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Is there already an ActivityPub vocabulary for job openings, or cvs?
I'm trying to make my CV-webpage more visible, and also create a job-bot, that everyone can set up with their sources, and queries.
Obviously the idea is, to help people find jobs, and fill vacancies, without having to resort to a centralized network, like e.g. LinkedIn.
I'm aware of these efforts, though they're not ActivityPub related:
https://microformats.org/wiki/job-listing
https://microformats.org/wiki/h-resume
You could, for example, use h-resume with ActivityPub.
ActivityPub is, in some ways, just another JSON-LD name-space.
Just use h-resume as another JSON-LD name-space along with ActivityPub.
Yes, as a starting point, that's what I thought as well. Just if there already would have been sinething, I wouldn't try and reinvent the wheel.
One issue with blindly adopting #h-resume is, that in an #ActivityPub context, you usually don't just state "here is my resume", but also e.g. "I have a new job", which then is an update to your resume. A use case, that never existed for h-resume.
So there's still work to do. But it's definitively a good start.
Regarding:
"but also e.g. "I have a new job""
You could either do that with a custom Object type.
Or, using an existing Object type β such as Note, or one of the others.
Are you thinking of coding something for this?
I'm still in the phase of finding out, if there might already be all the tools available, but it seems, I won't get around writing at least some code for it.
I'll probably start extending an existing AP implementation, or using a library, instead of writing everything from scratch. But nothing is set in stone yet. Do you have any suggestions?
@cdonat @reiver my main concern with such a system is it encourages the centralisation and the "big instance" problem, because of the nature of job ads and CV/resume posters. If you're looking for a job, you want your CV federated to as many potential employers as possible, and if you're hiring, you want your job as to be seen as much. I love the idea but without a good relay network it would be difficult to make it cohesive.
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