With the full Internet in your hand and recruiting apps at your fingertips, you can job search on the iPhone.
Yes, the iPhone is an amazing device. If you don’t have one, you know someone who does and they swear by its amazing portability and the ease of having the full Internet right at your fingertips.
But can you use the iPhone to assist your job searching? Heck, yeah.
Former Yahoo recruiter Carmen Hudson who now works for Tweetajob, a social recruiting platform, has a blog post on iPhone apps for job hunting and recruiting.
Why should you care about the iPhone apps used by recruiters? If recruiters are using them, you are going to want to know how they are finding you. There are also smart technologies here that really make your mobile life easier.
Tweetie: Tweetie provides all of the functionality of the twitter.com website, such as saved searches, inline web browsing, and the ability to manage followers. In addition, Tweetie supports navigation between multiple Twitter accounts, easy retweeting, automatic URL shortening, and uploading Twitpic pictures. I find Tweetie easy to use when tweeting from conferences.
SearchOnTheGo: SOTG is the first iPhone app written especially for recruiters by recruiters! SOTG turns your keywords into a full-blown Boolean search string. SOTG automatically generates search strings for resume searches, blog searches, PDF and Excel file formats, and more. SOTG will also execute web profile searches and public LinkedIn profile searches. After executing the search on the iPhone, users can save the search, email the search, or review results real time.
LinkedIn: I am especially impressed with the Address Book Integration, which uploads contact info to the iPhone in one click. Unfortunately, there is no ability to receive or manage LinkedIn Groups information.
AgileMobile: Agile allows instant chat-on-the-go with MSN, Yahoo!, AIM, ICQ, and GoogleTalk. This kind of agnostic service is great for recruiters, who can communicate with candidates or colleagues regardless of IM service provider. AgileMobile also enables voice chat and media sharing.
Interview Pro: Technically, Interview Pro is an application developed for jobseekers. And a pretty clever one at that. This app provides a list of “50 of the most common behavioral interview questions.” Each question is accompanied by an answer that helps candidates navigate the interviewer’s intent and expectations. The questions are divided into categories such as “Team Dynamics,” “Planning,” and “Success Factors.”
beamMe: Finally, I can feel comfortable leaving the house without business cards! beamMe allows users to exchange vCards by inputting an email address, mobile phone #, or @Twitter id. The recipient is directed to a secure website, where he or she can download a vCard (including a photo or logo, and links to URL or Twitter id).
Only a few of these like LinkedIN and beamMe have free versions of the apps, but Tweetie is only $2.99 and others are equally affordable. You may be a little apprehensive of one like beamMe, suggests Hudson, since they have a subscription based-model for the richer version that will come with product updates, but you can’t blame a company for trying to be in the business.
[Image by Christopher Chan via Flickr CC 3.0]
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Thanks a lot for such a useful review. As I work for iphone application development I`m interested in learning everything new about iPhone apps.
These apps you’ve mentioned can really be very helpful while seeking for a job. Especially I like the ones helping to edit the resume and those which help to prepare for the interview.