neigette's blog

As a user, there are often times when you come up with product improvements based on the pain points you experience. I'll share two of my recent ideas centered around the theme of location.  Product : LinkedIn, Indeed, and other job search sites What : Add detailed job location (neighborhood or exact location) to job postings rather than simply a city/area. For remote jobs, allow for more detailed searches - is this remote worldwide or only remote within a certain country? Why : From a personal perspective, I live in a large city and the job location within the city matters a lot to me. A job might be listed in the same city that I live in, but it could take over an hour to commute to the location.  In general, for job seekers, this feature would allow them to better understand what the commute could look like. Employers would also benefit from a more relevant talent pool. Ie. job seekers can more readily self-select and employers will end up with applicants who are aware of t...

Today, Google released a series of PDF reports that use their tracked location data to  " chart movement trends over time by geography [and] across different categories of places". Report contents Reports can be downloaded for a specific country/region (currently 131 are supported). Within the report, time series charts display mobility trends (% compared to baseline) across 6 location categories. The date range available for the first round of reports are Feb 16 2020 - March 29 2020. Screenshot of report contents. Image from Google Most of the countries I looked at had a country-level overview at the beginning and then region specific charts. However, I noticed that South Korea only had the country-level overview. Within the report, it's noted that a region will be left out if there aren't statistically significant levels of data available. Also, one country that does not have a report at all is China. I can understand why this is - my guess is that there is...