When you’re in search of a used sofa, bike, child stroller or another random merchandise on OfferUp, perhaps you’ll find a job as effectively.
The Seattle-area startup has added job listings to its common peer-to-peer market with the launch of OfferUp Jobs within the firm’s cellular app. The service, which OfferUp has been testing in choose U.S. areas, turned obtainable to all customers on Thursday.
OfferUp Jobs permits job seekers to look by key phrase, filter jobs by location, or browse jobs within the feed. Customers can apply instantly from their cellular system and all interplay or standing of functions is dealt with by the employer. Customers can’t publish their very own job affords — OfferUp is working with a third-party supplier.
The corporate mentioned greater than 1 million OfferUp customers have tried the service already, and it promised extra updates to the characteristic within the coming months. (See extra particulars on this FAQ.)
A fast browse of the listings by Startup on Thursday discovered adverts for FedEx warehouse bundle handler, Lyft driver, DoorDash supply driver, dental hygienist, Amazon success heart affiliate and extra.
Based in 2011, Bellevue, Wash.-based OfferUp competes in opposition to Craigslist, eBay, Fb and different marketplaces the place customers purchase and promote items. The corporate boasts 56 million patrons and sellers on its platform and is presently ranked No. 6 on the Startup 200, our ranked index of Pacific Northwest startups.
OfferUp raised $120 million in March 2020 and purchased rival Letgo. The corporate is amongst an elite group of Seattle-area unicorns, that means it has a valuation of greater than $1 billion.