Jabbs
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Comment · 8 months ago
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 companies (for analysis sake). Ah yea I've seen that Indeed chart circulating.
I'm in the process of putting together a market analysis tool with my data since it isn't biased to one platform (not saying that Indeed data is wrong though). Mine will only go back to the beginning of 2025 tho
Comment · 8 months ago
Yea totally agree, would like a 10+ year chart. I only had good data from the beginning of 2025
Comment · 8 months ago
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 2025
Comment · 8 months ago
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 others can't - like tag a job posting if it is 1 standard deviation below the avg salary or "this job has been posted N times already." These things wouldn't fly if the employer paid for the listing. I am wondering what else would be most helpful to job seekers that you couldn't do if the employer paid for the listing
Comment · 9 months ago
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%), passionate (31.2%), hands-on (29.2%), high-performing (19.7%), creative (17.3%), analytical (16.7%), proactive (16.3%), team-oriented (10.2%), decision-making (9.0%)
Comment · 9 months ago
Post it to "Show HN"
Comment · 9 months ago
Comment · 10 months ago
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, that is expected
2. I think companies (or the ATS's they use) might object to reposting a job listing on my site but I'm not doing that. You can search/sort/filter jobs but in order to view the job posting you will open a link back to the original job.
Comment · 10 months ago
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 give the user:
- a head start over other job seekers
- access to thousands of jobs not listed anywhere else
- daily job filter emails with ability to be highly curated to reduce noise
Comment · 10 months ago
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 LinkedIn or Indeed) but they are found going direct to company career page.
Side note: I found my last gig using this method so have now built it into a web app. It is a paid service but feel free to DM me for a free trial.