Thursday, December 15th, 2005, 7:26 am
Job Vacancies as RSS Feeds
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S I approach the end of my Ph.D., I need to keep an open eye on job openings and vacancies in academia. I wish to do so in the least time-consuming way. What better way than feeds of information that give a rapid daily flow?
Vacancies are delivered as search results for a query or criteria specified by the user, e.g. location, sector. This has the same characteristic and advantages that RSS technology typically offers:
- Narrower scope and less visual clutter
- Littler user intervention, ‘pull technology’ versus ‘push technology’ such as E-mail
- Summarisation (title versus detailed description, link/s)
- Flagging of new content as opposed to previously-read entries.
There are many more arguments in defence of feeds, but they will be missing the point of this post and are worth a discussion in their own right. The following are job vacancies Web sites, which I know provide RSS feeds:
- Monster RSS – International coverage, sub-divided by job type
Jobs.ac.ukRSS – Jobs in academia world-wide with emphasis on the United Kingdom- CWJobs – Jobs in IT (United Kingdom). Search for terms, then use the RSS button/facility, currently at the top
[On to personal ramblings] Earlier today I read a more official announcement about the Google headquarters in Dublin. I have known about this for several months as I am/was considered for a Software Engineer/System Administrator position there. I also pointed to photos from the Googleplex in London before. In general, I have openly expresses disdain, skepticism and anger, as well as support, admiration, and sympathy for Google in the past. Their affinity to and backing of Open Source software probably transcends the controversy though.
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