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Company type | Public |
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Industry | Employment |
Founded | November 1997 |
Founders | |
Headquarters | , Australia |
Area served | Australia, New Zealand, China, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore |
Key people | Ian Narev (CEO) |
Products | Talent Search, Company Reviews, Recommendations |
Brands | SEEK, SEEK Learning, SEEK Volunteer, Zhaopin, jobsDB, JobStreet, Bdjobs |
Services | Employment, Job searching, Company |
Website | www |
SEEK is an Australian online employment marketplace, headquartered in Melbourne. Outside of Australia, the company operates in New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand[1]
History
[edit]Seek was founded in November 1997[2] by Andrew Bassat, Paul Bassat and Matt Rockman as an online version of print employment classifieds, and it launched its website in March 1998.[3] On 18 April 2005, Seek was floated on the Australian Securities Exchange with a market capitalisation of $587 million.[4]
In May 2022, it moved its head office to a newly-constructed building in Cremorne, Victoria.[5]
In June 2024, SEEK sold its holdings in the Latin American job-boards OCC (Mexico) and Catho (Brazil).[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Marketline, 2021. MarketLine Company Profile: SEEK Ltd.. Marketline, p.3.
- ^ "Seek a house, find a job". ABC. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ "About SEEK". Company. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ "Successful Completion of SEEK Offer". SEEK. 17 April 2005. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017.
- ^ Bleby, Michael (11 May 2022). "Seek spreads out its staff in new Melbourne office". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "SEEK to sell Latin American assets". Listcorp. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
Further reading
[edit]- "Seek primed to live up to its potential". The Australian. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- Bailey, Michael (7 February 2017). "Seek spends $200k to disrupt itself with Slingshot startup accelerator". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- "Andrew Bassat of Seek blasts federal action over education rorts". The Australian. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- "SEEK doubles down on Brazil, increases stake in Asia business". Sydney Morning Herald.