Facebook takes on LinkedIn with new job ads

Today, Facebook is starting the roll out of a replacement feature that permits job seekers to converge to hiring managers while not ever feat the platform. LinkedIn executives, somewhere, area unit crying into a bucket of mountain & Jerry’s.

The update permits business Pages to post job listings a similar approach they’d generally compose a standing update. additionally to linking, sharing, and/or commenting, users conjointly get the choice to use for the position employing a baked-in “Apply Now” button. a fast press permits interested parties to fill out associate application and submit it victimisation Facebook traveller.

An additional perk adds a Jobs tab to the Page associated permits interested parties to examine an aggregative listing of all open positions among the corporate — assumptive it's denote them to Facebook.
The feature looks like a win-win for each Facebook and job seekers. other than extra monetisation potential, Facebook currently encompasses a leg abreast of LinkedIn thanks to the behavior of users on the positioning. Sharing, or tagging a follower, is commonplace and it stands to supply extra bang for the buck — additionally to wonderful targeting — that LinkedIn can’t extremely supply.

LinkedIn, on the opposite hand, can’t be too excited with the news; the majority of its revenue comes from these job listings.