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Jobs, Delivered Straight to You

We like to think that Simply Hired is pretty, well, simple. Just go to SimplyHired.com, type in your keywords, type in your location, click search and then you’re directed to tons of job listings that match your criteria. But there are ways to stay on top of the latest jobs without having to check back every day.

The first way is to sign up for an email alert to have new jobs delivered straight to your Inbox. Just click the “Get email alerts for this search” link near the top or bottom of your search results page, fill in your email address and click the Submit button. Follow the confirmation link in the email you will be sent to start receiving job alerts. If you ever wish to stop receiving alerts, just click the “Stop receiving this alert” link at the top or bottom of any email alert.

A second way to receive new job listings that match your search is through an RSS feed. On your search results page, just click “view as RSS feed” near the top of the page. Choose the application you wish to receive the alerts through and click the Subscribe Now button. Then you will start to receive job alerts through your reader. Simple as that!

Gautam Named Among Silicon Valley’s Most Influential Under 40

In the Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal today, Gautam is listed as one of Silicon Valley’s rising stars. Despite receiving more than 150 nominations, the Business Journal narrowed down the list to 40 people who are successful professionally yet still find the time to give back to the community. This year, Gautam Godhwani, the co-founder and CEO of Simply Hired, made the cut.

Gautam is a serial entrepreneur, with Simply Hired being his third successful project. He left his first venture, AtWeb, in 2000 after the leading online services company was acquired by Netscape. Immediately after, he opened the India Community Center in Silicon Valley in 2003 which has grown to a 40,000 square foot, $17 million facility that supports community for over 150,000 people in the Bay Area with Indian heritage. The facility boasts more than 1,000 programs, including free legal and medical clinics.

And it doesn’t stop there. Four years ago, Gautam helped start a search engine aimed at created a better experience for job seekers. Today, Simply Hired is among the top 5 career websites and among the top 75 websites overall in the United States, and boasts a reach of over 12 million unique visitors/month to SimplyHired.com and our network of more than 5,000 partner sites.

View the press release for more info!

Desirable Companies for New MBAs

CNNMoney/ Fortune has released another ranking list, the Most Desirable MBA Employers for 2009. The list is made up of companies where MBA candidates say they would most like to work.

The companies that topped the list are:
1.    Google
2.    McKinsey & Company
3.    Bain & Company
4.    Goldman Sachs Group
5.    Apple

But here’s the best part: on the profile page of each the top 15 employers, there are listings of open jobs from Simply Hired at that respective company. Now MBA grads can see positions they can apply to at the companies they want to work for, and make their dreams come true!

Not just for locals

About two months ago, I relocated 10 minutes away from where I had been living and I haven’t even finished unpacking. In the trunk of my car you’ll find an assortment of random things that I’ve yet to put away including bedding, kitchen items, some board games and a few DVDs. Packing and unpacking can be tough whether you’re moving to Honolulu, HI or Augusta, ME, but finding a new job in the area doesn’t have to be!

If you’ve thought about relocating, or even if you’re curious about the demographics of the area that you currently live in, Simply Hired’s Local Jobs tool is a great way to find information about cities across the U.S. For example, if you look up Atlanta, GA, you will find a brief summary of the city, followed by the city’s top employers (such as Home Depot, Time Warner, and Emory University), top jobs (physical therapist jobs, post-doc fellow jobs, assistant professor jobs), employment rates, Atlanta salaries, and even statistics such as population, marital status (for anyone looking for something besides a job) and average commute time. In addition, you can read up on the area’s news, to get a hint of the local flavor.

And of course, you can search for jobs too.

Happy Limerick Day!

Today Simply Hired is celebrating Limerick Day, in honor of Edward Lear who popularized the humorous poems in English during the 19th century. In honor of the day, here are a few work-related limericks:

There once was a man named Bob
Who wanted to find a new job
But the work he could find
He thought unrefined
And Bob realized he was a job snob!

The man I sat next to at work
Always would drive me berserk
One day the fellow
Put my stapler in Jell-O
And looked at me with a sly smirk
(from Dwight’s perspective on NBC’s The Office)

Do you have a job-related limerick? Send them in!