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Barely related, but Facebook seems like a TERRIBLE place to advertise for hiring.

by throwaway91111 10y ago

personjerry 10y ago
Why?
- MichaelBurge 10y ago
  My guess: You're targeting people who waste their precious time on Facebook. And if they don't value their own time, they probably won't value yours either.
  - seattle_spring 10y ago
    That's incredibly arrogant, to say the least.
- throwaway91111 10y ago
  Who clicks on ads? Who goes to facebook to look for jobs? Why would you pay per click for a job posting? The cynical part of me suspects this will enable monocultures and discrimination. Just doesn't make sense.
  - bigtimeidiot 10y ago
    >Who clicks on ads? Not me, or most people here. Yet Google and Facebook are things.
    - throwaway91111 10y ago
      Ok, more to the point, do they really expect prospective, quality engineers to click on facebook ads? Especially for someone with the brand recognition (for better or worse) of uber.
      - nommm-nommm 10y ago
        If it looked legitimate, I'd click...
  - HenryBemis 10y ago
    Logically no one. People go to LinkedIn and other work-related sites. BUT facebook being who they are and tracking you in (almost) each and every website on the planet (that silly like/share button) they "know" that you are job hunting and leverage on that knowledge.
    - throwaway91111 10y ago
      ...if you're already signed up and logged in.
enjo 10y ago
I belong to a networking group for CTO's. Pretty much everyone has reported that Facebook ads are basically the best way to find developers right now. Extremely cost effective with lots of excellent results. I have some concerns about the effect they have on diversity (given how tightly you can target them). But the results seems to be really good.
- arcticfox 10y ago
  That's...bizarre. In past surveys over 80% of HN users report using adblock. Anecdotally that's very true of devs I know personally, and of the rest, there are 0% I'd want to hire. I'm very curious who these developers are that (1) let Facebook show them ads and (2) god forbid, actually click on them
  - ch4ch4 10y ago
    Probably mobile users. That's the only time I ever browse without adblock and, yes, I have actually clicked on a hiring ad, which led to my current job.
    - executesorder66 10y ago
      If you use Firefox on mobile you can use uBlock Origin to block ads on your phone.

Barely related, but Facebook seems like a TERRIBLE place to advertise for hiring.

personjerry 10y ago

Why?

MichaelBurge 10y ago
My guess: You're targeting people who waste their precious time on Facebook. And if they don't value their own time, they probably won't value yours either.
- seattle_spring 10y ago
  That's incredibly arrogant, to say the least.
throwaway91111 10y ago
Who clicks on ads? Who goes to facebook to look for jobs? Why would you pay per click for a job posting? The cynical part of me suspects this will enable monocultures and discrimination. Just doesn't make sense.
- bigtimeidiot 10y ago
  >Who clicks on ads? Not me, or most people here. Yet Google and Facebook are things.
  - throwaway91111 10y ago
    Ok, more to the point, do they really expect prospective, quality engineers to click on facebook ads? Especially for someone with the brand recognition (for better or worse) of uber.
    - nommm-nommm 10y ago
      If it looked legitimate, I'd click...
- HenryBemis 10y ago
  Logically no one. People go to LinkedIn and other work-related sites. BUT facebook being who they are and tracking you in (almost) each and every website on the planet (that silly like/share button) they "know" that you are job hunting and leverage on that knowledge.
  - throwaway91111 10y ago
    ...if you're already signed up and logged in.

enjo 10y ago

I belong to a networking group for CTO's. Pretty much everyone has reported that Facebook ads are basically the best way to find developers right now. Extremely cost effective with lots of excellent results. I have some concerns about the effect they have on diversity (given how tightly you can target them). But the results seems to be really good.

arcticfox 10y ago
That's...bizarre. In past surveys over 80% of HN users report using adblock. Anecdotally that's very true of devs I know personally, and of the rest, there are 0% I'd want to hire. I'm very curious who these developers are that (1) let Facebook show them ads and (2) god forbid, actually click on them
- ch4ch4 10y ago
  Probably mobile users. That's the only time I ever browse without adblock and, yes, I have actually clicked on a hiring ad, which led to my current job.
  - executesorder66 10y ago
    If you use Firefox on mobile you can use uBlock Origin to block ads on your phone.