Resume Manager Search

  • Resolved philwillson

    (@philwillson)


    10 years, 11 months ago

    Hi Mike!

    I installed the Resume Manager, but I can’t release it to my client base yet, because the search functionality is too limited. The text search field only supports searching the resume title, or so my testing seems to indicate.

    Can you recommend a plugin that will be compatible with Resume Manager and allow the search to include the entire resume custom post? Preferably the search would also include the documents attached to the resume, but I doubt such a thing is easily achieved, and searching the full body of the resume custom post will be sufficient for me to release the Resume Manager to my clients.

    Thanks for any suggestions you may have!!!

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wp-job-manager/

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  • Plugin Author Mike Jolley

    (@mikejolley)

    Hi Phil,

    The search looks through the post_content and post_title. Which data in particular are you wanting it to search?

    Searching the attached doc won’t happen though – looking around it requires extra server software and some less-supported PHP functions like shell_exec to parse https://davidwalsh.name/read-pdf-doc-file-php That would be a nightmare to support I think.

    Thanks

    Thread Starter philwillson

    (@philwillson)

    Thanks!

    Does the entire resume page read as post_content? Using the search, I’m only able to bring back results pertaining to:

    candidate name
    resume title
    resume location

    When I search for terms present in the resumes of the candidates, I always get a null set result.

    For instance, I have a candidate named “Mimi Henderson”, whose resume title is “Client Expert”, who lives in Hoover, AL, USA, and whose professional expertise revolves around sales with the word “sales” appearing in numerous places on her resume.

    If I search for “mimi”, I find her.
    If I search for “client”, I find her.
    If I search for “hoover”, I find her.

    But if I search for “sales”, I DON’T find her.

    The problem is that “sales” is what most of my clients will enter into the field when they want to find Mimi.

    How do I achieve that?

    Thread Starter philwillson

    (@philwillson)

    In the example above, I’m referencing the text resume entered on the site, not the attached resume uploaded to the site.

    Thread Starter philwillson

    (@philwillson)

    Would a premium plugin like this one https://searchwp.com/ seem to be what I want?

    Plugin Author Mike Jolley

    (@mikejolley)

    Leave it with me, I’ll look into improving it.

    Thread Starter philwillson

    (@philwillson)

    Yes sir! Thank you so much. I’m very eager to release the Resume Manager on my site! =)

    Btw, topic tangent — I hired a contractor to develop resume bookmarking functionality, bc I need that as well before I can release the Resume Manager; they’re just about done with a usable version of the bookmarking, and I’ll send you the code as a private message once it’s done.

    Plugin Author Mike Jolley

    (@mikejolley)

    Sounds great.

    As for the search, download 1.3.0 when the update appears and its there ??

    Thread Starter philwillson

    (@philwillson)

    Awesome! =)

    Thread Starter philwillson

    (@philwillson)

    Hi Mike,

    The bookmarking code should now be in your email box, assuming I got your email address correct… =)

    Plugin Author Mike Jolley

    (@mikejolley)

    Nope ?? https://mikejolley.com/contact/

    Thread Starter philwillson

    (@philwillson)

    Drat! =)

    Okay, send an email through the contact form…

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