Formerly called ForumJobs, Inc. Number of locations London, United Kingdom CEO Dan Finnigan (Jul 2008–) Founder Jesper Schultz Type of business Private | Industry software Key people Dan Finnigan, CEO Location London Number of employees 180 | |
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Founders Jesper Schultz and Hans Larsen Services software recruiting human resources Headquarters San Francisco, California, United States Founded 2006, San Francisco, California, United States Profiles | ||
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Jobvite Inc. is a software and recruiting corporation, based in San Mateo, California. The firm, which operates globally, is involved with the provision of a Software as a Service (SaaS) social recruiting platform, enabling companies to advertise jobs and manage the recruitment process. Its web-based service enables its clientele to create job invitations, known as "jobvites". In 2014, Jobvite was cited as being a server to over 1600 global companies, with over 46 million job seekers worldwide. Forbes ranked them at #50 on their "America's Most Promising Companies List".
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Jobvite has become known for its surveys into social recruitment, and is frequently cited as a source by media outlets such as Time, Inc., and numerous authors of books on social and human resource management.
History
Jobvite, Inc., which has its headquarters in San Mateo, California, was established in 2006 by Jesper Schultz and Hans Larsen. In December 2007 the company raised $7.2 million in venture funding with CMEA Ventures, which brought it into the spotlight. In July 2008, Dan Finnigan, formerly of Yahoo! and HotJobs, was appointed as the CEO of the company. Finnigan immediately hired two former colleagues from Yahoo, engineering senior director Adam Hyder as chief technology officer, and marketing officer Tim Lambert as chief.Forbes later ranked them at #50 on their "America's Most Promising Companies List".
In September 2010 Jobvite formed a partnership with SuccessFactors, which increased their userbase by a further 8 million plus users from the BizX Suite network. Four years later, in October 2014, Jobvite announced that it had received $25 million in investment from New York City-based growth equity firm Catalyst Investors. They joined Trident Capital, CMEA Capital, and ATA Ventures as one of the firm’s chief investors. Investment in the company amounted to over $55 million at the time.
In August 2015, the company launched operations in London, England. On May 17–18, 2016 the firm will hold its 8th annual Customer Conference in San Francisco, and will feature a keynote speech from marketing specialist Guy Kawasaki.
Services
In 2014, Jobvite was cited as being a server to over 1600 global companies, with over 46 million job seekers worldwide. Jobvite specializes in the provision of a Software as a Service (SaaS) recruiting platform. Its web-based service enables its clientele to create job invitations, known as "jobvites", to business associates and employees, or on social networking sites such as Facebook or LinkedIn, making it a viable social recruiting provider to companies to post job openings and manage the recruitment process. Its clientele include Twitter, LinkedIn, Schneider Electric, and Gamesys.
Jobvite has a number of products in its recruiting software. These include “Jobvite Video”, for interviewing potential employees by video, "Jobvite Hire”, an applicant tracking system (ATS) tool for monitoring and managing recruitment, "Jobvite Refer", for employees to send out "jobvites" on social networking sites and monitor progress, and ”Jobvite Engage”, a CRM for tracking and recording the interactions of qualified prospects from social networking sites and résumé databases. In 2010 its most popular application was “Work With Us”, which had roughly 5,000 active users every month at the time.
Jobvite has become known for its surveys into social recruitment, and is frequently cited as a source by media outlets such as Time, Inc., and numerous authors of books on social and human resource management.