Seek Helper

About

Seek Helper — Your Job Search Productivity Toolkit for Seek.com

Seek Helper is a lightweight Chrome extension built for serious job seekers on Seek.com (seek.com, seek.com.au, seek.co.nz). It sits quietly in the corner of every job listing and gives you four tools that save time, reduce friction, and keep your application pipeline organised.

No accounts. No servers. No data ever leaves your browser.

WHAT SEEK HELPER DOES

1. Copy the Job Description

One click copies the entire job description to your clipboard in clean, formatted Markdown. The output includes the job title, company name, location, salary (when listed), the full job ad, and the employer screening questions — all formatted with proper headings, bullet lists, and bold text.

Use it to paste directly into Notion, Obsidian, a Google Doc, or any notes app. Perfect for building a personal job tracker, feeding a job description into an AI assistant for cover letter help, or simply keeping a clean record of every role you applied for.

2. Download the Job Description as a .md File

Prefer to save files locally? The .md button downloads the same Markdown output as a properly named file — the filename is automatically generated from the job title, for example:

senior-software-engineer.md
intermediate-architectural-designer.md
project-manager-construction.md

Files land in your default Downloads folder. Build a folder of every role you've researched, keep them version-controlled in Git, or open them in VS Code — the choice is yours.

3. Mark a Job as Applied

The tick button lets you flag any job as applied. The state is saved permanently in your browser's local storage — it never expires and never syncs anywhere. The next time you visit that same job listing, the tick button will be green, reminding you that you've already submitted an application.

Applied state is stored silently in the background. Nothing is sent anywhere. Nothing requires a login. It simply persists in your browser until you clear your browsing data.

This is especially useful when:

You're applying to a high volume of roles across multiple sessions
You want to avoid accidentally applying to the same position twice
You're doing research across dozens of listings in one sitting

4. LinkedIn Company Search

A small LinkedIn button appears inline next to the company name on every job listing — right where you'd naturally look. One click opens a LinkedIn company search for that employer in a new tab, so you can instantly check:

How large the company is
Whether you have any first or second-degree connections there
Recent company updates, news, and culture signals
Whether the company is actively hiring across other roles
Leadership team and hiring managers
The button extracts the company name automatically — no copying, no pasting, no typing. It handles verified-badge icons gracefully, pulling only the text of the company name.

DESIGNED TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY

The floating toolbar only appears when you are on a job listing page that contains a job description. It disappears automatically on search results pages, the homepage, and any other page where it isn't relevant.

The toolbar is minimal — three small icon buttons in a horizontal row in the bottom-right corner of your screen. They don't overlap Seek's Apply button or any other important UI elements.

The LinkedIn button is injected directly into the page header, next to the company name, so it feels native to the page rather than bolted on.

WORKS ACROSS ALL SEEK DOMAINS

Seek Helper is active on:

seek.com
seek.com.au
seek.co.nz
It handles Seek's React single-page application correctly. When you navigate between job listings without a full page reload — which is the default behaviour on Seek — the toolbar and applied state update automatically to reflect the new job. No manual refresh needed.

PRIVACY AND DATA

Seek Helper collects zero personal data. Here is exactly what the extension stores and where:

Applied job state: stored in your browser's localStorage, keyed by Seek job ID. Never transmitted. Never synced. Cleared only when you clear your browser's site data for seek.com.
Clipboard access: used only when you click the Copy button. The extension writes to your clipboard on demand — it never reads from it.
No cookies. No analytics. No tracking pixels. No external requests.
The extension does not communicate with any server. It has no background service worker that runs when you are not on Seek. It activates only on Seek domains, only when a job listing is open.

Permissions requested:

clipboardWrite: required to copy the job description to your clipboard when you press the Copy button. This is the only browser permission the extension uses beyond content script access to Seek pages.

WHO IS THIS FOR?

Seek Helper is built for job seekers who are running a structured, high-volume search — people applying to tens or hundreds of roles over weeks or months, who want to keep clean records, avoid duplication, and move faster without switching between tabs and apps constantly.

It is particularly useful if you:

Use Notion, Obsidian, Roam, or any Markdown-capable notes app to track your job search
Feed job descriptions into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini to help draft tailored cover letters
Want to compare job descriptions side by side in a text editor

Are applying to roles that require careful research into the employer before applying
Lose track of which jobs you've already submitted applications for
Want to quickly check whether you have LinkedIn connections at a prospective employer

HOW TO USE IT

Install Seek Helper from the Chrome Web Store.
Navigate to any job listing on seek.com, seek.com.au, or seek.co.nz.
A small toolbar appears in the bottom-right corner of the page.
Click the clipboard icon to copy the job description as Markdown.
Click .md to download it as a file.
Click the tick button to mark the job as applied — it turns green.
Click the LinkedIn icon next to the company name to search for the employer on LinkedIn.
That's it. No setup. No configuration. No account required.

OPEN AND TRANSPARENT

Seek Helper is a simple, focused tool. The source code is straightforward and does exactly what this description says. If you want to inspect what it does before installing, load it as an unpacked extension in Chrome's developer mode and read the content.js and styles.css files directly.

SUPPORT AND FEEDBACK

If you encounter a bug, notice that a Seek UI update has broken something, or have a feature suggestion, please leave a review or reach out via the support link. Seek periodically updates their page structure and class names — if something stops working after a Seek update, a fix will be pushed promptly.

VERSION HISTORY

1.0.0 — Initial release

Copy job description as Markdown
Download job description as .md file
Mark jobs as applied (persistent, per job ID)
LinkedIn company search button inline next to company name
Supports seek.com, seek.com.au, seek.co.nz
Full SPA navigation support
Seek Helper is an independent browser extension and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Seek Limited in any way.