David Kaplan
Apr 5, 2010 4:20 PM
The relatively positive jobs report last week could mean that recruitment sites return to healthier ad revenues. In preparation of a somewhat healthier employment ad market, Zapoint, a company that bills itself as a “career and talent management platform,” has acquired social recruiter Jobster, Techcrunch reported. Terms weren’t disclosed.
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Rafat Ali
Jul 10, 2008 1:40 PM
Socialmedian, the social news site started by former Jobster CEO Jason Goldberg, has been nurturing its seed round into a sapling for a while and now added more investors, or at least in the process of adding: TechConfidential reports that new backers include Gordon Crovitz, former publisher of The Wall…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Apr 25, 2008 12:41 PM
Jobster, the money-burning recruitment-meets-social networking service, has raised another $7 million, on top of the $48 million its previously raised, reports Seattle PI. News that the Seattle-based company was out looking for fresh capital came out in March, along with word that it had lost $11 million in 2007. The…
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Rafat Ali
Mar 15, 2008 10:24 PM
Jobster, the much-hyped and heavily funded online-recruitment-meets-social-networking service, is out looking for more money, after burning through most of the $48 million it has raised since 2005. Founder and CEO Jason Goldberg left the company late last year, and has started a new social news site. Jobster, under new management,…
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