Tamedia expands its position in online job search portals
Tamedia has acquired a stake in the job search portal Jobsuchmaschine.ch. This partnership with the job portals Alpha.ch and Jobwinner.ch—which have been operated by the Zurich-based publishing house—creates the second-largest network of job platforms in Switzerland.
Tamedia is acquiring a stake in the job search portal Jobsuchmaschine.ch. The cooperation with the job portals Alpha.ch and Jobwinner.ch, previously operated by the Zurich publishing house, will result in the second strongest job platform network in Switzerland in terms of advertisements and reach. The advertisements of Alpha.ch and Jobwinner.ch will now be integrated into the Jobsuchmaschine.ch offering and the job portals will be linked to each other.
In a first step, Tamedia acquired a 20 percent stake in the Bern-based job search engine AG at the end of 2008, which was previously fully owned by the founders. An increase in the stake to 49 percent is planned for 2011, with the remaining 51 percent to be acquired in 2013. According to Tuesday's announcement, the parties have agreed not to disclose further details of the investment.
Founded in 2000, the job search portal Jobsuchmaschine.ch is based on a search robot that searches hundreds of company websites, websites of recruitment consultants and job platforms of other providers for new vacancies every day. Jobsuchmaschine.ch reaches 101,000 unique clients in Switzerland (Wemf NET-Audit November 2008). Jobsuchmaschine AG also operates the fee-based job portal Jobengine.ch and the information service Jobmonitor.ch for personnel service providers.
In a first step, Tamedia acquired a 20 percent stake in the Bern-based job search engine AG at the end of 2008, which was previously fully owned by the founders. An increase in the stake to 49 percent is planned for 2011, with the remaining 51 percent to be acquired in 2013. According to Tuesday's announcement, the parties have agreed not to disclose further details of the investment.
Founded in 2000, the job search portal Jobsuchmaschine.ch is based on a search robot that searches hundreds of company websites, websites of recruitment consultants and job platforms of other providers for new vacancies every day. Jobsuchmaschine.ch reaches 101,000 unique clients in Switzerland (Wemf NET-Audit November 2008). Jobsuchmaschine AG also operates the fee-based job portal Jobengine.ch and the information service Jobmonitor.ch for personnel service providers.
