Your subsequent job may come from Fb Market

Each time I consider Facebook, I see it as a platform for connecting with family and friends, and a supply for excellent native offers by way of Marketplace. I’ve by no means considered it as a spot to discover a job, since platforms like LinkedIn, Certainly, and Glassdoor serve that function, nevertheless it seems Meta desires to vary that notion.

In an try and make Fb extra engaging to job hunters, the social media large has introduced that it’s bringing job listings again for US customers, after eradicating them three years in the past. This time round, nonetheless, Meta is specializing in Fb serving to individuals discover native jobs, with an emphasis on entry-level positions, and jobs within the trades and repair sectors.

“Beginning immediately, we’re bringing jobs on Fb again, making it simpler for individuals within the US to search out and inquire about native jobs. We have at all times been about connecting with individuals, whether or not by way of shared pursuits or key life occasions,” Meta defined in a Facebook blog post. “Now, in the event you’re in search of entry-level, commerce, and repair business employment in your neighborhood, Fb can assist you join with native individuals and small companies who’re hiring.”

Now you can discover couches and jobs by way of Fb Market

Job listings can be found to all Fb customers within the US who’re over 18

For those who’re inquisitive about how Fb’s return of job listings works, you can discover all of the native listings in your space within the Market tab. Sure, the identical place you possibly can go to search out an important deal on a sofa or promote your previous bike.

When you’re in Market, you will see a brand new class on the high of the display screen referred to as Jobs, and whenever you press that, it’s going to carry up all of the native listings for jobs in your space that you may scroll by way of. From there, you possibly can type job listings by class, distance, and job sort. To seek out and seek for jobs on Fb, you will should be an grownup aged 18 years or older and be positioned within the US.

For those who discover a place you are involved in, you possibly can faucet on it to see the job description, the speed of pay the employer presents, whether or not it is full-time or part-time, and the place the enterprise is positioned. Most significantly, you can attain out to them straight through Fb Messenger to inquire in regards to the place and apply.

As I discussed earlier, this is not Fb’s first rodeo with a job listings characteristic. In 2017, it launched job listings on the platform within the US and Canada. It then expanded to over 40 international locations, after which scaled again to only the US and Canada once more in 2022, and was finally scrapped altogether in 2023 (through TechCrunch).

Meta did not go into any element on why it instantly determined now was the time to carry job listings again to Fb, aside from saying, “We need to make it straightforward so that you can discover native jobs and join along with your local people.” If I needed to guess why Meta determined to carry them again, it is most likely to draw a youthful viewers to Fb, because it highlights entry-level positions and jobs in expert trades, the place faculty college students or current graduates is likely to be looking for work. It may also be to place Fb as a extra approachable different to LinkedIn, which normally focuses extra on higher-skilled roles with very particular necessities.

Job listings are rolling out now on Fb for US customers. Meta hasn’t stated but if it has plans to roll it out to extra international locations once more sooner or later.