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As AI reshapes the jobs market, Facebook is reviving its jobs board to help “young adults” find local entry-level work.
Job listings are returning to Facebook Marketplace for US users on Android and iOS, two-plus years after the social network shut them down. Meta didn’t clearly explain why it’s reviving the feature or why it was phased out in the first place. But in Monday’s announcement, the company emphasized that job listings will cater to "young adults to find local entry-level job opportunities,” along with part-time gigs.
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“Now, if you’re looking for entry-level, trade, and service industry employment in your community, Facebook can help you connect with local people and small businesses who are hiring,” Meta wrote. “Jobs on Facebook are public and visible to all adults 18 years and older.”
Many young job seekers, including recent college graduates, are struggling to find employment amid a slowdown in the job market. A Stanford study also estimates that growing AI adoption is causing some companies to decrease hiring for entry-level work. Anthropic’s CEO has even gone so far as to say that AI could eliminate up to 50% of all entry-level jobs, potentially causing unemployment to reach as high as 10-20% in as little as one to five years.
Facebook’s job board hasn’t popped up for us yet. But the company says it’ll let users directly reach out to employers through Messenger to ask questions or schedule interviews. Users will also be able to search a wide range of job openings from employers while receiving personalized recommendations based on their browsing history.
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Meta didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. In the meantime, US users can also expect the job listings to appear on Facebook Groups and Pages for official brands.
Last month, rival OpenAI announced that it's working on an AI-powered hiring platform. The OpenAI Jobs Platform will use AI to help "find the perfect matches between what companies need and what workers can offer," said Fidji Simo, company CEO for applications.
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Since 2020, I've covered the launch and explosive growth of SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, writing 600+ stories on availability and feature launches, but also the regulatory battles over the expansion of satellite constellations, fights with rival providers like AST SpaceMobile and Amazon, and the effort to expand into satellite-based mobile service. I've combed through FCC filings for the latest news and driven to remote corners of California to test Starlink's cellular service.
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