Workopolis was a Canadian website specializing in online job searching. Headquartered in

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

, Workopolis had offices in eight Canadian cities including

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and

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and provided its services in both English and French. It was acquired by Indeed.com in June 2018 and subsequently shut down as an independent job board. It remains as a white label portal for Indeed's Canadian job postings.

History

Formed initially by ''

The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...

'' to host career postings, Workopolis gained its current name after

Torstar Torstar Corporation is a Canadian mass media company which primarily publishes daily and community newspapers. In addition to the ''Toronto Star'', its flagship and namesake, Torstar also publishes daily newspapers in Hamilton, Peterborough, Ni ...

partnered with the Globe and Mail in 2000. In 2002,

Gesca Gesca Limitée is a division of the Power Corporation of Canada, which published French-language daily newspapers in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. Gesca has since 2013 responded to the Internet challenge by expanding its free online servic ...

became the third partner of the site. In October 2006 both Torstar and Gesca acquired the 40% stake of the company from the Globe and Mail, parting 50% stake of the site. Workopolis was the supplier of Online Recruitment Services for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and

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. For a time, Workopolis employees went around taking pictures of themselves with the slogan "Time to Shine" in the vain hopes of "going viral". It did not work and Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd., purchased Workopolis in April 2018.

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External links

Workopolis in French

Workopolis.com

Workopolis on World Search Engine Jobboardfinder
{{Torstar Business services companies established in 2000 Employment websites in Canada Internet properties established in 2000 Multilingual websites 2018 mergers and acquisitions

History

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