Ask HN: Do you need a Google Alerts for jobs?

[cheath]

If your dream company doesn't currently have a job listing that matches your skills, you're forced to continuously check back. And if you find the posting after a long period, it might be too late. Would you use a tool that scrapes your favorite job sites to notify you of new listings? Or, do you have some way of managing this problem already?

[bendmorris]

Indeed does this. http://www.indeed.com/alert?l=&radius=25

[cheath → bendmorris]

ahh nice. thanks for this. it looks like it's maybe broad keywords, rather than company specific?

[nniroclax → cheath]

I also have indeed alerts set up, and you can receive alerts when a company you like posts a new job.

[cheath → nniroclax]

hmmm. this might be just the tool I was looking for. thanks!

[rbeard]

I use my own google custom search engine for this. You index the main job sites you are interested in and you just need to run a periodic search using your own search engine using the keywords you are interested in. It is best also to add the year of interest. Haven't figured out a way yet to filter out old archived job ads.

[jurgenwerk]

I like http://sitestalker.net

Enter URL where you expect the job listing to show up, some keywords and you get notified via email when the job gets published