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Philippines – Bossjob, a chat-first career platform for professional recruitment, has unveiled a new bus advertising campaign, featuring nearly 100 buses travelling across Metro Manila to enhance job search accessibility and streamline hiring solutions for both job seekers and employers.

The bus ads prominently feature Bossjob’s tagline, “Find Job. Talk to Boss.” and include a QR code for quick app downloads. This initiative is designed to increase job search accessibility for job seekers and simplify hiring solutions for employers by reaching a wide audience throughout Metro Manila.

As part of the campaign, Bossjob has introduced a “Spot & Snap” online contest, encouraging individuals to spot its bus ads around Metro Manila, take a photo, and share it on social media while tagging Bossjob’s official pages. Participants have the chance to win a cash prize.

The photo contest aims to boost user engagement and interaction with Bossjob’s services, including its extensive job listings, AI-matching capabilities, and direct chat feature with employers.

Kimberly Chen, country manager at Bossjob, said, “We are committed to making job searching more accessible and efficient for Filipinos. Through this campaign, we aim to connect with job seekers on the go, reinforcing our commitment to simplifying the job search process and empowering job seekers with fast and direct access to employers.”

Bossjob’s new interactive campaign showcases its commitment to innovation and expanding its reach to provide a platform that caters to the evolving needs of employers and job seekers. By leveraging AI and big data, the platform enhances job matching and recruitment efficiency with its mobile app, direct chat, and AI-matching features.

The ads are visible on buses throughout Metro Manila, covering key cities including Quezon City, Parañaque, Taguig, Makati, Mandaluyong, Pasay, Muntinlupa, Manila, and Valenzuela. It will run on major routes such as EDSA, PITX, Commonwealth Avenue, Bonifacio Global City (BGC), Alabang, Lawton, and McArthur Highway.

Singapore – Online recruitment platform Bossjob has initiated the ‘Boss Big Bonus’ campaign worldwide as a move to attract new users and enhance employer retention by introducing a $500,000 cash reward. 

The campaign period will run from August 1 to October 31, 2023 and participants can share the cash reward by completing specific tasks on the website, with each task corresponding to certain points convertible to cash. A maximum of 10,000 points, equivalent to $100, can be obtained for completing a single task.

Bossjob’s campaign targets all registered employers on the platform who are qualified after company verification.  

Some of the tasks included in the campaign are onboarding tasks, engaging in conversations, and inviting new users. Basically, the more active employers are in hiring and making recommendations, the greater the cash rewards they receive. 

Bossjob’s co-founder, Kiat How, believes that Bossjob holds advantages in terms of talent, products, and efficiency. 

The online recruitment platform introduced online chatting into the recruitment scene, leveraging cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence algorithms and big data to recommend highly suitable candidates to companies and jobs to job seekers, thereby enhancing the matching precision for both sides, reducing information asymmetry, and consequently improving job search and recruitment efficiency.

Bossjob is the first online recruitment platform to promote the direct hiring model globally. The model has been successful in the Philippine recruitment market, with a registered user base of over 3.5 million. Currently, Bossjob is expediting its global expansion into Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and other locations.

Bossjob’s global strategic layout in places like Japan and Singapore is progressing smoothly. They plan to enter Hong Kong in the third quarter of this year and cover over 30 million users in Southeast Asia by 2026.

Manila, Philippines – Bossjob, a chat-first career platform for professional hiring in Southeast Asia (SEA), has announced the launch of its services in the Japanese market.

With the support of a $5 million seed fund, Bossjob will offer Japanese companies a limited-time free policy to assist them in recruiting talents from various countries. The platform’s AI-powered direct chat model promises an enhanced user experience, streamlining the talent acquisition process for Japanese employers.

This will help them increase their diverse talent, which according to the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, they project a potential talent shortfall from 160,000 to 790,000 by 2030.

Moreover, the Japanese Cabinet has already expanded the scope of the specified skilled worker, allowing foreign workers with proficient skills in nine industries to work in the country.

Bossjob’s Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Anthony Garcia, stated, “Japanese companies exhibit a high demand for talent. We aim to meet this need by providing efficient talent services prioritizing superior user experience.”

Meanwhile, Kiat How Quak, co-founder and chief operating officer, added that Bossjob’s expansion into the Japanese market is part of its broader globalization efforts. The platform seeks to connect Japanese employers with quality talents from SEA, boasting a large and diverse talent pool capable of satisfying the recruitment needs of various industries.

Bossjob’s innovative approach combines mobile, direct chat, and AI-matching, offering job seekers and employers an effective means to communicate and facilitate frictionless recruitment.

Meanwhile, this expansion follows Bossjob’s successful entry into markets in Singapore and Indonesia in May, with further plans to venture into Hong Kong in the third quarter of the year. The platform aims to reach over 30 million users in Southeast Asia by 2026.