WWW::Search::Monster - class for searching Monster

NAME

WWW::Search::Monster - class for searching Monster

SUPPORTED PLATFORMS

This module is not included with the standard ActivePerl distribution. It is available as a separate download using PPM.

SYNOPSIS

 use WWW::Search;
 my $oSearch = new WWW::Search('Monster');
 my $sQuery = WWW::Search::escape_query("unix and (c++ or java)");
 $oSearch->native_query($sQuery,
                        {'st' => 'CA',
                         'tm' => '14d'});
 while (my $res = $oSearch->next_result()) {
     print $res->company . "\t" . $res->title . "\t" . $res->change_date
         . "\t" . $res->location . "\t" . $res->url . "\n";
 }

DESCRIPTION

This class is a Monster specialization of WWW::Search. It handles making and interpreting Monster searches at http://www.monster.com. Monster supports Boolean logic with ``and''s ``or''s. See http://jobsearch.monster.com/jobsearch_tips.asp for a full description of the query language.

The returned WWW::SearchResult objects contain url, title, company, location and change_date fields.

OPTIONS

The following search options can be activated by sending a hash as the second argument to native_query().

Restrict by Date

The default is to return jobs posted in last 30 days. An example below changes the default to 14 days:

{'tm' => '14d'}

Restrict by Location

No restriction by default.

{'st' => $state}
Only jobs in state $state. To select multiple states separate them with a ``+'', e.g. {'st' => 'NY+NJ+CT'}

{'lid' => $location_id}
Only jobs in $location_id. To find out what $location_id you need please look at the source of http://jobsearch.monster.com. Note that $location_id does not mean the area telephone code.

Restrict by Job Category

Use {'fn' => $cat_id} to select one or more job categories you want. For multiple selection use a '+' sign, e.g. {'fn' => '1+2'}. Possible categories are:

AUTHOR

WWW::Search::HeadHunter is written and maintained by Alexander Tkatchev (Alexander.Tkatchev@cern.ch)

LEGALESE

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

 WWW::Search::Monster - class for searching Monster