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Graduating college is a huge milestone, but it’s also an accomplishment that tends to make you extremely conscious of the need to step up the job search. Fortunately, whether you have a few internships and jobs under your belt already or are starting from the ground up, you can download several helpful apps that could streamline your employment search.
1. BetterCompany Interview
Getting the lowdown about what it’s really like to work at a business is tough unless you know someone on the inside. However, an app called BetterCompany Interview lets users anonymously chat with actual employees at an establishment and get details that could guide their employment processes.
You can use the app in a browser, on an iPhone or with the Android operating system after going through a mobile phone verification process. There is also a forum made up of questions people asked already, so you can browse it and avoid being repetitive. Employees can only use the app after getting permission from their employers, meaning you don’t have to worry that your inquisitiveness might get someone in trouble.
2. Workey
Currently available in the United States and Israel, Workey is a free iOS app that brings artificial intelligence to your job search. The process starts when you talk to Melanie, a chatbot that asks about your skills and employment history and prompts you to connect your LinkedIn profile or upload a resume. After that, just wait to receive targeted job listings — most are tech-related.
You can also look for a job anonymously on Workey. There’s no need to reveal your name or that you’re searching for employment until an employer gets in touch with a job offer.
3. Pluggd
Pluggd is an iOS app made for people who work in Toronto’s restaurant scene, although you can expect a wider rollout of cities and operating systems soon. If you’re new to an area, it can be tough to determine whether a restaurant with an open position is a decent place to work or a place that exploits its employees.
However, this app allows employers and employees to rate each other based on factors like job performance and the quality of the workplace. Jobseekers can see those ratings, along with vacant positions. Once they find a good match, they swipe to indicate “yes” and wait to hear from the employer.
4. LinkUp
You may get to a point in your job search when the most well-known employment listings — and even Google — aren’t retrieving the results you want and expect. Once you reach that plateau, overcome it with the web-based app LinkUp.
It works with employers to publicize the jobs those entities don’t post on other sources. Many of the open positions remain on company websites and never get published elsewhere, so without LinkUp, you’d never see them. LinkUp delivers tailored listings to your inbox and lets you go directly to employers’ sites to apply for jobs, thereby saving you valuable time.
5. Facebook
Using social networks to effectively market yourself in a job application can make a huge difference when skillfully used. Although Facebook may not be the first app you think to turn to during a job search, its developers have created tools that benefit employers with open positions and the people ready to fill them.
Whether you use the iOS or Android version of the Facebook app or just go to Facebook’s website, you might have seen information about jobs that included an “Apply Now” link or noticed the “Jobs” tab on your main Facebook profile. After clicking either one of those, you can let Facebook auto-fill some of the fields on the application with details from your profile.
Submitting your application starts a Messenger conversation between yourself and the company automatically. Employers can also keep track of submissions received or pay for advertisements that promote their open job positions.
6. CareerArc
CareerArc is a free Android and iOS-based app that lists 400,000 jobs you can search by the type of work performed or the industry you want to work in. There’s also a map view that lets you zoom out and get a perspective of which companies are hiring in your community or a larger area.
As you can see from this list, the collection of apps you could use to add momentum to your job search is more diverse than ever. To avoid compromising the amount of free space on your phone with jobseeking apps you rarely use or wasting time trying to figure out how to use apps that don’t fit your career goals, download just one new app at first. Then, use it for a week and decide after that period whether it’s worth keeping. Happy searching!
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