The story
In 1998, Nacho González-Barros, Director of Human Resources at Intercom, created InfoJobs.net. In 1999, the platform stopped using Lotus Notes technology and switched to an Oracle platform. The venture capital company CORSABE acquires 10% of the company (2001).
In 2004, the Canadian media group Trader Classified Media acquired 60% of InfoJobs.net. The company ceases to be Spanish after the acquisition in 2006 by the Norwegian communication group Schibsted. Schibsted acquired 60% of InfoJobs.net from Trader Classified Media and 6 months later increased its stake to 93.56%, while Grupo Intercom held 6.4% of the company's shares.
Between 2007 and 2008, new sales offices were opened in Galicia, the Basque Country, Zaragoza, Valencia, Seville, San Sebastian, Alicante and Vigo. In addition, a branch was opened in Second Life. In 2009, the Scandinavian media group Schibsted Media Group took control of the company.
By sending to all italian registered accounts a message, on October 26, 2025, Infojobs italian branch announces its shut down.
From Wikipedia’s article on InfoJobs, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4