Okay, so last week I posted a job on the new Facebook jobs platform, for one of my shops. The result was 30+ applicants is a couple of days, only 3 of whom had a set of skills close to what I was looking for. While this is okay, the platform is cumbersome, and slow, at weeding this out, saying no thanks and managing. But, hey, it’s free and in a couple of days I got to 3 good candidates worth speaking with.
Yesterday, I posted a second ad and this has gone better, although the process remains cumbersome and lacking some of the features of other jobs boards.
Would I use Facebook again to advertise a job? Maybe, probably, I guess. I do prefer some of the other platforms like Jora and Indeed, and have found them to be easier to use and more successful.
What Facebook has going for it is the local community connections. I think if the platform is refined it could be a good tool for finding local employees.
overall, even though I have complained about it, I say it’s worth a try. Hey, it’s free.