JobLens
Look for work from a smartphone? It's nothing new. Doing it through an augmented reality application is something that is already more surprising. This is the proposal that Nokia has brought to this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. A tool that allows you to find jobs where they are offered by using the terminal's camera It is also a complete search engine that already has a good number of sources and stock exchanges of employment, as well as social networks to find contacts.
As Nokia's Developer Experience Director Bryan Biniak says, this application is not the solution to the high rate of unemployment in Spain. However, it is greatly useful thanks to the different options and functions it saves. Among them, the search for employment through the camera stands out. That is, using the Augmented Reality As soon as you start the application, you can select this option to see beyond the buildings and walls where the user is. Thus it is enough to focus in one direction or another to find marks on the real image on the terminal screen of the location of the job offer. By simply clicking on the one you are interested in, you can access the information.
In addition, the user can create a whole professional profile in this application.Simply generate a resume and upload it to OneDrive and use the social network user account Facebookor LinkedIn With this it is possible to have information such as contacts or friends who work in companies where a position is offered, possible contacts who use the application and may help the user find a job or simply keep a rerecord of the professional evolution of the user.
With all this it is easier to find nearby and relevant job offers, although it is always possible to take a look at all the available ones on the Recommended screen. The JobLens application already has sources such as the Public State Employment Service, Indeed, LinkedIn, Kyero.com, Twitter, Facebook , HERE Maps and Windows live A wide collection where you can find all kinds of jobs. It is also possible to activate filters to ensure that the offers meet the user's needs.All of this being able to collect and file those that are most interesting to monitoring their own evolution as they form or add characteristics that are listed in the requirements of the offer.
Along with all these issues, the application also exploits some of the characteristics of terminals Windows Phone For example, it is possible to anchor a job search to the desktop as a Tile live or tile that shows updates of the offers that interest the user. In addition, by clicking on any offer and consulting its information or registering, it is possible to click on the icon at the bottom to be guided step by step to it using HERE Maps , or share the offer if desired.
In short, a complete and useful work tool for users of devices Nokia LumiaAn application that acts as a search engine and intermediary. It also seeks to offer economic and labor information in future updates, for which the media outlet Cinco Días will collaborate. At the moment JobLens is already available in Spain It can be downloaded completely free from Windows Phone Store
