Eluta.ca
Encyclopedia
Eluta.ca is a job search engine that specializes in locating jobs in Canada. The Toronto-based search engine was launched on June 8, 2006 by the principals of Mediacorp Canada Inc., a specialty Canadian publisher of employment periodicals. Eluta.ca lets people find new job announcements by searching tens of thousands of employer websites across Canada.
Eluta aims to make every new job announcement in Canada searchable at no cost to the employer or job-seeker. To do this, Eluta.ca uses a variety of indexing and mathematical techniques to monitor vacancies at over 71,000 employers across Canada. One reviewer recently called the site the "Google for jobs". Unlike large job boards, no person determines the order of search results on Eluta, which are listed by relevance.
The vertical search
engine indexes only primary sources (no job boards or agency jobs are listed). As well, Eluta.ca includes employer reviews and other editorial information for job-seekers in its search results. These reviews are licensed from Mediacorp's line of employment periodicals, including Canada's Top 100 Employers
. The Toronto Star
recently described Eluta.ca as a "sea change" for job-searchers, stating that the site's attraction is its "simplicity and power".
Like a growing number of search engines, Eluta has an open application programming interface
, which lets programmers and website developers incorporate its data into other web applications. The API complies with the new OpenSearch
XML
protocol, an emerging standard that allows search engines to share their results in a standard and accessible format. Several websites have already created mashups
using Eluta's data.
Eluta aims to make every new job announcement in Canada searchable at no cost to the employer or job-seeker. To do this, Eluta.ca uses a variety of indexing and mathematical techniques to monitor vacancies at over 71,000 employers across Canada. One reviewer recently called the site the "Google for jobs". Unlike large job boards, no person determines the order of search results on Eluta, which are listed by relevance.
The vertical search
Vertical search
A vertical search engine, as distinct from a general web search engine, focuses on a specific segment of online content. The vertical content area may be based on topicality, media type, or genre of content. Common verticals include shopping, the automotive industry, legal information, medical...
engine indexes only primary sources (no job boards or agency jobs are listed). As well, Eluta.ca includes employer reviews and other editorial information for job-seekers in its search results. These reviews are licensed from Mediacorp's line of employment periodicals, including Canada's Top 100 Employers
Canada's Top 100 Employers
Canada's Top 100 Employers is an annual competition that recognizes the best places in Canada to work. First held in 1999, the project aims to single out the employers that lead their industries in offering exceptional working conditions and progressive human resources policies. Winners are...
. The Toronto Star
Toronto Star
The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...
recently described Eluta.ca as a "sea change" for job-searchers, stating that the site's attraction is its "simplicity and power".
Like a growing number of search engines, Eluta has an open application programming interface
Application programming interface
An application programming interface is a source code based specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other...
, which lets programmers and website developers incorporate its data into other web applications. The API complies with the new OpenSearch
OpenSearch
OpenSearch is a collection of technologies that allow publishing of search results in a format suitable for syndication and aggregation. It is a way for websites and search engines to publish search results in a standard and accessible format....
XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
protocol, an emerging standard that allows search engines to share their results in a standard and accessible format. Several websites have already created mashups
Mashup (web application hybrid)
In Web development, a mashup is a Web page or application that uses and combines data, presentation or functionality from two or more sources to create new services...
using Eluta's data.