Recruitment app Hunt launches in Australia matching job seekers with employers trends now
A teen who felt overwhelmed at the prospect of searching for a job has revealed how she matched with an employer in just hours using a new Tinder-like recruitment app.
Mia Zanco, 17, found work using Hunt, which launched in Australia on Tuesday and matches job seekers and employers using machine learning - a type of artificial intelligence that allows computers to adapt to patterns in data.
The app allows job seekers to create a profile listing their skills, experience, background and availability, while businesses upload details of roles they need to fill.
It then uses an algorithm to pair job seekers and employers based on their profiles - with users on both sides of the job market swiping until they find a suitable match.
Once a job seeker matches with an employer, a conversation can begin and an interview can be set up.
Ms Zanco said that, upon finishing high school, she was overwhelmed when she went online to apply for a job.
Mia Zanco, 17, managed to kickstart a career in travel after using recruitment app Hunt which matched her with a tourism agency in Noosa
'I didn't know how to look for jobs, it was so intimidating because all the online applications had so much information and I didn't know which one was right for me,' she told Daily Mail Australia.
When her high school careers counsellor recommended the Hunt app, Mia decided to create a profile.
The next day she had matched with the tourism agency Noosa Cruise and Travel on Queensland's Sunshine Coast and her recruitment was finalised in a matter of weeks.
'The app is very convenient for us Gen Zs trying to find a job, it's very much in our own terms,' Mia said.
Recruitment app Hunt launched in Australia on Tuesday and allows job seekers to create a profile listing their
