Professional networking company LinkedIn Corp LNKD has acquired Careerify, the latter said Monday morning in a press release. The purchase implies the company will stop offering its internal mobility and employer branding services, focusing on only one: a referral service that helps companies’ human resources departments find new job candidates from its preexisting employees’ contact networks.
According to a re/code article, three of Careerify’s four employees will join LinkedIn’s Mountain View, California, headquarters. A spokesperson contacted about the deal declined to comment on the terms of the acquisition.
About Careerify
Careerify is a Toronto-based startup with a Talent Acquisition Platform founded by Harpaul Sambhi in 2009. It allows organizations and companies to manage employee referrals, internal mobility and employer branding from one single application.
According to the company’s site, “Careerify was founded with a bold mission: to eradicate unemployment globally while making our clients more profitable and strategic.”
Shares of LinkedIn are slightly down on Monday afternoon, as the news of the acquisition got out.
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