• February 5th, 2013

    JIBE Raises $10M Series B To Make Even More Job Applications Mobile-Friendly

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    The mobile job application mavens at JIBE have been keeping things quiet since talking up their most recent pivot back in July, but they’ve finally broken the silence to talk about something new. The New York-based company (which shouldn’t be confused with other, similarly named outfits in the mobile space) has announced it that has raised a $10 million Series B round led by Longworth Venture… → Read More

    March 22nd, 2010

    Social Recruiting: Localbacon Relaunches As Jibe, Raises $875K Seed Round (Invites)

    At last year’s TechCrunch50, one of the more intriguing launch startups was localbacon—a job board targeted at recent college graduates which charged 99 cents to apply for a job. The idea was to get the most qualified applicants who were more really serious about the job.

    The founders of localbacon took what they learned from operating their site and are now relaunching with a much better idea… → Read More

    September 14th, 2009

    TC50: Job Seekers Pay LocalBacon To Apply For Jobs (And That Might Just Work)

    As an employer, chances are you use sites like Craigslist or Monster.com to try and get the best candidates for vacant spots. If that’s indeed your modus operandi for recruitment, than you’re probably also used to receiving bad or incomplete resumes, applications from totally unqualified persons or just utter spam. LocalBacon thinks it doesn’t have to be that way, and believes the solution to the… → Read More