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mikejobgps··on Ask HN: Thoughts on our MVP that helps people find a better career?
Good point. When you mention careers and roles associated with it, do you mean the industry and the sub-roles within that particular industry?

Great feedback again, you're a champion!

mikejobgps··on Ask HN: Thoughts on our MVP that helps people find a better career?
Hi kops, thanks for your comment. The LinkedIn algorithm suggests my software engineering friend to be the head of legal at an investment bank, not ideal.

What kinds of things would you be looking for on a job platform (which can hopefully read your mind and dreams?)

mikejobgps··on Ask HN: Thoughts on our MVP that helps people find a better career?
Hi CookWithMe. On your first point, 100% correct. The broad search is the whole idea. We've got a lot of work to go and it's very early days at present (we also look forward to our second iteration :))

Do you happen to know the name of this book? Would love to have a look at it.

Given your feedback is very considered, it would be fantastic if you could sign up to our page or shoot us an email on our contact page so we can keep in touch and hear more of your thoughts as we develop the platform.

Thanks again and keep the insightful comments coming!

mikejobgps··on Ask HN: Thoughts on our MVP that helps people find a better career?
Great question and thanks for the feedback. For the most part, platforms like SEEK assume you know what you want to do. The rationale is that many graduate opportunities hire from a variety of degree disciplines which are not necessarily listed in job descriptions and go undiscovered by a lot of candidates who have never considered a particular option.

We only want one search result per industry or role in the primary search, not 20 "Engineering" and 2 others.

Keep the comments coming it's great feedback for us and we're taking it all on board.

Do you think job boards meet your needs currently or would you prefer to see something different on them?

mikejobgps··on Ask HN: Thoughts on our MVP that helps people find a better career?
Appreciate the feedback. What do you think of the idea of a job site which allows you to view a variety of different roles relevant to your skills rather than 10s of the same job?
mikejobgps··on Ask HN: Thoughts on our MVP that helps people find a better career?
Great feedback. What did you have in mind when you mentioned more personality on the site? Also, would you be interested in learning about the various roles which are available after your degree?
mikejobgps··on Ask HN: Thoughts on our MVP that helps people find a better career?
No problem, we will certainly be introducing that functionality.

Which kinds of roles and organisations would you be keen to learn more about?

mikejobgps··on Ask HN: Thoughts on our MVP that helps people find a better career?
Thanks rheotron, suggestions welcome. What about:

"Discover companies and roles you've never considered"

mikejobgps··on Ask HN: Thoughts on our MVP that helps people find a better career?
If the search results had videos explaining what you'd do in the role, would you find that helpful? Thanks again mate!
mikejobgps··on Ask HN: Thoughts on our MVP that helps people find a better career?
Thanks gpsarakis. Appreciate the feedback.
mikejobgps··on Ask HN: Thoughts on our MVP that helps people find a better career?
Thanks Moya. What types of detail and stats would you like to see?

Appreciate the feedback and keep it coming!

mikejobgps··on Ask HN: Thoughts on our MVP that helps people find a better career?
No, thank you for the honest feedback! The idea is to show people the spectrum of roles available to their degree disciplines rather than 100 of the same roles.

There is still a lot of work to be done but we hope to become the destination where people see organisations and positions which they may not have considered.

Out of interest, if we're targeting Uni/College graduates why do you feel it's not ideal to search by degree type?

mikejobgps··on Ask HN: Thoughts on our MVP that helps people find a better career?
Thanks for that. It's more for SEO than anything else.
mikejobgps··on Ask HN: Thoughts on our MVP that helps people find a better career?
Thanks for the feedback, yes we're looking to build up our platform with a lot more companies that are fantastic to work at.

Let me know if you have any more thoughts or questions!