Workopolis

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Workopolis
Type Public
Foundation date 1999
Headquarters Toronto, Canada
Area served Canada
Key people Kelly Dixon, President
Industry Recruitment
Products Job search engine
Owner Toronto Star and Square Victoria Digital Properties
Employees 200
Website www.workopolis.com
Alexa rank negative increase 10,629 (February 2014)[1]
Type of site Job search engine
Registration Optional
Available in English, French
Launched 2000
Current status Active

Workopolis is a Canadian employment website. The site draws an audience of roughly three million visitors a month.[citation needed] The site is owned by Torstar and Square Victoria Digital Properties, the newspaper publishing subsidiary of Power Corporation of Canada (Gesca). Formerly, The Globe and Mail was a partner in the site through its parent, CTVglobemedia. Its headquarters is in Toronto, with offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver, and provides its services in both English and French.

Workopolis is a member of The Network, an alliance of 36 recruitment job boards operating in more than 100 countries.[citation needed]

History

Formerly globecareers.com, workopolis.com was launched in January 2000. A French version followed in September 2001, and the online campus recruitment site campusworklink.com was acquired in August 2001. In January 2002, campusworklink.com was migrated to Workopolis technology and in May 2002 was rebranded as workopolisCampus.com.

In 2005, BackCheck and Workopolis offered employers a background checking service that includes criminal background checks, employment reference checks and education verifications.

Workopolis launched Workpolis TV in partnership with Business News Network in 2006.

The Workopolis NicheNetwork (formerly Brainhunter), a niche job board business, was added in 2008 to Workopolis, which already includes WorkopolisCampus, CorporateWorks, and Workopolis.com.

A mobile version of the site was launched in November 2008 which gives access to a reduced feature set over a mobile phone.

In 2010 Workopolis redesigned its website and introducing a new brand strategy. It was also the official supplier of online recruitment services for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.[citation needed]

Features

For candidates the site Workopolis features a job search engine, candidate branding options, a career advice blog and links to social media including an online petition started on Facebook for an official national day to telecommute (National Work From Home Day.) Candidates can search for jobs, create and edit online resumes, get email notifications and RSS feeds of new jobs, review profiles of companies, and share job postings via social media.

Employers can post jobs, use candidate screening tools and search a candidate database.

Corporate governance

Current members of the board of directors of Workopolis are:

  • Pierre-Elliot Levasseur
  • Guy Crevier
  • Lorenzo DeMarchi
  • Jean Durocher
  • Chris Goodridge
  • Dave Holland

Presidents

  • Kim Peters (2000–2003)
  • Patrick Sullivan (2003–2009)
  • Gabriel Bouchard (2009–2011)
  • Kelly Dixon (2011 - )

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Workopolis.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-02-02. 

External links

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