JobStreet.com

JobStreet.com
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JobStreet.com is a job portal founded in 1997. Founded in Malaysia, it has expanded its operations and services to countries like Singapore, Philippines, India, Bangladesh, Japan and Thailand. On 8 March 2008, JobStreet completed the acquisition of Autoworld.com.my, making the Malaysian auto website a wholly owned subsidiary of the company.[1]
JobStreet is now Southeast Asia's largest online employment company, according to Forbes.[2]

As of early 2007, JobStreet.com services over 40,000 corporate customers and over 4 million jobseekers.[3]

JobStreet.com’s became a public listed entity in 2004 when parent company JobStreet Corporation Berhad was listed on the MESDAQ Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities on 29 Nov 2004. Thereafter, JobStreet.com fulfilled the criteria for a listing on the Main Board and submitted the transfer application in July 2007, which was subsequently approved by the Securities Commission in October.[4] JobStreet Corporation Berhad is quoted on the Main Board under its new stock short name, JOBST.

JobStreet has developed a job matching engine named LiNa that matches registered jobseekers to suitable positions / vacancies posted on JobStreet.com. LiNa currently sends out about 2.5 million emails a day on job matches to its registered jobseekers.
For employers - JobStreet.com provided a job posting platform where companies can post job advertisement online or perform database searches.

On September 16 2008, SEEK Limited, an Australian internet job recruitment company, bought a 10% stake in Malaysian employment site JobStreet Corporation for $19.3 million.[5]

On September 19 2008 - for the second year in a row, JobStreet.com was selected by Forbes Asia as Best 200 Under a Billion company.[6]

As of 3 October 2008, JobStreet.com is ranked no. 848 based on Alexa ranking.[7]
On April 6 2009, JobStreet.com launched PitchYourTalent.com, a site which focuses on highlighting talents.