function getParameter (  ) 
{
	var url = "/careers/job4.html";
	return makeRequest(url,'');
} 

 var http_request = false;
   function makeRequest(url, parameters) 
   {
   
      http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) 
	  { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType)
		  {
         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
            //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
         }
      } else if (window.ActiveXObject) 
	  { // IE
         try {
            http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
         } catch (e) {
            try {
               http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {}
         }
      }
      if (!http_request) {
         alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
         return false;
      }
	  var t = "Loading...";
	  document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = t;  
      http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
	  http_request.open('GET', url + parameters, true);
	  
      http_request.send(null);
	  
   }

   function alertContents() {
   
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            result = http_request.responseText;
			
            document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = result;            
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }