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Whatforwork is a library of authentic job descriptions intended to help people discover a career they'll love.

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whatforwork··on Show HN: Helping people choosing the right career
What a good catch. Thank you!
whatforwork··on Show HN: Helping people choosing the right career
Email me at info@whatforwork.com and we can see if there's some sort of collaboration that makes sense.
whatforwork··on Show HN: Helping people choosing the right career
I've considered the possibility of connecting this to indeed or monster, but at this point im trying to focus on education not placement. That being said, i'm open to this leading me to the appropriate market. I just want to make sure I help kids choose careers as that's a large part of how my idea came to be in the first place(personal experience).

Glassdoor is a common comparison because they have user submitted reviews, but those reviews are of what its like to work for a given company. As contrast, my site is what its like to do a given job.

Thank you!

whatforwork··on Show HN: Helping people choosing the right career
Lots of really good feedback here. Thank you.

In order to ensure quality and qualified job descriptions, i've had to hire the submissions. Unfortunately, philanthropic motivations have not as of yet been sufficient.

That being said, if you want to make a submission for silicon i'd love to see it.

whatforwork··on Show HN: Helping people choosing the right career
Nothing beats experience. I completely agree. I found that very hard to find online. So in an attempt to help others looking for it, I created what I thought was the next best thing. From the horses mouth so to speak...
whatforwork··on Show HN: Helping people choosing the right career
I gathered each one individually myself. I’ve got a link on my site for people to submit their job descriptions and it brings them to a survey. I was able to evaluate submitters experience before I directed them to the link. It’s been a very tiresome process. But, some code really helped to integrate the job descriptions into the site so that they were searchable.
whatforwork··on Show HN: Helping people choosing the right career
Problem: Many people are in careers they hate.

Theory: Most people get into a career thinking its something its not.

Solution: Create a library of job descriptions written by people in those jobs in order to provide real world insight into various roles.

Would love to get your feedback on the idea, UI/UX, and anything else you'd like to share.

Jeremy