---
name: "WWW::Search::AOL::Classifieds::Employment"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libwww-search-perl"
version: "2.24-3"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/WWW::Search::AOL::Classifieds::Employment"
---

# WWW::Search::AOL::Classifieds::Employment(3pm)

WWW::Search::AOL::Classifieds::Employment - class for searching Jobs Classifieds on AOL

```
 use WWW::Search;
 my $oSearch = new WWW::Search('Aol');
 my $sQuery = WWW::Search::escape_query("unix c++ java");
 $oSearch->native_query($sQuery,
                        {'qcqs' => ':ca:'});
 while (my $res = $oSearch->next_result()) {
     print $res->company . "\t" . $res->title . "\t" . $res->change_date
         . "\t" . $res->location . "\n";
 }
```

This class is a Aol specialization of WWW::Search. It handles making and interpreting Aol searches at *http://classifiedplus.aol.com* in category employment-\>JobSearch. The returned WWW::SearchResult objects contain **url**, **title**, **company**, **location** and **change\_date** fields. The following search options can be activated by sending a hash as the second argument to *native\_query()*.\
 **Format / Treatment of Query Terms** The default is to match ALL keywords in your query.\
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 **Restrict by Job Category** No restriction by default. To select jobs from a specific job  category use the following option:\
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 **Restrict by Company Name**\
 Display jobs where company name matches `$pattern`.\
 **Restrict by Location** No preference by default. Several options can restrict your search. Only one of the below listed options can be enabled at a time.\
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 There are too many possible values to be listed here. See  *http://classifiedplus.aol.com* in category employment-\>JobSearch for a full list. Here are some examples from that list: to select jobs only from  California use {'qcqs' =\> ':ca:'}, for jobs from San Fransisco use {'qcqs' =\> 'san francisco:ca:807'}.\
 `"WWW::Search::Aol"` is written and maintained by Alexander Tkatchev (Alexander.Tkatchev@cern.ch). THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.