Facebook launched its long-rumored job board offering last week. It was a bit rocky:
Ouch.
So what exactly is wrong with the Facebook job board?
I don’t know what Forbes was smoking when they claimed Facebook waschanging the face of recruiting - maybe it was a slow news day and they needed a catchy headline? If you follow Twitter and the general news, you know that many job seekers and uninformed members of the general public swallowed the claim hook, line, and sinker – and that’s really too bad. There are plenty ofinnovative job boards, community sites, social search services, and more that run rings around the Facebook offering.
The online recruiting industry and press needs to push back. Tell folks that theFacebook job app is a turkey. Show them better alternatives.
And, umm, LinkedIn? I don’t think you have a thing to worry about. Yet.
Thanks for sharing this Jeff. I was looking forward to someone with your expertise offering up a review of things thus far. It will be interesting to see the direction they will go with this offering.
Totally agree; wrote my own blog post about it too! There is huge potential for social integration with job postings; unfortunately, what Facebook has come up with is in no way social, mobile, or candidate-friendly. Really sad. http://blog.snaphop.com/blog/4233/facebooks-abysmal-social-job-post...
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