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Facebook Jobs Tool / A Lame New App writes Business Insider

Facebook has launched a so-called “social jobs app.”

In theory that sounds like something that should threaten LinkedIn, which does a big business off of recruiting.

In reality, LinkedIn has absolutely nothing to worry about it, and any investor thinking about selling LinkedIn based on this news should take a second to examine the product Facebook actually launched.

It’s really more of a job search engine, displaying openings already listed on sites like Monster.com and BranchOut. And the search engine is buggy at best: A search limited to San Francisco displayed jobs in India.

So this isn’t a serious entry into the recruiting business.

LinkedIn’s recruiting business also has very little to do with job listings, which is all this app provides. Recruiters use LinkedIn’s database to find candidates who aren’t actively searching for new jobs…

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via Facebook Launches A Weak Social Jobs App – Business Insider.

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