I code mostly in the .Net web stack, and lead a team of web developers that do both .Net and Java work using Angular. I blogged a couple months ago about my favorite tech podcasts:
Searching by name seems to work fine, but none of the ISBN's I entered returned any results.
For example I tried:
978-0201485677
9780201485677
0201485672
No Results were displayed, but typing in the title Refactoring worked just fine. This was in Chrome and Firefox on my laptop.
Please be aware that if you do (1) and also do (3) you may be committing Unemployment Insurance Fraud. Most states require you to not only be actively searching for work, but to be "Able and Available" to work and frequently investigations and audits turn up fraudulent UI claims on this basis. Even though much of job searching is online and can be done anywhere, the assumption is that if you are out of state, you weren't available to work in your home state that week.
I did this. I highly recommend using the time to take a vacation. And by vacation, I mean searching for jobs in other states and countries.
I disagree with your interpretation of "able to available".
Even nolo is not 100% on this: Vacations and travel MAY mean you are "unavailable" to work.
I am not a lawyer, and this is only my non-lawyer non official, non-professional opinion of what I relied on for myself.
1) Jobs are available all over the country and all over the world.
2) If you are actively applying and interviewing and able and willing to take the next flight home in the event of an offer or unwillingness by a company to interview you over Skype.
So for me, I had a justification. If the state did not agree with me, I risked them taking the money back. I didn't exactly push it by mailing my claims in postmarked from a foreign country either. I found a way to get them mailed in from my home area as to not cause undue focus on me.
You can always just ask the employment office about out of state trips and work requirements. That assumption that you will be viewed as unable to work might not be valid. Like you said you can apply online, and you can always visit a place you are interested in working and then you will be available for in person interviews.
The biggest thing to know about these data from the US Department of Labor (DOL) is that they DO NOT reflect visas granted. They reflect Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) granted. denied, etc. This is only one part of the application for a visa, and every year the DOL certifies far more LCAs than there are available visas.
It is impossible to tell from the LCA data what companies actually followed through with the rest of the process and fees and were able to sponsor a foreign worker before the visa cap was hit each year. That information would come from US Citizenship and Immigration Service, and as far as I can find they do not release that information.
As I commented above these data reflect Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) granted. denied, etc. This is only one part of the application for a visa, and every year the DOL certifies far more LCAs than there are available visas.
To find out what visas were actually issued that information would come from US Citizenship and Immigration Service, and as far as I can find they do not release that information.
You're right, the State Department has raw numbers of visas approved, but still no way to connect them to employers, industries, occupations or wages as the original post attempted to present.
The biggest thing to know about these data from the US Department of Labor (DOL) is that they DO NOT reflect visas granted. They reflect Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) granted. denied, etc. This is only one part of the application for a visa, and every year the DOL certifies far more LCAs than there are available visas.
It is impossible to tell from the LCA data what companies actually followed through with the rest of the process and fees and were able to sponsor a foreign worker before the visa cap was hit each year. That information would come from US Citizenship and Immigration Service, and as far as I can find they do not release that information.
These are all wonderful suggestions, but personal experience in the US and dealing primarily with candidates from medium to large companies is that reference checks get referred to HR, and the policy is to confirm dates of employment and positions only. Too much litigation risk in the US to say much more.
So that's the situation for the US - i wonder how other parts of the world think about that practice, let alone if it's allowed by the law? Is there a list somewhere?
http://agilecoder.net/2016/08/23/developer-podcasts/