Google Reaches for Job Seekers With Search Engine Revamp
- New search feature launched with Facebook, LinkedIn, others
- Service may cut out traditional job listing websites
The logo for US technology company and search engine Google is displayed on screens in London on February 11, 2016. Britain's tax agency announced last month that Google would pay a £130 million (166 million euro, $187 million) tax settlement for 10 years' operations in Britain where it makes 11 percent of its global sales. Finance minister George Osborne hailed the agreement as a victory. But there was a barrage of criticism, including from within Prime Minister David Cameron's own Conservative Party as the announcement coincided with a key tax filing deadline for many Britons. / AFP / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images)
Photographer: Leon Neal/AFP via Getty ImagesPeople looking for work online will see a very different Google from now on. The Alphabet Inc. unit is introducing a new job search feature, a move that could keep visitors on its own website for longer, rather than sending them to other recruiting sites.
Google is kicking off the feature by working with online rivals, like Microsoft Corp.’s LinkedIn and Facebook Inc., as well as leading job sites such as CareerBuilder, Glassdoor Inc. and Randstad’s Monster Worldwide.