Facebook rolls out job posts to become the blue-collar LinkedIn

Re:Facebook rolls out job posts to become the blue-collar Li... by vinceguidry on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @04:21PM (#16487079)

I don't think there is any reason to not think that there's a lot of inefficiency in the job marketplace that a large tech service that literally their entire market uses couldn't vastly clear up.

What I'm more worried about is that Facebook will drop the ball.

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Re:Facebook rolls out job posts to become the blue-collar Li... by meritt on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @04:31PM (#16487191)

There's definitely inefficiency but I was replying to the notion that this would be a cure for blue-collar unemployment. It's not even going to make a dent.

The article itself shows a lot of screenshots which are specifically service jobs, also referred to as "pink-collar". Those are indeed rapidly on the rise and generally underrepresented in LinkedIn (https://poachedjobs.com is the go-to for food & drink) so I think it could be successful there.

But to suggest Facebook Jobs will be the panacea for blue-collar unemployment is sheer ignorance.

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