Workopolis
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| Type of business | Public |
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Type of site | Job search engine |
| Available in | English, French |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Area served | Canada |
| Owner | Toronto Star and Square Victoria Digital Properties |
| Key people | Kelly Dixon, President |
| Industry | Recruitment |
| Products | Job search engine |
| Employees | 200 |
| URL | www.workopolis.com |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 2000 |
| Current status | Active |
Workopolis is a Canadian employment website. The site is owned by Torstar and Square Victoria Digital Properties, the newspaper publishing subsidiary of Power Corporation of Canada (Gesca). Formerly, The Globe and Mail was a partner in the site through its parent, CTVglobemedia. Its headquarters is in Toronto, with offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver, and provides its services in both English and French.
Workopolis is a member of The Network, an alliance of 36 recruitment job boards operating in more than 100 countries.[citation needed]
History
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Formerly globecareers.com, workopolis.com was launched in January 2000. A French version followed in September 2001, and the online campus recruitment site campusworklink.com was acquired in August 2001. In January 2002, campusworklink.com was migrated to Workopolis technology and in May 2002 was rebranded as workopolisCampus.com.
In 2005, BackCheck and Workopolis offered employers a background checking service that includes criminal background checks, employment reference checks and education verifications.
Workopolis launched Workpolis TV in partnership with Business News Network in 2006.
The Workopolis NicheNetwork (formerly Brainhunter), a niche job board business, was added in 2008 to Workopolis, which already includes WorkopolisCampus, CorporateWorks, and Workopolis.com.
A mobile version of the site was launched in November 2008 which gives access to a reduced feature set over a mobile phone.
In 2010 Workopolis redesigned its website and introducing a new brand strategy. It was also the official supplier of online recruitment services for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.[citation needed]
Concerns
Recent social media trends have seen Workopolis loose ground to free resume sites such as LinkedIn. The use of social media by recruiters to reach candidates is at an all-time high. Results show that 92 per cent of respondents are using or planning to use social media in 2012, up almost 10 per cent from the 83 per cent using social recruiting in 2010.[2] A job posting test conducted by Stafflink over a 30 day period concluded that candidates obtained through Monster, Workopolis' largest competitor, were of a higher quality than Workopolis.[3]
Features
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For candidates the site Workopolis features a job search engine, candidate branding options, a career advice blog and links to social media including an online petition started on Facebook for an official national day to telecommute (National Work From Home Day.) Candidates can search for jobs, create and edit online resumes, get email notifications and RSS feeds of new jobs, review profiles of companies, and share job postings via social media.
Employers can post jobs, use candidate screening tools and search a candidate database.
Corporate governance
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Current members of the board of directors of Workopolis are:
- Pierre-Elliot Levasseur
- Guy Crevier
- Lorenzo DeMarchi
- Jean Durocher
- Chris Goodridge
- Dave Holland
Presidents
- Kim Peters (2000–2003)
- Patrick Sullivan (2003–2009)
- Gabriel Bouchard (2009–2011)
- Kelly Dixon (2011 - )