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Jobfox Raises $20M In Hot Market For Recruitment Tools

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Job board software firm Taleo saw its stock soar last year up 118% as investors took notice of employers' travails to recruit talent. There are many ways to skin the recruitment cat and both recruiters and candidates never seem to be perfectly happy with their choices.

In the private markets, VCs continue to put money to work in recruitment businesses, the latest being Jobfox which has raised $20M in a series C round. Jobfox is run by Rob McGovern, former chair and CEO of Careerbuilder.com who founded the company as Market10 in 2005.

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Jobfox smartly takes the marketing and product development approach to make the job applicant feel empowered, giving him tools to market himself to potential employers.

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