On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:38:22 -0600, Robert <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>indeed.com is a consolidation site that incor****ates DICE.com,
monster.com and two dozen
>others you've never heard of. Its search engine is better than any of
them. It's good at
>filtering DICE 'updates' where the only update is the posting date (DICE
is infamous for
>allowing this deception).
>
>A feature I find especially useful is Job Trends, which allows you to
enter a keyword and
>returns a graph of how often that word appeared in job ads over the last
two years.
>"Cobol" shows a downward trend. C#, .NET, AJAX, java, ruby and python all
show an upward
>trend. Even straight C is up. Try it with your own keywords.
>
>On the absolute scale, PL/SQL and most of the above are mentioned THREE
TIMES as often as
>Cobol. RPG is less than half Cobol and trending down. You can use AND
and OR in the
>keywords. I just entered "z/OS or MVS" and found the trend is down, below
Cobol on the
>absolute scale. "Micro and focus" is trending up.
>
>I don't know who owns indeed.com. I thought I read somewhere that Google
is involved. It's
>very polished.
Indeed.Com is owned in part by The New York Times, Union Square
Ventures and Allen & Co.
NYT and others bought a minority interest with an investment of $5
million in 2005. Indeed.Com is a private company based in Stamford,
Connecticut, founded by Paul Forster and Rony Kahan.
Regards,
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