online employment slogan s love what you do website http www.simplyhired.com alexa rank 727 april 2015 update 1 type of site job search engine registration optional launched 2005 current status active simply hired is an employment website and mobile application and an online recruitment advertising network . the company aggregates job listings from thousands of sites across the web including job boards newspaper and classified listings associations social networks content sites and company career sites . it then distributes those jobs on its website mobile app as well as social network blog and other website partners . job seekers search job listings on simply hired by keyword and location to find jobs of interest . employers can gain premium placement in the listings by advertising in a pay per click ppc model . simply hired currently operates job search engines in 24 countries argentina australia austria belgium brazil canada china france germany india ireland italy japan mexico the netherlands portugal russia south africa south korea spain switzerland sweden the united kingdom and the united states . contents 1 history 2 services 3 awards and recognition 4 data science 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit simply hired was founded in 2003 by gautam godhwani anil godhwani and peter weck with an initial investment of 1.2 m. the beta site launch occurred on march 16 2005 2 and later that year it raised a series b round of 3m from guy kawasaki dave mcclure ron conway garage technology ventures and others . 3 in april 2006 the company received us 13.5 million in series c funding from news corp. s fox interactive media division and foundation capital . 4 the company partnered with myspace careers in june 2006 to power the website . 5 simply hired partnered with the washington post in march 2009 to provide job listings on the newspaper s website . 6 the company raised another series d round of 4.6 million in august 2009 from idg ventures and foundation capital . 7 in may 2014 a 12m series e round was raised from city national bank idg ventures and foundation capital . 8 the company is headquartered in sunnyvale california . james beriker has been president & ceo since november 2012 . 9 on may 26 2016 all employees received 30 day notice to the ceasing of operations worldwide . in a letter simply hired executives stated all job board hosting and posting activities would cease on or around june 26 2016 . 10 customers were alerted by email of the closing of simply hired on may 27 2016 . 11 on july 1 2016 recruit holdings co. ltd. owner of simply hired competitor indeed.com announced that it has acquired the assets of simply hired effective that day . the simply hired page would continue to operate as a job search destination and become a publishing partner of indeed . 12 services edit services for job seekers include job search resume upload custom profiles email alerts a company directory trending companies from its employer brand index 13 job search advice and local information in the united states . 14 services for employers include a pay per post option for employers with up to 30 jobs and an enterprise option with pay per click pricing for employers with a high volume of job listings . 15 a study showed that simply hired reduced cost per hire by 58 % compared to traditional job boards . 16 awards and recognition edit simply hired won an award for excellence in technology in 2014 by brandon hall in the best advance in talent acquisition technology category . 17 in 2013 simply hired was ranked 3 on forbes top 10 best websites for your career list . 18 simply hired was awarded as one of pc mag s best job search websites in 2013 and 2014 . 19 simply hired was ranked 6 on forbes list of 35 most influential career sites for 2014 . 20 youtern selected the simply hired blog for its top 50 blogs for young careerists 2014 list . 21 data science edit simply hired publishes a u.s. monthly employment outlook report which includes data on job trends job openings by metro and top posting companies . 22 data from simply hired is frequently cited by media outlets such as npr 23 us news 24 and cnbc . see also edit employment website references edit simplyhired.com site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2015 04 23 . mills elinor 24 january 2007 . simply hired offers content related job listings . cnet . retrieved 25 october 2011 . marshall matt 24 january 2007 . simply hired scores 3 million continues buzz . silicon beat . retrieved 23 april 2015 . arrington michael april 18 2006 . simply hired raises 13.5 m . lombardi candace 1 june 2006 . myspace partners with simply hired . cnet . retrieved 25 october 2011 . plumb tierney march 6 2009 . washington post partners with simply hired . duan mary august 11 2009 . simply hired raises 4.6 m in 4th round . levine barry 24 january 2007 . simply hired simply scores a funding round of 12m . venturebeat . retrieved 23 april 2015 . simply hired crunchbase . crunchbase . retrieved 23 april 2015 . latest on simplyhired . eremedia . retrieved 30 may 2016 . lunden ingrid . simplyhired is shutting down june 26 reportedly as part of an acquisition . techchrunch . retrieved 1 june 2016 . lunden ingrid . indeed owner recruit holdings confirms acquisition of simply hired . techchrunch . retrieved 1 july 2016 . hill sharon 19 november 2014 . simply hired offers content related job listings . aimgroup.com . retrieved 23 april 2015 . mcgraw mark 7 may 2014 . simply hired offers content related job listings . human resource executive . retrieved 23 april 2015 . hiring solutions . simply hired . retrieved 23 april 2015 . independent study finds simply hired reduces cost per hire cph by 58 % . reuters . 14 january 2014 . retrieved 23 april 2015 . brandon hall . retrieved 23 april 2015 . adams susan 8 september 2013 . 10 best websites for your career 2013 . forbes . retrieved 23 april 2015 . the best job search websites & apps . pc mag . 22 may 2014 . retrieved 23 april 2015 . sundheim ken 18 december 2013 . 35 of the most influential career sites for 2014 . forbes . retrieved 23 april 2015 . youtern s top 50 blogs for young careerists 2014 . youtern . 9 july 2014 . retrieved 23 april 2015 . about simply hired s u.s. employment outlook . simply hired . retrieved 23 april 2015 . hartman mitchell 24 december 2014 . holiday hiring could be at its highest since 2000 . marketplace . retrieved 23 april 2015 . grant kelli 6 april 2015 . more jobs for college grads but most are filled by now . cnbc . retrieved 23 april 2015 . external links edit simplyhired.com simply hired company blog simply hired publisher network simply hired at crunchbase retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title simply hired & oldid 730200095 categories internet properties established in 2003employment websiteshidden categories use mdy dates from october 2013articles containing potentially dated statements from april 2015all articles containing potentially dated 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