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About one-third of dating app users seek job leads amid rising 4.6% U.S. unemployment as traditional hiring systems rely more on AI screening, reducing human contact.
- In the past year, a ResumeBuilder.com survey found 34% of respondents used dating apps for job purposes, with 39% landing interviews and 37% receiving job offers.
- Labor-Market strain and hiring automation have pushed job seekers toward networking on dating apps, with 42% citing a difficult job market and unemployment at 4.6%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
- Tiffany Chau, 20-year-old junior at California College of the Arts, used Hinge this fall to tailor her profile and got internship tips from someone who recently interviewed at Accenture.
- Some users reported unexpected personal outcomes, as 38% of the survey subgroup reporting physical relationships mixed job networking with romance, while higher-earning job-hunting users often benefited unequally.
- Platforms have pushed back, with Tinder, Match Group and Bumble discouraging job use while Grindr chief product officer AJ Balance says about a quarter of its 15 million monthly users network, and experts doubt mainstream adoption.
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The Independent (US)
The Independent (US)Job market is so tough job seekers are turning to dating apps to get interviews
A recent survey found 1 in 3 dating app users are seeking jobs
·London, United Kingdom
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Los Angeles Times+2 Reposted by 2 other sources
Tough job market has people using dating apps to get interviews
Workers are using dating apps to boost their job searches. They’re recognizing that the online job hunt is broken as unemployed workers flood the system.
·Los Angeles, United States
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More and more job seekers are turning to dating apps to get recommendations or job interviews – in a tight job market, the lines between digital platforms seem to be blurring forever. More than half of those surveyed who use Tinder and Bumble said they have used these dating apps to build their careers, Bloomberg reported.
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