MySpace Launches Job Search Service

Who says MySpace is only for teen hipsters and online stalkers? The company has just launched a job search engine to help users become productive members of society.

You knew it was going to happen: Rupert Murdoch’s all-consuming online “lifestyle portal” MySpace has gone all corporate, launching MySpace Jobs, a new career search function which provdes access to millions of job listings aggregated by the Simple Hired search engine.

Unlike, well, just about everything else on MySpace, the new job search feature sports a relatively clean interface, fast response, and easy-to-use categories. The service currently boasts more than 5 million job listings. Listings can be searched for keywords or browsed by category, including a broad category sure to appeal to MySpace’s underage crowd: internships.

“More than half of all jobs are still found via personal connections,” said Gautam Godhwani, CEO of Simply Hired. “MySpace has a tremendous opportunity to help its users tap the power of their social networks to find work that excites and engages them.”

“Work is an important part of how people define themselves,” said Shawn Gold, senior vice president of marketing for MySpace. “As we continue to broaden and enrich the MySpace experience, opening up the universe of jobs to our users makes perfect sense. This new feature is another way that MySpace seamlessly integrates our members’ online and offline lifestyles.”