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/ WWW::Search::Monster

NAME

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

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 Location

No restriction by default.

{'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:

  • 1 Accounting/Auditing

  • 2 Administrative and Support Services

  • 8 Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations

  • 540 Agriculture, Forestry, & Fishing

  • 541 Architectural Services

  • 12 Arts, Entertainment, and Media

  • 576 Banking

  • 46 Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical

  • 542 Community, Social Services, and Nonprofit

  • 543 Computers, Hardware

  • 6 Computers, Software

  • 544 Construction, Mining and Trades

  • 546 Consulting Services

  • 545 Customer Service and Call Center

  • 3 Education, Training, and Library

  • 547 Employment Placement Agencies

  • 4 Engineering

  • 548 Finance/Economics

  • 549 Financial Services

  • 550 Government and Policy

  • 551 Healthcare, Other

  • 9 Healthcare, Practitioner and Technician

  • 552 Hospitality/Tourism

  • 5 Human Resources

  • 660 Information Technology

  • 553 Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

  • 45 Insurance

  • 554 Internet/E-Commerce

  • 555 Law Enforcement, and Security

  • 7 Legal

  • 47 Manufacturing and Production

  • 556 Military

  • 11 Other

  • 557 Personal Care and Service

  • 558 Real Estate

  • 13 Restaurant and Food Service

  • 44 Retail/Wholesale

  • 10 Sales

  • 559 Science

  • 560 Sports and Recreation

  • 561 Telecommunications

  • 562 Transportation and Warehousing

AUTHOR

WWW::Search::Monster 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.

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