RSS can provide a simple way of keeping job-seekers up-to-date with the latest jobs posted on the jobboard site. As such has great potential value for the recruitment industry. It can also be used to provide feeds to content partners, such as Google Base Jobs, Indeed.co.uk and so on.
The way candidates subscribe is simple: just click on the RSS link and log it as an RSS feed in your browser or newsreader. Please note that an RSS link can be generated automatically by Jobshout. See RSS feed in action, please click here to visit the Workstation Job board.
In this way potential candidates can subscribe to an RSS feed of your jobs using freely available RSS reader applications, hence as soon the vacancy is added to your site using Jobshout, it can hit RSS subscribers.
RSS is mainly divided into three different types:
Programs known as feed readers or aggregators can check a list of feeds on behalf of a user and display any updated articles that they find. It is common to find web feeds on major websites and many smaller ones. Some websites let people choose between RSS or Atom formatted web feeds; others offer only RSS or only Atom.
RSS-aware programs are available for various operating systems. Client-side readers and aggregators are typically constructed as standalone programs or extensions to existing programs such as web browsers and Email readers. Many browsers have integrated support for RSS feeds. The Opera browser is one such, which works on many operating systems and mobile devices.
RSSOwl is an excellent RSS reader, fast, lightweight and cross platform.
People working in the creative world and using Macs will find that Apple's Safari 2.x and [[http://www.flock.com|Flock]], to name just two, support RSS. There are extensions for browsers such as [[http://www.firefox.com|Firefox]] ([[http://sage.mozdev.org/|Sage]]). [[http://www.netnewswire.com|NetNewsWire]] is a highly regarded newsreader for Mac.
There also are other applications that can convert a RSS feed into several usenet articles, viewable through the major newsreader software such as Mozilla Thunderbird or Forté Agent: an example of such applications are nntp//rss, a Java coded program, or RSS Feed Converter a script for the popular mail-newsserver Hamster.
Web-based feed readers and news aggregators such as YourLiveWire require no software installation and make the user's "feeds" available on any computer with Web access. Some aggregators combine existing web feeds into new feeds, e.g., taking all football related items from several sports feeds and providing a new football feed. There are also search engines for content published via web feeds like Feedster or Blogdigger.
Further reading…
How do applicants look for jobs?
