Snagajob

Snagajob
Private
Industry Job search engine
Founded 2000
Founder Shawn Boyer
Headquarters Innsbrook, Virginia, United States
Website www.snagajob.com

Snagajob is an online employment website specializing in the hourly marketplace.[1] Founded in 2000 with offices in Richmond, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Charleston, South Carolina, and Oakland, California,[2] Snagajob has been named to Fortune Magazine’s "Great Place to Work" Best Small & Medium Workplaces list for eight consecutive years. Snagajob has also been named to Washingtonian's "Great Places to Work" and Deloitte's "Fast 500", a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America.[3]

History

Shawn Boyer served as Snagajob’s CEO from the website's launch in early 2000, to 2013; leading the company from a start-up to national employment network. Boyer was named America's Small Business Person of the year in 2008 by the Small Business Administration[4] and Virginia Business magazine’s Person of the Year in 2009[5].

Boyer launched Snagajob.com out of his basement in his home in Washington D.C. In 2005, the company had grown to 25 employees and by 2007, had increased to 100 employees[1].

In 2011, Snagajob was named the best small business to work for by the Great Place to Work Institute.[6][7][8] Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell visited Snagajob headquarters the day of the announcement to offer his congratulations.[9]

Peter Harrison was named chief executive officer of Snagajob in April 2013 and sits on the company's Board of Directors.[2]

In June 2016 Snagajob acquired PeopleMatter, a company that develops and provides software tools that help employers manage their workforce.[10]

Snagajob is privately held and has raised over $141 million from investors including Adams Street Partners, Baird Venture Partners, C&B Capital, Rho Acceleration and August Capital.[11][12][13]

As of July 2017, Snagajob had more than 80 million members registered on its platform and was present at over 300,000 customer locations.[14]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 White, Doug and Polly (2017-06-30). "Company Culture Comes From Good Leadership". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  2. 1 2 "About Us | Snagajob". www.snagajob.com. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  3. ↑ http://www.snagajob.com/employers/erc/article/snagajob-named-great-place-work-eighth-time-eight-years/
  4. ↑ "Boyer named Virginia Business Person of the Year". virginiabusiness.com. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Peter Harrison to replace Snagajob CEO Shawn Boyer | Richmond BizSense". richmondbizsense.com. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  6. ↑ "2011". Greatplacetowork.com. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Best Small Businesses to Work for 2011". Entrepreneur.com. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  8. ↑ John Reid Blackwell (October 18, 2011). "Snagajob snags top place to work award - Richmond Times Dispatch: Metro-Richmond's Latest Business & Economic News". .timesdispatch.com. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Governor Robert F. McDonnell: Blog". Governor.virginia.gov. October 19, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  10. ↑ Times-Dispatch, JOHN REID BLACKWELL Richmond. "Snagajob acquires HR software company PeopleMatter". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  11. ↑ "SnagAJob.com Snags $27 Million Series C From August Capital, Others". TechCrunch. March 10, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  12. ↑ John Reid Blackwell (March 10, 2011). "SnagAJob gets $27 million investment - Richmond Times Dispatch: Metro-Richmond's Latest Business & Economic News". .timesdispatch.com. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  13. ↑ https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/snagajob-com#/entity
  14. ↑ http://satprnews.com/2016/12/20/snagajob-launches-peoplematter-find-for-customers-needing-better-fit-candidates-faster/
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