WWW::Search::Yahoo::Classifieds::Employment - class for searching employment classifieds on Yahoo!

NAME

WWW::Search::Yahoo::Classifieds::Employment - class for searching employment classifieds on Yahoo!

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('Yahoo::Classifieds::Employment');
 my $sQuery = WWW::Search::escape_query("unix c++ java");
 $oSearch->native_query($sQuery,
                        {'g' => 14,
                         'cr' => 'California'});
 while (my $res = $oSearch->next_result()) {
     my $true_url = $oSearch->getMoreInfo($res->url);
     print $res->company . "\t" . $res->title . "\t" . $res->change_date
         . "\t" . $res->location . "\t" . $true_url . "\n";
 }

DESCRIPTION

This class is a YC specialization of WWW::Search. It handles making and interpreting YC searches at http://careers.yahoo.com

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

The returned url is the one found in the Yahoo! own database. However, it quite often appears in other databases where this url was originally taken from. To retrieve this ``true'' url use the function getMoreInfo as written in the above example.

OPTIONS

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

Format / Treatment of Query Terms

The default is to match ALL keywords in your query. To match ANY keywords use

{'za' => 'or'}

Restrict by Date

The default is to return all ads in the Yahoo ! job database. To change it use

{'g' => $number} - displays jobs posted in last $number days

Restrict by Company Name

{'cpo' => $pattern}
Display jobs where company name matches $pattern.

Restrict by Job Title

{'cpj' => $pattern}
Display jobs where job title matches $pattern.

Restrict by Job Category

No preference by default. To select jobs from a specific job category use the following option:

{'ce_f' => $job_category}

Category can be one of the following:

Restrict by Industry

No restriction by default. The following option is used to select jobs from a specific industry:

{'ce_i' => $desired_industry}

Possible industries include:

Restrict by Location

No preference by default. The following option restrict your search to a desired location:

{'cr' => $desired_location}

Location can be one of the following:

AUTHOR

WWW::Search::YC 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::Yahoo::Classifieds::Employment - class for searching employment classifieds on Yahoo!