Bright.com

Bright.com
Company typePrivate
IndustryOnline services, Job search engine
FoundedSan Francisco, California (February 2011 (2011-02))
Headquarters
690 5th St, San Francisco, California
,
United States
Key people
Steve Goodman (CEO)

Bright.com is a employment website that uses a computer algorithm to match potential employee to advertised positions.[1][2][3][4][5] Bright Media is the parent company of Bright.com and Bright Labs, a group that provided access to data and resources on the current job market.[4] Bright Media is led by CEO Steve Goodman.[6]

Bright was founded in February 2011.[7][8] Steve Goodman has held the position of CEO since the company's inception.[6][9][10] The site hosted 2.1 million job descriptions.[11][12]

Bright.com's jobs matching business was acquired by LinkedIn in February 2014 for $120 million (~$152 million in 2023).[13][14]

  1. ^ Anthony Ha (June 19, 2012). "Bright Unveils A Data-Driven Approach To The Job Search, Raises $6M". TechCrunch. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  2. ^ "Company Overview of Bright Media Corporation, Inc". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  3. ^ Melanie Pinola (July 24, 2012). "Bright Scientifically Matches You to Ideal Jobs for You". Lifehacker. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Steve Goodman (December 9, 2012). "Online job boards don't work — how big data can fix the problem". GigaOM. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  5. ^ Sarah Kessler (June 19, 2012). "Could Data Science Reduce Resume Overload?". Mashable. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Startup Bright Uses Technology to Improve Job-Seeking Process". The Daily Beast. October 4, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  7. ^ "Bright Media Corporation". BuzzSparks. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  8. ^ Michael Carney (December 5, 2012). "Job application hack: Bright turns recruiters' resume tools against them". PandoDaily. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  9. ^ Eliza Kern (July 31, 2012). "Bright turns to Facebook to link job hunters". GigaOM. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  10. ^ Liz Gannes (June 19, 2012). "Bright Gets $6M for Formula for Matching Job Seekers to Job Openings". All Things Digital. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  11. ^ Donna Tam (June 19, 2012). "Bright.com: Job searches done the dating-site way". CNET. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  12. ^ Dan Fastenberg (June 21, 2012). "New Sites Promise More 'Scientific' Method To Job Hunting". AOL Jobs. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  13. ^ Barille, Parker. "Welcome Bright to the LinkedIn Family".
  14. ^ Mabon, Hunter (2014). Arbetspsykologisk testning: Om urvalsmetoder i arbetslivet. Assessio. Page 511. ISBN 9789174183085.