Jobing.com

See also Jobing.com Arena

Jobing.com is an employment website. It focuses on local recruiting in 18 U.S. cities through a combined online and brick-and-mortar presence with local branches in each of those markets. Jobing.com was a recipient of "The Elite of Online Employment Industry" award in the 2007 Weddle's Users Choice Awards.1 Jobing.com is a three time Inc. 500 "Fastest Growing Company," making the list consecutively in 2005, 2006, and 2007. Jobing.com is a privately held, employee-owned company, funded by investors Great Hill Partners and JMI Equity.

Jobing.com currently serves metropolitan communities with local branches in the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas and Wisconsin.2

Marketing

Jobing.com's marketing strategies combine traditional media (broadcast, print, and online) and some unique, non-traditional branding efforts. Jobing.com acquired the naming rights to a 17,500-seat arena- one of the largest venues in the Phoenix area. Jobing.com Arena is the home to the National Hockey League’s (NHL) Phoenix Coyotes. It is a state-of-the-art facility that, in addition to sporting events, hosts major concerts and community events throughout the year.

Other non-traditional branding at Jobing.com includes its fleet of “Jobing Mobiles," part of an ongoing brand awareness campaign that has won awards and recognition. The vehicle wrap program, which started as a grass-roots branding effort, is a now an employee benefit at Jobing.com; participating employee vehicles are wrapped in a removable 3M outdoor vinyl designs and Jobing.com picks up the cost. The company also provides a monthly car allowance and covers 100% of fuel expenses. Jobing.com workers must submit driving records and photographs of their cars, which can be no more than five years old. They also must enroll in a defensive-driving class. Nearly half its work force — 187 employees — participates and those with wrapped cars tended to stay with the company longer.

Company Culture

The organizational culture has been acknowledged with numerous awards, including the Best Places to Work Institute's "Best Companies to Work For" in 2004 and 2006.. Jobing.com provides 100 hours of leadership development training for every employee. It has created an environment that encourages communication by providing low, open work areas. And it offers a variety of extra benefits to employees, including free soda and freshly-brewed Starbucks in the breakroom. Employees are also encouraged to pursue their education; in 2005 Jobing.com implemented a tuition assistance program for employees at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Nearly one-third of Jobing.com employees are pursuing a degree under the program. In addition, the company offers unique benefits such as their vehicle wrap program.

Products and Services

Jobing.com's portfolio of products and serices includes:

• www.jobing.com: a regional job board that focuses on local recruiting in 18 U.S. markets
• Career Expo: job fairs designed to connect employers face-to-face with local job seekers
• JobingVideo: professionally produced online videos
• Jobing.com CareerCenter: private label Web portal that incorporates media solutions such as job postings, applicant tracking, videos, blogs, and employer branding profiles
• Go Jobing Magazine, a professionally produced, quarterly magazine focusing on recruitment and employment issues

Company History

The concept of an online "employment community" with a specific focus on local recruiting was the vision of Jobing.com founder Aaron Matos.3 At the time, Aaron was the director of human resources for a regional publishing/media company in Arizona. With many years of experience in the human resources profession, he was well aware of the fact that the success of an organization was directly dependent on hiring great people. From his experience, he also knew that recruiting local talent quickly and cost efficiently was a daunting task. In early 2000, the website was launched in Phoenix, Arizona and has grown by focusing on servicing local markets and aggressively marketing its services. The company expanded to serve Tucson, Arizona that same year.

A number of acquisitions followed, expanding Jobing.com beyond Arizona:4.

• Feb 2003: CareersColorado.com

• April 2003: Colorado Career & Job Expo

• July 2004: Rhinomite

• April 2005: JobSummit

• May 2005: California Online Job Network

• July 2005: ColoradoJobs.com

• Jan 2006: Employocity

• May 2007: LocalCareers.com Network

• August 2007: CanJobs.com

External links

• http://www.jobing.com
• http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/07/13/jobing-under-the-radar/
• http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2007/01/29/daily26.html
• http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2004/12/13/focus5.html
• http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2007/06/25/story6.html
• http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/business/media/27wrap.html?
• http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/09/19/jobing-video-player/
• http://www.ere.net/blogs/CyberSleuthing/23955F1DA39A41D8BFFAF098A6745B36.asp