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Monster acquires ‘Tinder-like’ job app Jobr

June 08, 2016

Monster Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: MWW) acquired mobile job-finding app Jobr, a two-year-old startup based in San Francisco. 

The transaction closed June 7; terms were not disclosed. The Jobr team will become Monster employees and remain in San Francisco.

Jobr uses a Tinder-like model, allowing job seekers to connect with or dismiss job opportunities by swiping right or left on job postings and then apply to those jobs. Jobr also provides tools for recruiters to manage and interact with applicants.

Monster, whose jobs are already featured on the Jobr app, will work to integrate the Jobr app into the Monster platform, initially focusing on building out key capabilities including single sign on for users and developing Monster membership workflows. The company will then work to extend the Jobr app across Monster’s global markets through early 2017.

“In just a few short years, Jobr has built a simple and consumer-friendly, mobile-first approach to connecting jobs and people,” said Monster President and COO Mark Stoever. “Bringing the Jobr app and team to Monster will enhance our leading global talent platform for job search, people search and related solutions across mobile channels.”

“Jobr’s growth is something we are extremely proud of and has been our primary obsession,” Jobr stated in a blog post today. “Over the course of our brief history, job seekers have swiped more than 100 million times, our app has reached #2 in the Apple App Store Business section (with a 4.5-star rating), and, most importantly, tens of thousands of people have been hired. Our mission remains the same: to be the best job search and recruitment product in the world. Though we’ve made meaningful progress towards this, we’re most excited by the opportunity in front of us.”

The acquisition continues Monster’s platform build-out, which includes the 2014 acquisition of social job search sites TalentBin and Gozaik, as well as Monster Social Job Ads targeting possible candidates across Facebook and Twitter.