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The Employment Classified section of washingtonpost.com used to be called CareerPost. What is Jobs ?
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How often are job listings in the database
updated? |
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Are all of the job listings from the
newspaper in the database?
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Why aren't all of the categories
that are in the newspaper online? |
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How do I find a listing that doesn't
fit into one of the categories?
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Why doesn't the summary
info. always match the info. in a job listing?
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Why can I only view the first 25 of
a series of Summary Results? |
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Why must I enable cookies? I've
seen sites that don't require them.
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Don't cookies take up a lot of
space? How long are yours valid for?
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Do you use any Java or JavaScript
running on my browser?
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What does the Keyword text field
do and how should I use it?
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Can I search for jobs by company on
companies that aren't in the Featured Employers list?
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Does the Keyword box on the
Summary Results perform the same task as that on the Search
Page?
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There is a problem with a
job listing that ran in the newspaper. Whom do I
contact?
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There is a problem with a job
listing that was loaded from a Featured Employer Web site. Whom do I
contact?
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The Employment Classified section of washingtonpost.com used to be called CareerPost. What is Jobs ? |
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We've changed our name, our design,
and our mission. As of October 1999, we are now Jobs. We are still brought to you
by the staff at washingtonpost.com, but have now expanded our resources and are committed to delivering
the most relevant and trusted career related content and interactive services to the online Washington
metro area.
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How often are
job listings in the database updated? |
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The Jobs database is updated
every Sunday with listings from the Employment section of the Sunday
Washington Post newspaper. In addition, job listings
extracted from Featured Employer Web sites and submitted via our Online Ad Entry service are published on Thursdays and Sundays.
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Are all of
the job listings from the newspaper in the database?
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Most of the listings from the most recent Sunday
Washington Post are available in the Jobs database. In
addition to listings from the newspaper, there are thousands of
listings that are direct from employer Web sites and ads submitted from our Online Ad Entry service.
The entire database includes more than 30,000 job listings from hundreds of sources.
This is the largest single source of jobs in the greater Washington
region.
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Why aren't all of the categories that
are in the newspaper online? |
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In the newspaper,
all listings are organized alphabetically by keyword--there are no
"categories." In striking a balance between thousands of possible
key words and a reasonable number of categories, we've arrived at a
list of approximately 100. All ads are mapped to one or more of these categories.
In many ways this makes it more likely that you will find the jobs
that are right for you. For example, a job listing for a restaurant
manager can be found by searching in either the restaurant category
or in the management category.
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How do I find a listing that doesn't
fit into one of the categories? |
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Rather than selecting a
category, try using the keyword field. Type in the functional area
or industry you are interested in (using a 'single quote' around
literal phrases, AND or OR between terms) and press the search
button. If the results are too broad, use additional keywords to
narrow the search. One useful trick is to type in a phone number or fax number contained in the ad - if known.
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Why doesn't the summary
information always match the information in a job listing?
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This is most
likely a bug. The Virtual Database Technology we use allows us to
capture information from many sources and normalize that information
into a common, searchable format. Occasionally, that process may
confuse a "widget" with a "whatsit." If you see this happen, please
send an email to jobs@washingtonpost.com letting us
know.
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Why can I only view the first 25 of a
series of Summary Results? The next button is enabled, but all I get
is a blank screen. |
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The inability to navigate
beyond the second page is most likely because your browser has an
option set that rejects "cookies". Cookies are a common method used
to store relevant information that would otherwise be lost as you
moved between the different pages of the application. Without them
it is not possible to implement the high level of functionality that
we provide and searching for a job would be far less convenient.
This problem is usually corrected once cookie support is enabled.
For example, if you are using Netscape Communicator 4.x, go to the
Edit/Preferences dialog then click on "Advanced," choose either of
the "Accept" options under "Cookies."
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Why must I enable cookies? I've seen
sites that don't require them. |
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We have looked at a
number of alternatives and it is simply not possibly to provide the
level of functionality that we do without them. Though it might look
like you are inside an application that is permanently running, when
you are on the Web you are usually involved in a series of separate
transactions, each one operating on your latest action (for example:
"Search," or "Next Page"). In many cases the action requires
information that you entered on a previous page (for example a
selection in a list box, or checking some check boxes). While there
are other ways to temporarily store this information that avoid the
use of cookies, this is not possible in all circumstances.
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Don't cookies take up a lot of
space? How long are yours valid for? |
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Jobs uses the W3C specification
for transient cookie usage. That is, we do not set an expiry date,
in which case the specification defines that the cookie generated
will be set to a value of "Max-Age" and will be discarded when
you exit your browser. Under this specification, no cookie
should be stored on your hard drive at all. Netscape has implemented
this in their browsers, and from our investigations it appears that
the latest Microsoft products have as well.
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Do you use any Java or
JavaScript running on my browser? |
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We use neither at present. In many cases
we could provide a better user experience if we used either or both
on the client browser, however we have elected not to do so at
present to ensure that the widest possible audience has access to
our services.
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What does the Keyword text field
do and how should I use it? |
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Keywords allow you to search for words
in the body of the job listings directly. You can enter one or more
keywords separated by AND or OR, or enter 'a phrase in single
quotes' to ensure that all the words are treated as a single entity.
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Can I search for jobs by company
on companies that aren't in the Featured Employers list?
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Yes, you can enter a 'company name in
single quotes' to search for jobs with companies that are not in the
Featured Employer list.
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Does the Keyword box on the
Summary Results perform the same task as that on the Search Page?
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Not exactly. It lets you refine your
search by only operating on those listings in the Summary.
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There is a problem with a job
listing that ran in the newspaper. Whom do I contact?
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You can send an email to webads@washingtonpost.com
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There is a problem with a job
listing that was loaded from a Featured Employer Web site. Whom do I
contact? |
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You can send an
email to jobs@washingtonpost.com
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