Facebook Job App And Small Businesses
Once again social network Facebook has added a new feature to its platform; Jobs, aimed to improve the experience of its 1 billion users.
It seems as though Facebook has been coming out with many new features lately; the timeline layout, the acquired Instagram, and the new message lay-out.
But none are quite as interesting as their latest venture. Just last week Facebook announced that they have added an app that will help connect users with jobs.
As many have pointed out, it seems to be very similar to LinkedIn. This then sparks the inevitable questions: How does the new app work? Is it going to be more affective than LinkedIn?
How the New Facebook Job App Works?
According to the Facebook website, this app is working with some of the leading career websites including Monster.com, BranchOut and Jobvite, which allows the app to feature more than 1.7 million jobs. The app will allow job seekers to view the profiles of prospective candidates as well as post jobs for users to browse through and potentially apply.
One of the reasons that Facebook is so confident they will be successful is the fact that they already have so much information about each user. You’ll be able to filter results by location, industry, etc. and find a good match.
So is LinkedIn in trouble? According to Bloomberg, LinkedIn fell as much as 3.7 percent after Facebook’s announcement, and traded down less than 1 percent at the close in New York. However, some are not convinced that LinkedIn has anything to worry about because there are a few holes in the plan that Facebook is trying to make solid.
Potential Problems With Facebook’s Job App Idea?
The biggest complaint is that people do not want others to see that they are job hunting. Looking for a job can be a private thing, and with Facebook connected to so many people’s personal lives, it’s tough to see this idea having much of a future. A few other complaints include:
- Some have found that the results are not relevant. Jason Buss of Talent HQ found that typing in a basic search term like recruiter in Minneapolis was turning up results for a document shredder in California.
- There are typically more results when you go to the actual job board website as opposed to going through this app, and no one quite knows why.
- You can’t seem to view your connections very easily.
It seems to many that this new app does nothing that job boards don’t already do. It seems confusing and executed poorly, so what’s the fuss?
What About You?
In the comments below, let us know your thoughts on the new app and whether or not you would use it.
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Thanks for your insights. I don’t know if job seekers and companies will really mix the social and interest graph.
But did Branchout really threathen LinkIn?
Love to see your answers. Thanks
I suppose it’s better to say that BranchOut tried to threaten LinkedIn (and I don’t think that fight is completely over). Still, it has a long way to go and I think everyone knows that. It needed to get it right right out of the gate, which didn’t really happen. This new app might have a better chance…we shall see!
Thanks for sharing! Where can I see this job function exactly?
Tried to look for it, it’s not this:
https://www.facebook.com/careers/
Here you can look for a job at Facebook
Here is a review which includes a demo of the Facebook Job App http://www.ebizroi.com/blog/bid/245178/Facebook-Social-Jobs-Partnership-Application-Review . This partnership and resulting application is a cool example of how public and private sectors can collaborate to solve relevant social issues. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome review…I always think that’s the best way to understand something without spending hours trying to figure it out on your own. Thanks for commenting everyone!
Thanks for the insight.
Although people know employers might check their facebook page but generally facebook is for friends and for fun.
If I need a job why dont I go to popular job boards? If I need connections I might as well go for Linkedin
Hi David Thanks for your opinion and I totally agree. Facebook is for friends, family and fun or as we call it: a social network.
Blogs, LinkedIn, and other dedicated social sites where like-minded peers with the same passion or need flock together, might be interest sites, not social networks like Facebook.
Cheers
I think that most people agree with you, but to be fair, how can Facebook not try to dominate every aspect of our lives? They certainly have the means to help connect us with employers (although this app may not be doing the best job at the current moment). I think they’re trying to take over and be a one-stop-shop so to speak.
I feel like I like the idea of not having sooo many social networks to deal with, but it does seem like this is just too much. I like that Facebook is for family and friends, so after some thought, I’m with you. Thanks so much for reading!
Thanks for sharing Roel! Cool, the review.
Thanks for sharing Amanda. You could be right, most people would like to have a top 10 websites that they use for 95% of all their purposes.
If Facebook does this smart: it will get many smart new apps inot it’s platform: social travel, social search, social shopping (see, like, buy), social tv and games they already have.. and Zynga recently stepped out again..
Exciting times!