…”

December 6th, 2009

By Michele Moon, NEJS Public Relations Manager

Salem NH – November 30, 2009 – The New England Job Show (NEJS) had the opportunity to interview Governor John Lynch of New Hampshire at the NHES Networking Group meeting.

“For me it’s all about jobs. It’s all about doing everything we can in New Hampshire to help these [unemployed] people to connect with employers to get them back to work.” stated Governor John Lynch.

Governor Lynch continued by stating that New Hampshire’s unemployment rate of 6.8% is the lowest in New England. He said that NH businesses are looking to hire. The difficulty that businesses are facing is matching the individuals’ skills with the appropriate jobs.

To ease that challenge, NH Employment Security offers the NH Works Job Match System. NH Works Job Match System brings businesses and job seekers together online. This website allows business to post job openings and allows job seekers to post their resume and set up job alerts. Currently there are over one thousand (1,000) employers participating in this program.

In addition, NH Employment Security is supporting training opportunities for thousands of individuals, allowing job seekers to develop valuable new skills.

The Governor continued to say that he sees growth areas in healthcare, manufacturing technologies and green jobs. He also feels that the financial services market will rebound.

The New England Job Show’s interview with Governor John Lynch of New Hampshire was held just prior to his guest speaking engagement at NHES Networking Group. NHES Networking Group meets weekly on Monday mornings (9:00 am until noon) at SNHU, 25 Pelham Road in Salem NH

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LinkUp – A Job Search Engine That Goes Right To The Source

September 1st, 2009

Contributed by Howie Lyhte, PMP. A former hardware engineer, systems engineer, product line manager and program manager, Howie is looking for a program or project management position developing or delivering technical products.

I discovered LinkUp a couple of months ago from a posting on one of the networking lists. I played with it for a while and found it buggy, so I clicked on the link to report a bug. Well, one thing led to another and I ended up having a long dialog with one of the LinkUp leaders. Frankly, these guys impressed the hell out of me not only because of their concept, but their singularly-attentive customer service.

What makes LinkUp special is that they harvest job postings exclusively from companies’ own web sites, ignoring recruiter sites and other job boards, and then continuously validate that they’re still posted. No spam, no duplicates, no stale listings. Each job listed will tell you how long ago it was posted, and how recently it was verified. You can also create job alerts, get RSS results of a search, and with a single click, you can forward a listing to a friend.

Regarding customer service, the elapsed time from my reporting the initial bug to getting an answer that addressed it was about two and a half hours! Several more emails went back and forth over the next few days and these guys really understand “voice of the customer”. I have come to believe that LinkUp is really passionate about providing the best job search engine available, and have the talent and ability to do just that.

Oh yeah, it’s www.linkup.com if you didn’t guess!.

In full disclosure, I have no connection to LinkUp other than being a satisfied user. One of the joys of networking is being able to share a “find”, and I’m smiling as I type this.


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