We\u2019ve all heard of Facebook, most of us have an account and use it regularly to keep in touch with friends and family, make new friends and leave our comments on life, the universe and everything, but if you\u2019re looking for work, would it cross your mind to work for Facebook?<\/p>\n
There are job opportunities with Facebook all over the world, covering a huge range of professions and skills. With a userbase of over 500 million that is growing daily Facebook jobs<\/strong> take on new staff regularly. It\u2019s definitely worth a look at!<\/p>\n Locations<\/p>\n Facebook\u2019s head office is in Palo Alto in California, but you don\u2019t need to be located there to work for Facebook. There are other locations within the US in New York, Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Prineville, Menlo Park, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Seattle, Dallas and Detroit. If you don\u2019t live in the US then don\u2019t worry, Facebook also have offices in Dublin, London, Milan, Hamburg, Madrid, Paris, Stockholm, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Hyderabad, Seoul, Sao Paulo and Hong Kong. So you can see, they are truly an international company!<\/p>\n Positions<\/p>\n Now let\u2019s look at some of the job opportunities available at Facebook. As a Facebook user you\u2019ll know that there are constant changes, updates and improvements to the site, so it won\u2019t come as any surprise that they employ a lot of software engineers and designers. If your skills lie in web design, database management or programming there\u2019s an opportunity for you within the company.<\/p>\n As you can imagine keeping Facebook up and running is critical to the business and with such a huge system there is a need for a lot of staff to work as Managers and Engineers within the Technical Operations department, ensuring downtime is kept to the absolute minimum and the system is running optimally. Always looking to the future for potential upgrades and enhancements work in this department is about innovation as well as maintenance.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re the sort of person who is always full of new and exciting ideas and an enthusiasm to make them a reality, then a job in Product Management could suit you well. Facebook love to add new features and improve the user experience constantly so they need their team of innovators to keep coming up with the ideas and to help implement them. There are specific jobs within this area specializing in Facebook for mobiles or particularly focussing on the growth of Facebook so check for vacancies that are most relevant to your skills and experience.<\/p>\n There are loads of opportunities for designers and researchers within the company. Facebook put a lot of work into gaining insight into what their users want, how to make the site simple and intuitive, and finding elegant and stylish ways to display the site content. If your background is in either research or design there is likely to be a position for you within the Facebook career framework.<\/p>\n As with any business, sales and advertising is an important part of Facebook and they have a large team of sales people working all over the world, developing new partnerships and working with big brands. Your background in sales and building client relationships could be a valuable asset for Facebook.<\/p>\n To keep a company the size of Facebook running smoothly there are also many \u2018behind the scenes\u2019 jobs in the legal and financial departments and a large amount of adminstrative assistant positions. Change happens quickly at Facebook so a large staff is needed to keep on top of the paperwork, legalities and financial transactions involved.<\/p>\n There is also a very large customer service team, dealing with sales, inquiries and the general daily running of the website. As Facebook has users, partners and advertisers worldwide they need a team of staff to converse and correspond with them in several languages.<\/p>\n Facebook as a company are very passionate about what they do and they employ personnel to liase with journalists and bloggers all over the world to help spread the message of Facebook, and in return to engage with users and better understand their needs, with the goals of moving Facebook constantly onwards and upwards as the demands of the public change and grow.<\/p>\n Facebook are committed to looking after their staff. With such a large amount of employees all over the world, this task falls on the shoulders of the HR & Recruiting department. There are many vacancies within this department for HR staff, recruitment staff trainers, analysts and consultants.<\/p>\n A lot of what Facebook does involves big brands. Their marketing department understands that putting time into helping brands make the most of Facebook, in turn helps Facebook to be more entertaining and appealing to their users, so there are many jobs available helping companies understand how to create great Facebook apps, and how best to promote themselves via their Facebook presence. As well as this there is obviously a lot of work promoting Facebook itself and building new partnerships with advertisers etc.<\/p>\n So you can see, there is a wealth of job opportunities within Facebook, if you\u2019re a designer, a programmer, an accountant or a researcher, there\u2019s a position that would suit you. Even if you don\u2019t see anything relevant to you listed above, do check the Careers page on the Facebook website as there are many more positions such as chefs and cleaners, who play their part in keeping Facebook a great place to work.<\/p>\n Employee Benefits<\/p>\n Working for Facebook is exciting in itself, but there are also a host of great benefits that go come along with being a Facebook employee. If you\u2019re in the US then Facebook will pay 100% of employee health benefit premiums and 50% of any dependant premiums. This is a comprehensive cover, which includes medical cover, dental cover, vision cover, life insurance and disability cover, plus the Employee Assistance Program. They will also contribute 50% of your monthly gym fees! So you can already see the savings adding up on top of your salary.<\/p>\n For those of you with young families, or planning on starting a family, Facebook are very generous. For full time US employees they offer up to four months paid leave for the birth of your child. The same benefit applies if you adopt a child.<\/p>\n There is no limit on the amount of sick days you can take, Facebook prefer you to get better than struggle into work, in the long run this helps to prevent the spread of flu and bugs! There are 11 days paid set holiday dates and you can take an additional 21 days paid leave.<\/p>\n There is also a company retirement plan that you can have your payments automatically paid into from your salary.<\/p>\n There are some other great little perks, which may not have the same impact as a retirement plan or health insurance, but will make your day-to-day life a little more pleasant. Facebook love to keep their employees well fed and employ chefs at most of their main offices to provide free meals and snacks all day. The culinary team post their menus on their own Facebook team, so you can drool over your dinner in advance! If you work at the Palo Alto offices you can benefit from free use of public transport and even free laundry, dry cleaning, photo development and leather repair direct from your desk!<\/p>\n There are often speakers brought in to give you an insight into something a little different, to give you something to think about or engage you in something new.<\/p>\n Facebook have also established a lot of discounts with various companies exclusively for their employees with the likes of Apple, Microsoft, Dell and AT&T.<\/p>\n There are also a lot of opportunities within Facebook for students and graduates including internships and full time positions. To look for vacancies and apply for jobs within Facebook visit the career section on their website. You will find the link in the menu at the foot of the Facebook website. You can search by location, which for many will be most useful as the jobs are all over the world. You can also search by department so you can pick a department that best includes your skill set. There is overlap though so do spend some time exploring all the opportunities.<\/p>\n If you spot a position that interests you, click on it for more details. You\u2019ll be given an overview of the job, a list of responsibilities related to the job, and a list of requirements for candidates. If you fulfil the criteria and the work still sounds interesting and relevant to you, simply click the \u2018Apply for position\u2019 button and you\u2019ll immediately be presented with a form to fill in with your contact details.<\/p>\n A company like Facebook is obviously a highly desirable employer, so competition for jobs can be fierce, so make sure your CV is up to date, hone your interview skills and make sure you stand out from the crowd. Facebook are very keen to get the perfect person for each position, so tailoring your CV to particularly suit the job you are applying for is not a bad idea. I wouldn\u2019t suggest applying for too many jobs with Facebook at once even though they do often have several interesting opportunities at any one time, especially if they are quite diverse. You don\u2019t want to come across as a \u2018Jack of all trades and a master of none\u2019! Pick the position you want most and aim for that. Read all you can about the position and the requirements. Reading around the subject and reading up on Facebook as a company can only help you should you get to interview stage. Make sure your enthusiasm and your expertise in your field shine through.<\/p>\n With Facebook everything moves fast, so checking your emails and phone messages quickly is a must, you don\u2019t want to miss out on an opportunity. Vacancies are quickly filled.<\/p>\n As well as checking the Facebook careers section you can also keep an eye on the latest Facebook jobs<\/em> \/ vacancies via their LinkedIn company profile page. You\u2019ll find several new jobs listed there every week, and you can choose to have new listings emailed to you as soon as they appear so you won\u2019t have to worry about missing out on that dream job opportunity by not knowing the position was available!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We\u2019ve all heard of Facebook, most of us have an account and use it regularly to keep in touch with friends and family, make new friends and leave our comments on life, the universe and everything, but if you\u2019re looking for work, would it cross your mind to work for Facebook? 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