Bright.com

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Bright.com
Type Private
Industry Online services, Job search engine
Founded San Francisco, California (February 2011 (2011-02))
Headquarters
690 5th St, San Francisco, California
,
United States
Key people
Steve Goodman (CEO)

Bright.com was an employment website that uses a computer algorithm to match potential employee to advertised positions. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Bright Media was the parent company of Bright.com and Bright Labs, a group that provided access to data and resources on the current job market. [4] Bright Media was led by CEO Steve Goodman. [6]

Bright was founded in February 2011. [7] [8] Steve Goodman has held the position of CEO since the company's inception. [6] [9] [10] The site hosted 2.1 million job descriptions. [11] [12]

Bright.com's jobs matching business was acquired by LinkedIn in February 2014 for $120 million (~$137 million in 2021). [13] [14]

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  2. ↑ "Company Overview of Bright Media Corporation, Inc". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. 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. ↑ "Bright Media Corporation". BuzzSparks. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  8. ↑ Michael Carney (December 5, 2012). "Job application hack: Bright turns recruiters' resume tools against them". PandoDaily . Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  9. ↑ Eliza Kern (July 31, 2012). "Bright turns to Facebook to link job hunters". GigaOM . Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  10. ↑ Liz Gannes (June 19, 2012). "Bright Gets $6M for Formula for Matching Job Seekers to Job Openings". All Things Digital . Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  11. ↑ Donna Tam (June 19, 2012). "Bright.com: Job searches done the dating-site way". CNET . Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  12. ↑ Dan Fastenberg (June 21, 2012). "New Sites Promise More 'Scientific' Method To Job Hunting". AOL Jobs . Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  13. ↑ Barille, Parker. "Welcome Bright to the LinkedIn Family".
  14. ↑ Mabon, Hunter (2014). Arbetspsykologisk testning: Om urvalsmetoder i arbetslivet. Assessio. Page 511. ISBN 9789174183085.
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