Facebook rolls out new features that make recruitment process easier for both businesses and job seekers

Briefing

Facebook rolls out new features that make recruitment process easier for both businesses and job seekers

March 17, 2017

Briefing

  • Job Recruitment Tool – Rolls out new features enabling U.S. and Canadian businesses to post job vacancies and job seekers to apply directly through Facebook
  • Mobile-Enabled Recruitment – Businesses can create job posts through their Pages, review applications and contact applicants via Messenger, all on mobile
  • Seamless Application Process – Job postings will appear in personal news feed, new Jobs bookmark, or in Jobs tab on Business Pages, with candidate only needing to click Apply Now button, review filled-in information from profile, and submit application to initiate process
  • Created for Small Businesses – 40% of U.S. small businesses find job vacancies hard to fill, despite employing half of country’s workforce, according to Facebook
  • LinkedIn Recruitment Gap – Fills gap for those looking for low-skilled jobs, part-time positions and hourly wage work left by LinkedIn, whose platform tends to cater to people hunting for full-time, medium and high-skilled roles
  • Potential Audience Reach – Allows businesses to reach Facebook's bigger user base of 1.86 billion users, compared to LinkedIn’s 467 million users

Accelerator

Market Disruption

Sector

Information Technology

Organization

Facebook Inc., LinkedIn Corp.

Source

Original Publication Date

February 16, 2017

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