Jobs on Facebook: Company Focuses Visor on LinkedIn

It is possible for companies to post jobs on Facebook. Interested parties can apply directly with their Facebook profile, and the job application is delivered via messenger to the company.

The feature is currently only available to US and Canadian Facebook pages, Facebook reported to TechCrunch. Companies with such a page can post a job that is then displayed under the heading ‘jobs’.

If you respond to a job, your full name and profile picture are automatically loaded. The rest you can fill in yourself.

Smaller Companies

Andrew Bosworth, vice president for advertising for Facebook, tells TechCrunch that many small businesses struggle to find staff. They are not searching for stuff on LinkedIn, but hang in their store often a piece of paper with “staff wanted”. Or they place the job in a normal post on Facebook.

Smaller companies looking for employees for a full-time or part-time job, according to Bosworth will really take advantage of the new feature. In addition, Facebook offers the ability to tag people under a job, so you can make others aware of an interesting job.

After submitting the application Bosworth hopes that the employer and applicant will communicate via Messenger to make an appointment. Is he not worried that employers go through “the wall” of the candidate's Facebook? According to Bosworth that situation does not apply to people who are looking for a side job. Additionally, you can always adjust your privacy on Facebook.

Attack on LinkedIn

Facebook hopes that placing vacancies will also bring in some extra money; companies can distribute their jobs through social network by paying for it - like an advertisement.

With the new feature Facebook points the arrows directly to Microsoft’s LinkedIn. The advantage of Facebook is that people are already on the social network.“Two-thirds of job seekers arealreadyonsocial media, they are not on the job hunt for days on end, they are just open to a job if the job shows up”, says Bosworth.

Source: http://www.rtlnieuws.nl

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