| In a nutshell RSS allows you to receive | | | | To find a reader that fits your needs use |
| information from sites such as News or Job | | | | your favorite search engine and search for |
| Boards without having to visit those sites | | | | "RSS readers." |
| each time you want an update. Not all web | | | | |
| sites currently provide XML or RSS, but it is | | | | How do I add feeds? |
| growing rapidly in popularity and many Job | | | | |
| Sites and Career Boards do provide it. | | | | Each product or service will have a similar |
| | | | way of adding feeds. It's pretty simple, you |
| What does it look like? | | | | find a site that can provide an RSS feed, you |
| | | | copy their link which will normally be on an |
| RSS is really just a standardized form of | | | | image. You paste the link into your RSS |
| data based on XML. The data itself is | | | | Reader. You can normally set how often your |
| processed by an RSS Reader or Aggregator into | | | | reader will check your feeds. When it comes |
| a human readable format. The real power of | | | | to job sites it makes sense to have it check |
| RSS aggregation is you can have all the feeds | | | | as frequently as possible, that way you stand |
| sent to one location. You can save a huge | | | | a better chance at applying for a job early. |
| amount of time job hunting by sending all | | | | |
| your favorite job board feeds to one place. | | | | Build A Custom RSS Job Feed |
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| What software do I need to use RSS? | | | | If you want jobs specific to your needs, we |
| | | | have a useful method. Several Employment |
| In general, the first thing you need is | | | | Sites have an extremely handy way of building |
| something called an RSS Reader or Aggregator. | | | | feeds specific to your searches. Simply |
| There are many different versions, some of | | | | search or browse these sites in the normal |
| which are accessed using a browser, and some | | | | way, and you will find an RSS link on the |
| of which are downloadable applications. All | | | | results page. |
| allow you to display and subscribe to the RSS | | | | |
| feeds you want. There are plenty on the | | | | Lets say you searched a RSS Job Site for |
| market, some free, some commercial. | | | | Human Resource Management positions in |
| | | | Dallas, TX and you didn't find anything that |
| How do I get a News Reader? | | | | suited you. No problem! Simply paste the RSS |
| | | | link into your RSS reader and the site will |
| There is a range of different news readers | | | | inform you the instant a position matches |
| available and new versions are appearing all | | | | your criteria. You can have as many of these |
| the time. Different news readers work on | | | | feeds as you want so make sure that you have |
| different operating systems, so you will need | | | | established custom feeds for all the possible |
| to consider this when you make your choice. | | | | combinations fitting your interests. |