Broadbean (company)

Broadbean is a recruitment software company based in London, England. The company develops software for the recruitment market, covering both in-house recruitment and staffing organisations.

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Broadbean Technology, Ltd.
TypePrivate
FoundedCanary Wharf, London, England (2001)
FounderKelly Robinson
Headquarters189 Marsh Wall, Canary Wharf, London, England
Key people
Dominic Barton, CEO
ProductsJob posting distribution and resume search software
WebsiteBroadbean.com

The company has been a subsidiary of career search firm CareerBuilder since 2014.[1]

History

Kelly Robinson founded Broadbean in 2001, and became the company's CEO.[2]

In October 2008, the company was acquired by Associated Northcliffe Digital (AND), the digital consumer division of the Daily Mail and General Trust.[3] Also in 2008, Broadbean was recognized by Deloitte in its Fast 500 as the 27th fastest growing company in the United Kingdom.[4]

In July 2010, Broadbean and the other member companies of Associated Northcliffe Digital were merged into Associated Newspapers, another subsidiary of Daily Mail and General Trust.[5]

In January 2012, it was announced that Broadbean and several other job search related properties were being merged into a new global digital recruitment group called Evenbase.[6]

In April 2014, Broadbean was acquired by CareerBuilder.[1]

In August 2015, Broadbean released cloud-based analytics software called Big Data Analytics Suite (BDAS).[7]

In June 2017, CareerBuilder was purchased by the private-equity firm Apollo Global Management and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board.[8]

Products

The company’s main product is Adcourier. The software distributes job postings to multiple third-party job sites visited by job-seekers.[9] It includes data analytics functions to determine the best posting channels, and when to post.[10]

The company also offers an online analytics suite called Big Data Analytics Suite, which consolidates and analyzes information from multiple job boards.[7]

Locations

Broadbean's headquarters are in Canary Wharf in London. The company has additional offices worldwide.

Notes
  1. "CareerBuilder acquires Dutch company Textkernel to help bring semantic job searches to recruiters". VentureBeat. 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  2. "HRx Radio – Executive Conversations Guest: Kelly Robinson, Founder and CEO, RedDot Media". HR Examiner. 2020-08-01. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  3. "DMGT acquires Broadbean". Ri5. 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  4. "Technology Fast 500 EMEA Rankingand CEO Survey 2007" (PDF). Deliotte. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  5. "DMGT closes Associated Northcliffe Digital division". Marketing Week. 2010-07-09. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  6. "Jobsite team reveals Evenbase, new global digital recruitment group". Recruiter. 2012-11-23. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  7. "BDAS Analytics Suite Blends Big Data With HR". Information Week. 2015-08-12. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  8. "CareerBuilder lays off 120 after being acquired". Crain's Chicago Business. 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2020-10-14.(subscription required)
  9. "Witan Jardine renews contract with Broadbean Technology". Personnel Today. 2008-07-09. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  10. "Job Posts That Work: 10 Great Software Solutions for Advertising Your Jobs". Recruiter. 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
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