Bright.com

Bright Media
Private
Industry Online services, Job search engine
Founded San Francisco, California, United States (February 2011 (2011-02))
Headquarters 690 5th St, San Francisco, California, United States
Key people
  • Steve Goodman (CEO)
  • Eduardo Vivas (Co-Founder)
  • Anthony Duerr (Co-Founder)
  • Nitin Perumbeti (Co-Founder)
  • Nicholas Doucette (Co-Founder)
  • Jason Martorana (Vice President, Operations)

Bright Media is the parent company behind Bright.com, an online job matching tool that uses a computer algorithm to determine a potential employee’s fitness for a particular advertised position.[1][2][3][4][5] Bright Media oversees Bright Labs, a subsection of Bright.com that provides access to data and resources on the current job market.[4] Bright Media is led by CEO Steve Goodman.[6]

Bright.com joined the LinkedIn family in February 2014 in an acquisition for $120 million.[7]

History

Bright was founded in February 2011.[8][9][10] Steve Goodman has held the position of CEO since the company’s inception.[6][11][12] The site hosted 2.1 million job descriptions.[13][14]

After its acquisition in February 2014, Bright.com had plans to expand its operation in the Philippines. However, due to the acquisition, LinkedIn decided to shut down Bright's operation in the said country; around 80 employees lost their jobs because of the incident.

References

  1. ↑ Anthony Ha (June 19, 2012). "Bright Unveils A Data-Driven Approach To The Job Search, Raises $6M". TechCrunch. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Company Overview of Bright Media Corporation, Inc.". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ Melanie Pinola (July 24, 2012). "Bright Scientifically Matches You to Ideal Jobs for You". Lifehacker. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  4. 1 2 Steve Goodman (December 9, 2012). "Online job boards don’t work — how big data can fix the problem". GigaOM. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  5. ↑ Sarah Kessler (June 19, 2012). "Could Data Science Reduce Resume Overload?". Mashable. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Startup Bright Uses Technology to Improve Job-Seeking Process". The Daily Beast. October 4, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  7. ↑ Barille, Parker. "Welcome Bright to the LinkedIn Family".
  8. ↑ "Bright Media Corporation". BuzzSparks. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  9. ↑ Michael Carney (December 5, 2012). "Job application hack: Bright turns recruiters’ resume tools against them". PandoDaily. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Bright Media Corporation". CrunchBase. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  11. ↑ Eliza Kern (July 31, 2012). "Bright turns to Facebook to link job hunters". GigaOM. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  12. ↑ Liz Gannes (June 19, 2012). "Bright Gets $6M for Formula for Matching Job Seekers to Job Openings". All Things Digital. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  13. ↑ Donna Tam (June 19, 2012). "Bright.com: Job searches done the dating-site way". CNET. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  14. ↑ Dan Fastenberg (June 21, 2012). "New Sites Promise More 'Scientific' Method To Job Hunting". AOL Jobs. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
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