Tinder for jobs makes matches in the world of work

TINDER has taken the online dating world by storm. The app lets users swipe through photos of prospective partners, and if both parties like what they see, it puts them in touch. Now that idea is being applied to the jobs market. Emjoyment, a newly launched employment website, shows users  a series of job descriptions. Each includes details of the company,  its location and a one-sentence description of the job. If they are interested, they click the thumbs-up button; if not, they hit thumbs-down. The employer sees similar employee cards, on which CV highlights appear as “key points”. If both parties click thumbs-up, employer and jobseeker are put  in touch.   Founder Adam Saven says  finding jobs this way is much more time-efficient than searching on well-known employment sites, which can throw up thousands of results. “A user just can’t handle that many opportunities at once,” he says. Emjoyment will shortlist the most suitable jobs using an algorithm  that considers your requirements, location and CV. And as you give jobs a thumbs-up or thumbs-down, the system learns to narrow its searches to better match what you want.  The website will be complemented by a smartphone app, due to launch next month.  Jack Flanagan  ■