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Recruit (company)
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (株式会社リクルートホールディングス, ''Kabushikigaisha Rikurūto Hōrudingusu'') is an HR Tech (human resources technology) holding company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Recruit Group, currently consisting of three autonomous Strategic Business Units (SBUs) and Recruit Holdings, was founded in 1960 by Hiromasa Ezoe, then an educational psychology student at the University of Tokyo, as ''Daigaku Shimbun Koukokusha'' (大学新聞広告社, University Newspaper Advertisement Company). It was a spin-off from ''the Todai Shimbun'' (the University of Tokyo's main student newspaper). In FY 2024, it reported sales of 3.56 trillion Yen and revenue of 678.8 billion Yen, with more than half of its sales generated overseas. Its flagship world-wide services include the job search engine Indeed and the employer review site Glassdoor. The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a component of the Nikkei 225 and TOPIX Core 30 indice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simply Hired
Simply Hired is an employment website utilizing desktop and mobile application for an online recruitment advertising network based in Sunnyvale, California. The company was launched in 2003. In 2016, Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (owner of Indeed.com, a Simply Hired competitor), purchased Simply Hired. The company aggregates job listings from thousands of websites and job boards. It then advertises those jobs on its website and mobile app. Employers can gain premium placement in the listings by advertising in a pay-per-click (PPC) model. Investment history Investors sank a total of US$33.1 million into Simply Hired between 2005 and 2014: * 2005: $3 million in Series-C funding from Guy Kawasaki, Dave McClure, Ron Conway, Garage Technology Ventures, and others. * 2006: $13.5 million in series-C funding from News Corp.'s Fox Interactive Media division and Foundation Capital. * 2009: $4.6 million in Series-D funding from IDG Ventures and Foundation Capital. * 2014: $12M Serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |