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Jabbs

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About Jabbs

peter@unlistedjobs.com linkedin.com/in/jabbs x.com/Jabbs___ https://github.com/jabbs https://www.unlistedjobs.com/

Recent public activity

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    Comment #47225347

    I run a job search site (UnlistedJobs) which monitors about 200k company website career pages. So my data comes from that and I've normalized it to look at the same group of compan…

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    Comment #47223499

    Yea totally agree, would like a 10+ year chart. I only had good data from the beginning of 2025

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    Comment #47221734

    From my data of ~1.8M jobs, "Software Engineer" as a job title in postings are down ~25% and "Senior Software Engineer" jobs are down ~10% comparing the first 2 months of 2026 with…

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    Comment #46963419

    I'm building out some interesting features on my app (UnlistedJobs). Basically I have job seekers as paying customers (not employers) so I can do things with the job listings that …

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    Comment #46919562

    I analyzed 1.8M job posting descriptions and looked for 63 descriptor words and phrases. Here are the top 10 for software engineers: problem-solver (37.7%), collaborative (36.2%), …

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    Comment #46830137

    Post it to "Show HN"

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    Comment #46621343

    https://jabbs.co/

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    Ask HN: Job seekers, what's working / not working?

    I've often been in the market for new software engineer opportunities and have found some untraditional ways of finding new jobs. But with so many job search tools, AI and ATS matc…

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    Ask HN: Job seekers, what's working / not working?

    I've often been in the market for new software engineer opportunities and have found some untraditional ways of finding new jobs. But with so many AI tools and ATS keyword matching…

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    Comment #46326272

    1. Churn isn't as bad as I would have thought. There is also the use case for someone who has a job and wants to find the next one. But yea if someone wants to only use for 1 month…

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    Comment #46316798

    https://www.unlistedjobs.com/ 26.3% of jobs found on company websites are not advertised on any job boards but found using this tool. The app scrapes company's directly (24/7) and …

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    Comment #46304243

    https://www.unlistedjobs.com/ A different type of job search site that gathers job postings direct from company websites. About 1 in 4 jobs are not advertised on any sites (like Li…

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    Show HN: Unlisted Jobs

    This press release describes the product (which you can use for free with promo code "ULAUNCH"). The app gathers job listings directly from company websites (different than aggrega…

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    Comment #45721815

    It is a paid platform so people remove it from "show hn" if not free. But about 30% of the listings are indeed unlisted so it is more than an aggregator. Sadly the feature to tag t…

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    Ask HN: How's the software engineering job market treating you?

    To add some data and context on people's job search (or lack there of). Precede your response with one of the following: - Actively seeking - Passively seeking - Contemplating - No…

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    Ask HN: How's the job search coming along?

    I was laid off last June and have sort of given up on finding something that is actually worth my value. Would love to hear others experiences with job search. Anything working wel…

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    Comment #42792520

    Hey HackerNews! I've previously posted about a job search app I built that gathers listings from company websites. Well its now on ProductHunt for anyone to vote on. There is a 7-d…

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    Ask HN: How would you improve job search?

    What isn't available on most job search sites (or within recruiter processes) that would improve your search experience? I've built an app that gathers remote jobs and on-site jobs…

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    Comment #42501955

    Not free (DM me for a free trial) but please try out https://www.unlistedjobs.com/ which gathers listings directly from company websites