Professional networking today is organized around centralized systems. These integrate profiles, discussions, and hiring within a single platform.
As a result, data, visibility, and interaction are controlled within that system, including how content is surfaced and connected.
ProFed explores what this could look like in a federated network instead.
Your CV on the Fediverse
You probably maintain your professional profile on a centralized platform, and maybe also on your personal website.
Your website is under your control, but disconnected from where recruiters search and where professional discussions happen. A centralized profile is visible, but tied to a system that decides how it appears.
With ProFed, you’ll use your personal website as your CV, while still being discoverable and part of professional interactions.
Connect with peers on the Fediverse
If you avoid centralized platforms, professional exchange usually happens in forums or similar communities.
These are often limited to specific topics, while centralized platforms connect people across different fields.
With ProFed, you’ll interact across communities, follow people, and stay connected beyond a single platform.
Hire and get hired on the Fediverse
Looking for new opportunities often means checking multiple company websites, or relying on job search engines.
These improve access, but discovery remains incomplete, while centralized networks combine profiles, activity, and hiring in a single system.
With ProFed, you’ll find opportunities and candidates across the network, without being tied to a single platform.
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