Google and Its Smart Software Take on Job Search
March 22, 2018
Google has a real entrepreneurial spirit for a multi-million dollar corporation. It seems like every time you turn around Google’s hands are in a new cookie jar, and chances are they will grab everything in sight. The latest industry to hold its breath while Google makes a splash is the hiring world. According a recent Independent story, “Google Launched its Own Jobs Search Engine—Here’s How It Works,” they are already deeply in the business.
The story states;
“[T]he new feature employs machine learning-trained algorithms to sort and organize job listings from a range of employment sites including LinkedIn, Monster and Glassdoor….So if you decide to find your next gig on Google, you’ll have a streamlined place to search and AI technology on your side.”
Google’s experience with machine learning and AI make it a real threat to actually outdo those sites, like Monster, that it currently uses. Our best guess is that Google will utilize those sites and then eventually attempt to overtake them. However, the market is not exactly easy pickings. Those aforementioned companies are sure to put up a fight, as well as social media, which is also throwing its hat into the jobs ring. Facebook, for one, is drastically expanding its job hunting services. This is sure to be a fistfight.
And let’s not forget LinkedIn and the US government’s service.
Perhaps Google is arriving at peak job time? Is it too late?
Patrick Roland, March 22, 2018
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