Aimed at improving the job search experience for users across India, Google unveiled an immersive new search experience that makes it easier and quicker for job seekers to find relevant employment opportunities from many popular job listing websites, online classifieds, and companies.
With the ability to narrow down results using smart filters, save listings, share them and sign up for alerts, users can now access this experience in English on the Search app on Android and iOS, and in Google Search on the desktop and mobile.
Google has worked with a number of organiSations from across the Industry to bring users the most comprehensive listing of jobs — this includes Aasaanjobs, Freshersworld, Headhonchos, IBM Talent Management Solutions, linkedIn, Quezx, QuikrJobs, Shine.com, T-Jobs, TimesJobs, and Wisdomjobs.
To help the larger ecosystem of job providers, Google has also released open documentation, which will assist organizations big or small to make their job openings discoverable on this new search experience, using open structured schema.org web markup standards that Google supports.
Commenting on the launch, Rajan Anandan, Vice President India & Southeast Asia, said, “People turn to Search while looking for a job. In Q4 last year, we saw more than a 45 per cent increase in the number of job search queries. This number is growing. However, the job search experience is not always effective. On the other hand companies — especially SMEs —that are the largest job creators are often unable to make their listings discoverable. This new job search experience powered by our partners and our open platform approach attempts to bridge this gap.”
Now when users search for “jobs near me,” “jobs for freshers,” or similar job-seeking queries, they will see a special module that can be expanded to a more immersive experience. Clicking on any job in this listing opens an at-a-glance view of comprehensive information about the posting such as job title, location, whether it is full-time or part-time, and several other details. From here, users can directly proceed to the job listing page on our partner’s website and apply there.