Facebook has announced that its year-old job-hunting service is expanding to dozens more countries, aiming to connect members with local work.
Facebook vice president Alex Himel announced the move on Wednesday, describing it as a “new stage of the diversification of the social network”.
Since adding a local jobs posting feature early last year in Canada and the US, Facebook has enhanced it to handle tasks such as managing applications, scheduling interviews, and getting alerts when desired types of positions are listed.
“We do feel really good about how that’s worked out in the US, with room for improvement of course,” Himel said.
Jobs can be listed, or applied for, at a “dashboard” devoted to the purpose in Facebook applications.
Use of the basic service is free, but businesses can pay to “boost” posts and more strongly target candidates, according to the Silicon Valley-based social network.
Job posts appear in several locations at the social network, including business pages, Marketplace, and in News Feed.
With more than two billion users around the world, Facebook promises strong potential for connecting people seeking work with jobs in need of filling, especially medium- or low-skill jobs in local enterprises.
“A lot of these businesses who aren’t able to fill their positions elsewhere, they’re seeing success on Facebook,” Himel said.
However, the service is yet to expand to the shores of Nigeria.
