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Is there a Web 2.0 app for organizing a job search?

I'm looking for something along the lines of BaseCamp that is designed to
organize a job search. BaseCamp is close, but I'd like to be able to have
a Contacts section (BaseCamp's contacts are meant to be users of the site)
and the free version doesn't allow documents (such as my resume).

Basically I want an online app where my wife and I can keep (and maybe
edit) my latest resume and cover letters, a contacts list to keep track of
recruiters and potential employers, a calendar for scheduling interviews
and other items (end of my current job, for example), and messages or some
other method to post interesting job postings.

Like I said, BaseCamp is close and we can probably make it work
(especially with the $12/mo version), but it would be cool to have something designed for the purpose. I emailed this question to Merlin and he suggested I submit the question to the 43Folders board, so here it is.

A related question--if this post inspires someone to design such an application and they get rich, how can I get a cut? ;)


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Carla's picture

Welcome, by the by! :) My...

Welcome, by the by! :)

My first reaction is to check 43Things for people that have wanted to achieve this goal. I've found cool opensource software that way once or twice, by checking the list of people that have already achieved that goal, and their notes about it.

(and, for anyone that reads this and wants to give it a try, the 43Things, etc. guys have a development log, in which they list and share all the tools they use: http://dev.robotcoop.com/)

At the 43Folders wiki, the existing applications, etc. lists might give you a jumping-off point:

jdsweet's picture

Did you ever get any offline replies?

I'd be interested to know if you were the only one was interested in this, or if you'd gotten any suggestions off-forum.

Eagle's picture

No, I didn't get any...

No, I didn't get any other responses.

Thanks

austin.moody's picture

Perhaps Highrise (http://www.highrisehq.com) would work? It...

Perhaps Highrise (http://www.highrisehq.com) would work?

It is built around the idea of contacts/companies and tasks/notes related to them.

The free version doesn't have space for attaching files, but you might have a look to see if it might work.

alxwz's picture

A while ago, I stumbled...

A while ago, I stumbled upon a two-part article aptly called "SugarCRM for Job Search Management": http://www.appdev.info/?q=node/42 (the page layout is a little broken, but it doesn't really matter).
While SugarCRM is an on-premise solution to be installed on your own server, you might be able to find a hosted version of SugarCRM or its close relative vtiger or use the same principles with a free hosted solution like Salesforce, which I can't find at the moment on their website, but it's possibly still around, it was always a little hard to find.
If you use the free version of Highrise, you'll have to find another place to upload files, the others allow some storage for files even in their free version.

jshare's picture

Yes, There Are...

2 good sites come to mind:

  1. JibberJobber
  2. IsaBont

Each has its own strengths as you can see in the links.

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