JobServe

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Founded by Robbie Cowling, an Information Technology (IT) contractor{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} and his business partner John Witney,{{Sfnp|Jobserve|2017}} it was originally incorporated as Fax-Me-Limited in 1993 and later changing its name to JobServe Ltd. in 1995.{{Sfnp|Companies House|2019b}}

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to inefficiently find jobs through advertisements in recruitment magazines which would frequently turn out to be out of date.{{Sfnp|Jobserve|2017}} The company says it sought to address this on 4 May 1994 by the launch of a jobs-by-email service to send a daily and up to date list of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.{{Sfnp|Jobserve|2017}} The company says it first created its website presence later in 1994 and it also claims this was the world's first recruitment website.{{Sfnp|Jobserve|2017}}

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.{{Sfnp|Telegraph Staff|2001}}{{efn|The Telegraph did not explicitly define the catchment area size, and one possibility is it was United Kingdom that was implied}} This had led to litigation when it refused to accept advertisements from agencies associated with rival companies.{{Sfnp|Telegraph Staff|2001}}

In 2003 Jobserve became the first dot.com company to be selected for the Queen's Awards for Enterprise.{{Sfnp|Williams|2004}} The year also saw Cowling buy out Witney with Jobserve moving into £1 million new premises in Tiptree.{{Sfnp|Williams|2004}}

By 2006 Jobserve was covering not only the IT sector but was covering 17 industry sectors in total.{{Sfnp|Bingemann|2006}}

JobServe is currently managed by its co-founder Robbie Cowling{{Sfnp|Jobserve|2017}} and USA division, Richard Padgett.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} {{As of|November 2017}} the company claims jobs-by-email still remained significant with a claim of 1.2 million job subscription emails being sent per day.{{Sfnp|Jobserve|2017}}

JobServe currently has its UK base Colchester in the United Kingdom.{{Sfnp|Telegraph Staff|2001}}

A holding company, Jobserve Holdings Limited, was established in the year 2000 and renamed Aspire Media Limited in December 2008.{{Sfnp|Companies House|2019a}}{{efn|At some point Jobserve must have moved under the holding company but a precise date is not known}}

Jobserve and its parent, Aspire Media Group, has partnerships with a number of other brands.{{Sfnp|Jobserve|2019}}

It launched in Australia in 2002{{Sfnp|Bingemann|2006}} with a base in Sydney.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}. In the United States of America there are offices in (North Carolina & Ohio){{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

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.

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• {{cite web|last=Aspire Media Group|date=28 November 2019|access-date=28 November 2019|title=Aspire Media Group

|website=Aspire Media Group|url=http://www.aspiremediagroup.net/|url-status=live|archive-date=17 May 2019

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517153540/http://www.aspiremediagroup.net/}}

• {{cite news|last=Bingemann|first=Mitchell|date=8 May 2006|url=http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/156406/jobserve_transforms_applicants_into_employees_alchemy/?fp=2&fpid=1

|title=JobServe transforms applicants into employees with Alchemy - Computerworld|url-status=live|access-date=27 November 2019|archive-date=27 November 2019

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127223219/https://www.computerworld.com/article/3472898/jobserve-transforms-applicants-into-employees-with-alchemy.html

}}

• {{cite web |last=Companies House|date=13 March 2019a|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03945575|access-date=28 November 2019

|title=Aspire Media Group Limited Limited |id=Previous names|website=Companies House|url-status=live|archive-date=28 November 2019

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128193744/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03945575}}

• {{cite web |last=Companies House|date=23 August 2019b|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02847010|access-date=27 November 2019

|title=Jobserve Limited |id=Previous names|website=Companies House|url-status=live|archive-date=27 November 2019

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127211532/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02847010}}

• {{cite web|last=Jobserve|date=1 August 2017|access-date=28 November 2019|title=The Company|website=Jobserve

|url=https://www.jobserve.com/gb/en/content/about/the-company.htm|archive-date=1 August 2017|url-status=live

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801014427/http://www.jobserve.com/gb/en/content/about/the-company.htm}}

• {{cite web|last=Jobserve|date=2019|access-date=28 November 2019|title=Partners|website=Jobserve

|url=https://www.jobserve.com/gb/en/content/about/affiliates-and-partners.htm|archive-date=28 November 2019|url-status=live

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128183507/https://www.jobserve.com/gb/en/content/about/affiliates-and-partners.htm}}

• {{cite news|last=Telegraph Staff|date=4 February 2001|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/4480528/Jobserve-in-the-dock.html

|title=Jobserve in the dock|newspaper=Telegraph|access-date=27 November 2019|archive-date=10 August 2017|url-status=live|url-access=limited

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810130243/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/4480528/Jobserve-in-the-dock.html}}

• {{cite web | last=Williams|first=Nixon|date=13 May 2004|url=http://www.contractoruk.com/news/00854.html | title=Sunday Times Rich List - Jobserve hits £100m

| website= Contractor UK | access-date=27 November 2019| archive-date=27 November 2019|url-status=live

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127221357/https://www.contractoruk.com/news/00854854.html}}

• [http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/1731032.big_day_for_job_hunters_as_jobserve_live_hits_down/ Big day for job hunters as JobServe Live hits down (From Daily Echo)]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062429/http://www.brentwoodweeklynews.co.uk/archive/2000/05/19/Essex+Archive/5511337.Tiptree__Great_Totham___I_m_a_dot_com_millionaire__/ Tiptree, Great Totham: 'I'm a dot.com millionaire!' (From Brentwood Weekly News)]

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