Looking for a job? Bumble app is the answer

Bumble, the dating app founded by ex-Tinder co-founder Whitney Wolfe, seeks to address the professional needs of its users with a new feature that amounts to a gamified version of LinkedIn. BumbleBizz, as it’s so named, will match Bumble users by industry and location. It’s a spin on the app’s existing functionalities — Bumble and BumbleBFF, which match people with paramours and friends, respectively — only this time, the dream match is a new job or mentor. It will work a lot like the other two features, with a requisite mutual ‘yes’ swipe and ladies-first message for opposite-sex interactions.

“As the first to bring the ‘swiping’ experience to professional networking, BumbleBizz is powered by the notion that a connection or simple exchange of information can lead to the opportunity of a lifetime,” the company touts in a description. The desire to combine every part of a user’s life (romantic, professional and platonic) into one neat little package makes some sense from the app’s perspective. The feature is still in development and won’t be available until the end of this year.

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