Whatjobs

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Whatjobs
Company typePrivate
IndustryInternet, Job search engine
FoundedMay 2014; 10 years ago (2014-05)
FounderAlexander Paterson
Headquarters,
Area served
Global
ServicesJob search, advertising
Number of employees
60
Websitewww.whatjobs.com

Whatjobs is an international job search platform,[1][2] that operates in 39 countries.[3] It was originally founded in 2014 as AdView.[1][4]

History[edit]

Whatjobs was established by Alex Paterson in May 2014 under the name AdView. The platform initially concentrated on delivering fresh job listings to candidates via email and banner advertising.[5]

In 2016, Whatjobs secured investment from Shane McGourty, a former executive at Monster.com in Ireland, to expand and enhance its services. In 2019,  AdView was rebranded as Whajobs.[6][7] In November 2020, WhatJobs acquired the Spanish job search group Elcurriculum.com.[8]

In September 2020, the company collaborated with Google for Jobs to launch in seven developing African countries.[9]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, Whatjobs published vacancies for the British National Health Service(NHS).[10] The company also helps the championship football team Reading F.C.[1]

In 2022, Whatjobs News launched a dedicated business news platform in Ukraine.[11] In the same year, the company opened an office in Italy.[12]

In 2023, Whatjobs appointed Heiko Zeichner, the founder of the German job board Gigajob.com, as its new chairman.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "WhatJobs". EU-Startups. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  2. ^ "WhatJobs? launches low-cost job posting service | Onrec". Retrieved 2023-08-10 – via www.onrec.com.
  3. ^ Team, S. I. M. (2020-10-28). "WHATJOBS India opens new tech centre in Bangalore". Startup India Magazine (Press release). Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  4. ^ "Wartime employment in Ukraine: challenges and hopes for future". Ukraine open for business. 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  5. ^ "Google AdMob Student App Challenge 2016 - January 2, 2016". www.jobzilla.ng. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  6. ^ Dillahunt, Tawanna R; Israni, Aarti; Lu, Alex Jiahong; Cai, Mingzhi; Hsiao, Joey Chiao-Yin (2021-05-07). "Examining the Use of Online Platforms for Employment: A Survey of U.S. Job Seekers". Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. CHI '21. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery: 1–23. doi:10.1145/3411764.3445350. ISBN 978-1-4503-8096-6.
  7. ^ Cieslik, Katarzyna; Banya, Roland; Vira, Bhaskar (2022). "Offline contexts of online jobs: Platform drivers, decent work, and informality in Lagos, Nigeria". Development Policy Review. 40 (4). doi:10.1111/dpr.12595. ISSN 0950-6764.
  8. ^ Robesonian, Tomeka Sinclair The (2023-03-04). "PSRC leaders continue defense of El Curriculum". Robesonian. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  9. ^ professo (2020-05-19). "Google launches jobs search feature in north African countries". businesschief.eu. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  10. ^ "WhatJobs partners with NHS to fight Covid-19" (Press release). Globe Newswire. 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2023-08-10 – via Yahoo Finance.
  11. ^ a b "Wartime employment in Ukraine: challenges and hopes for future". Ukraine open for business. 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  12. ^ "WhatJobs.com launches in Italy | Onrec". www.onrec.com. Retrieved 2024-03-08.