Google going after Job Market
Back in January, there were talks of Google looking to buy yet another company. This time they had their Sauron like eye on a larger company by the name of Monster.com. The online job market is quickly becoming the easiest, fastest, and most used method of searching for jobs in todays market, and thats what Google wants; world domination in all aspects of everything on the interweb.
Since January there hasnt been much more talk of the Google / Monster acquisition. But today, I came across what looks like could be the beginning of their own Google Job Search. Basically it makes use of their new service Google Base and incorporates another one of its projects called Google Maps for a unique job searching experience. Rather than having employers post job openings and searchers post resumes, like Monster, Hotjobs and the other big players do, they crawl the sites that allready have the job postings listed and link directly to the posting. Beside the listings you can see the google map with each posting marked and easily see where the company is located and find driving directions to it.
It is still very early and basic, but over time Google will most likely put out a larger public beta that isnt ready for public use and it will die like all of their other recent attempts. Or maybe they are working on way to many projects at once and at some point in time they will revist and refine all that they are working on and have it all come together for them to move forward in a defined direction.
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