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Weekend proj: Job aggregator/filter for Big 4

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Weekend proj: Job aggregator/filter for Big 4

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Post by empire29 »

I've been looking for job opportunities w/ the big 4 and was having trouble sifting through all the big 4 job listing sites (whats with enterprise job listing platforms, they're so clunky??)

Anyhow - the other weekend I whipped up an aggregator/filter that lets you easily and quickly search over all the big 4's job listings (the job list is updated 3x a day). I find it pretty handy keeping a tab on new job ops and wanted to share with all yall.

If anyone has any suggestions on how to make it better, leave a comment.

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Re: Weekend proj: Job aggregator/filter for Big 4

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Post by empire29 »

I've been looking for job opportunities w/ the big 4 and was having trouble sifting through all the big 4 job listing sites (whats with enterprise job listing platforms, they're so clunky??)

Anyhow - the other weekend I whipped up an aggregator/filter that lets you easily and quickly search over all the big 4's job listings (the job list is updated 3x a day). I find it pretty handy keeping a tab on new job ops and wanted to share with all yall.

If anyone has any suggestions on how to make it better, leave a comment.

Re: Weekend proj: Job aggregator/filter for Big 4

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Post by dabent »

Very cool idea. I've long wanted something that gets me to the employer directly, rather than routing me through a recruiter. One failing of most sites is the sheer number of recruiter ads I've seen. Want to disrupt? Get rid of the middleman.

I've noticed that companies often list their postings though a third-party site like taleo.net or apply2jobs.com (two I found by clicking on your site). Those sites also make it hard (probably intentionally) to get to the actual job listings from what I've seen, probably to prevent scraping.

How do you manage to get those listings you your site? Are you pulling a feed, polling the sites, or something else?

Re: Weekend proj: Job aggregator/filter for Big 4

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Post by dabent »

empire29 wrote: post #2

I've been looking for job opportunities w/ the big 4 and was having trouble sifting through all the big 4 job listing sites (whats with enterprise job listing platforms, they're so clunky??) Anyhow - the other weekend I whipped up an aggregator/filter that lets you easily and quickly search over all the big 4's job listings (the job list is updated 3x a day). I find it pretty handy keeping a tab on new job ops and wa…

>I've been looking for job opportunities w/ the big 4

Just curious. What draws you to working for the big 4?

Re: Weekend proj: Job aggregator/filter for Big 4

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Post by empire29 »

dabent wrote: post #4
empire29 wrote: post #2

I've been looking for job opportunities w/ the big 4 and was having trouble sifting through all the big 4 job listing sites (whats with enterprise job listing platforms, they're so clunky??) Anyhow - the other weekend I whipped up an aggregator/filter that lets you easily and quickly search over all the big 4's job listings (the job list is updated 3x a day). I find it pretty handy keeping a tab on new job ops and wa…

>I've been looking for job opportunities w/ the big 4 Just curious. What draws you to working for the big 4?

I actually work for one right now, however I'm not happy with the role I was moved to - so im looking for other opportunities within the various other service lines at my firm (as well as others).

I like the big 4 because it a stable work environment, the pay is good, and benefits are amazing (24+ vaca days and im not that senior!). The trick is finding a spot you're happy in can be a problem if you're not into accounting/auditing. Depending the position/management/etc you can be overworked, so thats something to be cognizant of.

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Post by empire29 »

dabent wrote: post #3

Very cool idea. I've long wanted something that gets me to the employer directly, rather than routing me through a recruiter. One failing of most sites is the sheer number of recruiter ads I've seen. Want to disrupt? Get rid of the middleman. I've noticed that companies often list their postings though a third-party site like taleo.net or apply2jobs.com (two I found by clicking on your site). Those sites also make it…

agreed - the big 4 job market is RIDDLED with generally useless recruiters. KPMG and EY i believe use 3rd parties (taleo and apply2jobs) to power their internal job list and they are by and large horribley user-unfriendly (which is why i made the site in the first place).

I got listing by polling the sites and each site needed a custom solution to pull the data down. Creating the mechanisms for grabbing jobs from each site took 80% of the total dev time.

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