JobServe

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Template other JobServe Ltd is a private company headquartered in Tiptree, Essex, United Kingdom, which runs an employment website, job adverts being placed on the site on behalf of employers and employment agencies. It is part of the Aspire Media Group Ltd.

History

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Jobserve recuitmment bus (A622 BCN), 5 July 2004

Founded by Robbie Cowling, an Information Technology (IT) contractor and his business partner John Witney,Template:Sfnp it was originally incorporated as Fax-Me-Limited in 1993 and later changing its name to JobServe Ltd. in 1995.Template:Sfnp

The company says the concept arose as the United Kingdom was rising out of recession in the 1990s and a problem area was identified with the IT workforce attempting to inefficiently find jobs through advertisements in recruitment magazines which would frequently turn out to be out of date.Template:Sfnp The company says it sought to address this on 4 May 1994 by the launch of a jobs-by-email service to send a daily and up to date list of targeted positions to job seekers.Template:Sfnp The company says it first created its website presence later in 1994 and it also claims this was the world's first recruitment website.Template:Sfnp

By 2001 it had become a dominant force in the market with observers being of the opinion it controlled up to 80% of the IT recruitment market.Template:SfnpTemplate:Efn This had led to litigation when it refused to accept advertisements from agencies associated with rival companies.Template:Sfnp

In 2003 Jobserve became the first dot.com company to be selected for the Queen's Awards for Enterprise.Template:Sfnp The year also saw Cowling buy out Witney with Jobserve moving into £1 million new premises in Tiptree.Template:Sfnp

By 2006 Jobserve was covering not only the IT sector but was covering 17 industry sectors in total.Template:Sfnp

JobServe is currently managed by its co-founder Robbie CowlingTemplate:Sfnp and USA division, Richard Padgett. since November 2017Template:Dated maintenance category (articles) the company claims jobs-by-email still remained significant with a claim of 1.2 million job subscription emails being sent per day.Template:Sfnp

Locations and partners

JobServe currently has its UK base Colchester in the United Kingdom.Template:Sfnp

A holding company, Jobserve Holdings Limited, was established in the year 2000 and renamed Aspire Media Limited in December 2008.Template:SfnpTemplate:Efn

Jobserve and its parent, Aspire Media Group, has partnerships with a number of other brands.Template:Sfnp

It launched in Australia in 2002Template:Sfnp with a base in Sydney.. In the United States of America there are offices in (North Carolina & Ohio)

Football

The company has had involvements with local team Colchester United and was the shirt sponsor of Premier League club West Ham United between 2003–04 and 2006-07 seasons. In 2018 Jobserve won a competitive tender for the right for the Colchester Community Stadium to be named the Jobserve Community Stadium.

Further reading

• Big day for job hunters as JobServe Live hits down (From Daily Echo)
• Tiptree, Great Totham: 'I'm a dot.com millionaire!' (From Brentwood Weekly News)