Recession, Job Search and Handy iPhone Apps

Written by Aftab on Thursday, April 30th, 2009
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This is recession my dear! And a large number of companies seem to shed their workforce every now and then. So, job search has become a 24/7 activity these days and you definitely need some new tools that may offer you some advantages to other job searchers. Aside from social networks, it’s your iPhone that can help you a lot to make your job hunt successful especially with its different useful applications.

If you want to instantly track some job in your locality or want to have a better online identity, here are some apps that can be very helpful to you to manage your job search in an effective and impressive manner.

Job Compass

This app allows you to look for jobs within a vicinity of 5-100 miles aroundJob Search your house. iPhone’s well known locator feature has been used in this app and it makes it a lot easier for you to instantly locate the available  job in your surrounding area. It’s not all about locating a job; you can also call up to the hiring manager, read about this job and send your resume instantly. In past, it was a paid app, but now it’s free.

Careerbuilder.com

This app emerged last year, but it is still much popular because of its in-built geolocation technology and brand name. With the help of this free application, you can find out your desired job no matter where you are. The app offers complete functionality of the website Careerbuilder.com. One can make the most of this app if one is employed currently, but doesn’t want to disclose about one’s job search. The app also allows you to know about salary range, job descriptions as well as save the list of favorite jobs.

Job Finder

With this app you can get a complete list of jobs related to particular profession that are given on various sites. So, you need not to visit each site individually, you can get all the related jobs at one particular place just after specifying the locations of your interested areas. The app aggregates job info from different sites like StarTribune.com, SimplyHired and many others.

Now Hiring

If you have an iPhone and looking to switch your career or want to have a new job, this app really deserves your 99cents. With the help of this app, you can filter searchers, search jobs, email these search results, relevance etc. This application of keeps you inform about the latest available jobs. So, it becomes a lot easier for you apply only for the available jobs and don’t waste your time in looking for jobs that are no more available.

Craigster

Just in 99cents you can, this great iPhone app allows you to look for things that have been made available on Craiglist. Aside from viewing location, this great iPhone app allows you browse or search through your favorite searches, classified ads and email listing. It also enables you to view locations with the links of direct address on the Maps.

LinkedIn

Just after the unveiling of Facebook iPhone app, LinkedIn had to uncover its own iPhone app that allowed users to browse via their connections on the site and look for the jobs they interested in. If you want to save your results and search history, you can do so with the help of given address book integration. The app allows you to find out bios, profiles and avatars as well as get connected with other friends and professionals in the same way as you can do on LinkedIn.com. You can download this app for free.

iJobs

This app can be very handy to get you connected with your dream jobs with its keyword search against salary range, description and title. Aside from this, the given auto detection can easily detect your location as well as saves your previous searches automatically with a great feature.  Just like many other apps, it allows you to add new jobs and make category-wise filtration of the results. You can also filter the results with company name, titles, business and type of employee that all make it lot easier for you to get connected with your dream job in an organized and managed way.

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