JOB HUNTING
Google says jobs aggregation platform will not vie with local SA sites
The technology giant’s search tool launched in SA, Kenya and Nigeria aims to make job hunting faster and easier
Google’s new jobs aggregation platform, which launched in SA last week, will not compete directly with local employment websites, according to the technology giant’s director for SA, Luke McKend. Google launched a jobs search tool in SA, Kenya and Nigeria last week aimed at making job hunting faster and easier, said McKend. The platform is already available in the US and is shown to users when they search for jobs on Google’s search engine. "It’s a feature within Google search that’s designed to bring job seekers and employers closer together. "We’re not intending to compete. It’s more about sending qualified traffic back to the place where that job was sourced," McKend said. "Fortunately, this space is big enough for everybody to have their niche." McKend said the website function had been introduced partly in response to SA’s unemployment problem. The tool, which aggregates job posts from sites such as Job Mail and Careers24 as well as directly from companies and recruiters, lets ...
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