Ekspress Grupp invests in Jobbatical


Tallinn, Estonia, 2015-09-01 12:19 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  

AS Ekspress Grupp made a contract to invest 50 thousand euros in the international job exchange portal Jobbatical.

OÜ Jobbatical is a new start-up born in Estonia with the goal to connect international job offers with travel-loving job searchers in the field of technology and business. The world’s most famous technology publications have described Jobbatical as the road sign to the future job market.

In August, the well-known US research company CB Insights named Jobbatical one of the most influential personnel search technology company. The platform that began less than a year ago has been growing fast and since April, the number of users has grown more than ten times. More than 15,000 people are searching for international jobs through Jobbatical, the users come mostly from the USA, Brazil and different European countries.

“We know Karoli Hindriks, the founder of Jobbatical, already for years and the first time we heard the new idea, we instantly liked it,” said Gunnar Kobin, the CEO of Ekspress Group. “We are happy to be part of a project which has potential to become the next success story from Estonia”

         Additional information:
         Gunnar Kobin
         Chairman of the Management Board
         GSM: +372 5188111
         e-mail: gunnar@egrupp.ee