*By Conor White*
With only one chance to make a first impression, jobseekers would do well to hone their social media profiles before ever stepping into an office for an interview.
"The way that we look at it is your public profile is really like your resume," said Francesca de Quesada Covey, Facebook's head of jobs and service partnerships. "It's information you want to share."
Job candidates can share ambitions, skills, and job pitches in real time, and receive direct feedback from hiring managers via Facebook's Messenger app, de Quesada Covey said in an interview Monday with Cheddar.
"We have 80 million businesses on the Facebook platform, and we see that 1.6 billion people are connected with businesses," she said. "So we know there's a lot of opportunity there to connect people and businesses."
Many Facebook users may be reluctant to share after it was revealed that 87 million of them had their personal information compromised in the Cambridge Analytica data breach. De Quesada Covey said she understands some people are skittish.
To ease concerns, the social network has introduced new protections for jobseekers. A "view as" feature lets users see what personal information is available when someone else views their public profile. This allows jobseekers to know exactly what potential employers will see.
"We're putting privacy in control of the people using Facebook, because privacy is one of the most important things we're doing at Facebook right now," she said.
For the full interview, [click here](https://cheddar.com/videos/finding-a-job-with-facebook).
Online wealth advisor Betterment announced Tuesday that it's launching checking and savings accounts with a competitive annual yield of 2.69%.
ELLO Capital will focus on guiding U.S.-focused cannabis, hemp, and ancillary companies through mergers and acquisitions, capital raises and private placements. The company also aims to assist “traditional cpg companies that are looking at how to navigate the CBD or cannabis world,” like Altria, Diageo, and Constellation.
A new co-investment platform for homeownership called Haus has just raised $7.1 million in seed funding. Haus, created by Uber
Co-founder Garrett Camp, says that its system results in 30% lower payments for homeowners than traditional mortgages. Haus CEO Jonathan McNulty joined Cheddar to discuss how his company shares some of the risk for a slice of the reward.
*From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, these are the top stories that moved markets and had investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurs talking this week on Cheddar.*
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Friday, July 19, 2019.
eMarketer reports U.S. esports ad revenues are expected to pass $200 million by 2020. Jimmy Mondal, host of Cheddar Esports, breaks down why it's so important for teams to bring on partners and why a website is crucial to building a fan base.
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Thursday, July 18, 2019.
The House Financial Services Committee had more pointed questions for Facebook's David Marcus about the governing structure of the Libra Association in the second day of Congressional grilling.
Netflix had expected to pick up 4.7 million global customers in Q2. Instead it reported gaining 2.8 million. Shares tumbled over 10 percent after hours as the streaming giant reported Q2 earnings.
Facebook's David Marcus faced another day of governmental grilling, this time at the hands of the House Financial Services Committee, over the social media giant's plans for its digital currency Libra.
