Babajob.com

Babajob.com
Type of site
 Job search engine
Available in English
Key people SEAN Blagsvedt, CEO[1]
Slogan(s) "Better Jobs for Everyone"
Website www.babajob.com
Alexa rank 15,328[2]
Commercial Yes
Launched 2007
Current status Active

Babajob.com is an online job portal for blue-collared jobs in India.[3] Babajob.com lists jobs for the informal service sector in India, this sector consists of semi-skilled workers including: maids, drivers, masons.[4][5]

Introduction

It was founded in 2007 by Sean Blagsvedt (now CEO),[6] Ira Weise and Vibhore Goyal. Bajajob.com lists jobs from the informal sector in India -blue-collared and grey-collared jobs. It connects job-seekers to employers via their website, voice services and SMS-texting.[7] Currently, it has 3.7 million job openings across 206,000 different employers across India.[8] Babajob.com is based in Bangalore but is present in 9 cities across India.[9]

Funding

It was initially funded by the founder Sean Blagsvedt and his step-father Ira Weise. They then did a seed round of $200,000 with angel investors.[10] Round A of funding was led by Gray Ghost Ventures and Khosla Impact Fund (Khosla Ventures) in 2012, they raised 7 Crore rupees.[11] In 2015, they raised $10 million (64 Crore rupees) from SEEK Limited (an Australian public company) the largest global online employment marketplace. The injection will be focused on mobile app development and on improving telephony services.[12][13] The company also received $1.1 million as a grant from the United States Government.[14]

Partners

In 2013, Babajob.com announced that it would join with Business Call to Action (BCtA), an initiative of the United Nations. With the addition of mobile technology they pledged to connect to 15 million low-income job seekers by 2016.[15]

Babajob.com partnered with Internet.org to offer its app free of cost.[16]

Babajob.com partnered with Reliance Communication to bring classifieds to the mobile platform.[17]

Recognition

References

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  2. ↑ "Alexa Rank". Alexa.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Puri, Tarini (24 December 2015). "Babajob expands leadership team with three key hires in technology and product". Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Das, Sohini (5 October 2015). "New online start-ups bring employers, jobseekers closer". Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Krishnamurthy, Krithika (9 April 2014). "Babajob, which connects employers with semi-skilled workers, sees competition from new portals". Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Ramnath, NS. "India is Where the Expatreneurs Are". ForbesIndia. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Sivakumar, Anushka (25 May 2015). "'India gives me a lot of hope'". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Gupta, Devesh. "Babajob.com Opens Creative and Media Pitch". Advertising Age India. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Babajob, which connects employers with semi-skilled workers, sees competition from new portals". 9 April 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "A monster in the making: the Babajob story". Tech Sangam. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "New online start-ups bring employers, jobseekers closer". Business Standard. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  12. ↑ Fok, Evelyn (28 April 2008). "Bengaluru-based Babajob raises $10 million from Australia's SEEK Limited". The Economic Times. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Babajob secures $10m funding from SEEK". 28 April 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  14. ↑ Bose, Praveen (10 November 2010). "Site for Handymen Growing Rapidly". Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Babajob provides real time access to jobs in India and joins the Business Call to Action". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "Babajob.com Partners with Internet.org". smedigest. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  17. ↑ J, Preethi. "RCOM Partners BabaJob For Mobile; Text-free Job Search In Beta". Medianama.com. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  18. ↑ N, Abhay. "India Development Marketplace announces 14 Winners for 2011". indiamicrofinance.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  19. ↑ Iyer, Karthik. "Innovations for Sustainability". blog.ennovent.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
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