Nokia publishes JobLens application in the UK to help catalyse local employment market
Nokia today publishes its innovative JobLens application in the UK, a new app available exclusively for Nokia Lumia Windows Phones. The app enables job seekers to view many of the current 500,000 plus open job vacancies in the UK*, allowing you to filter them by company, by keyword, or by distance and salary range. Users can view vacancies on a map, or, on select Lumia devices, using augmented reality, it even let’s you identify people in your social networks who work at the hiring company. Powered by some of the biggest names in career services, JobLens can recommend opportunities in line with an individual’s qualifications and even enable them to create a CV and share it with prospective hiring managers. It can even go so far as to guide you to the interview via HERE Maps in addition to providing expected salary information and relevant local area demographics.
JobLens acts as a catalyst for the employment market as it lowers the barriers between job seekers and local vacancies. With JobLens running on select Lumia models, you can open the app and look through the camera lens to see nearby vacancies in your town or city, how far away they are, and information on the company offering the job. By leveraging Nokia’s industry-leading imaging capabilities together with its HERE Maps’ LiveSight technology, JobLens lets users capture more than their eyes can see.
Developed by Nokia and available now in the UK, US and Canada exclusively for Nokia Lumia Smartphones, JobLens includes UK employment, company and local area information from partners including Indeed, Twitter, PayScale and the Office for National Statistics. The app also taps into social networks including LinkedIn, Facebook and Windows Live to identify friends and contacts already working for a particular employer.
“JobLens redefines and simplifies how people look for new jobs by combining the power of some of the best brands in career services together with social networks and HERE Maps in one single app,” explains Bryan Biniak, VP & General Manager Global Partner & App Development, Nokia. “By making it easier for job seekers to find new opportunities we hope to give Nokia Lumia owners an advantage in today’s job market.”
JobLens’ innovative approach puts job seekers in control of their search for employment. For example, people who are interested in a particular type of role can set up custom search parameters that can be saved and pinned as a Live tile on their Start screen; the Live tile will then automatically update when new jobs that meet that search criteria are listed.
By empowering job seekers to see the jobs around them JobLens fundamentally changes the way people find local employment.
The app is available to download today: http://tiny.cc/JobLens
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
