Job Search Assist

Browser extension to avoid seeing the same job/company listing twice

Problem Definition

"Ugh, I refreshed the page and am seeing the same listings!" - Me

"Grr, I just saw this company on another site!!" - Also me

In user story form: As a job searcher, I want to avoid reading the same job/company listing twice

Solution

A browser extension which:

• Surfaces a "Hide Company" button on supported websites
• Hides job/company listing on click, on refresh, and across all websites

Demo Video

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Supported Websites

• 80,000 Hours
• Climatebase
• Climate Draft
• Fast Forward
• Getro (*.getro.com)
• Hacker News
• MCJ Collective
• Tech Jobs for Good
• Terra.do
• Wellfound (fka AngelList)
• Work at a Startup
• Want to get support for more? Open an issue or send me an email at [email protected]

Installation

1. Install Violentmonkey
2. Open https://github.com/twolfson/job-search-assist/raw/main/src/index.user.js
3. Click "Confirm Installation" then "Close"
4. Navigate to https://www.techjobsforgood.com/ and verify the new "Hide Company" button appears

For easier upfront development, we built this on top of Violentmonkey. If we get enough adoption, then we can formalize this into a proper browser extension.

How do you use this?

I browse job boards, research companies, decide to persist info in an Airtable or not, then hide the company from the job boards.

For referring to a viable list of companies, I use said Airtable as my starting point (e.g. see if relevant role still open or not).

Commands

In addition to hiding companies, we also provide commands under "Violentmonkey icon -> Job Search Assist"

These will only appear when on a supported site

The commands are:

• Dump Hidden Companies (outputs to console)
• Clear Hidden Company List

It's very easy to add support for "Undo Changes in Last 5 Minutes", "Unhide Company", or something along those lines. If you'd like support for that, please Open an issue or send me an email at [email protected]

Updates

To update to the latest version:

1. Open https://github.com/twolfson/job-search-assist/raw/main/src/index.user.js
2. Click on "Confirm re-installation" the "Close"

Development

Before you do any development, we recommend backing up the Violentmonkey values to a .json file.

Once you're backed up, development can be done via a few ways:

• Edit inside Violentmonkey OR paste modified version from local editor into Violentmonkey
• Use auto-reloading version
  • Run npm run start:dev to run local server
  • Navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8080/src/index.user.js in browser to reinstall over existing version
  • Ensure "Track local file before this window is closed" is set
  • Confirm reinstallation
  • Do not close window until ready (we suggest pinning instead)

Releases

Releases are performed via foundry:

1. Update CHANGELOG.md
2. Stage changes via git add -p
3. Run foundry release <version>

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint via npm run lint, format via npm run format, and test via npm test.

Unlicense

As of May 28 2023, Todd Wolfson has released this repository and its contents to the public domain.

It has been released under the UNLICENSE.