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Broadbean is a London, England-based software company. The company develops software to automate the distribution of job postings to multiple online job sites. The company also provides software tools to improve resume searches for recruiters, as well as a Facebook

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 application providing search and application options for jobseekers.

Broadbean's customers are staffing companies and corporate recruiters. The company claims over 33,000 customers.

Broadbean is a subsidiary of Daily Mail and General Trust

Daily Mail and General Trust

Daily Mail and General Trust plc is a British media conglomerate, one of the largest in Europe. In the UK, it has interests in national and regional newspapers, television and radio. The company has extensive activities based outside the UK, through Northcliffe Media, DMG Radio Australia, DMG World...

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Products

The company’s main product is Broadbean Job Posting Software. The software distributes job postings to multiple third party job sites visited by job seekers.

A second product, Broadbean Resume Search, allows recruiters to search for candidates by scanning job boards, LinkedIn networks and public profiles on the Internet.

Locations

Headquartered in London, Broadbean operates a US office in Newport Beach, California, along with an office in Sydney Australia.

History

CEO Kelly Robinson founded Broadbean in 2001. In October 2008, the company was acquired by Associated Northcliffe Digital

Associated Northcliffe Digital

Associated Northcliffe Digital was the digital consumer division of Daily Mail and General Trust which operated the digital assets of Associated Newspapers and Northcliffe Newspapers Group from its formation in 2006 until it was announced that the division was to be folded back into Associated...

 AND), the digital consumer division of the Daily Mail and General Trust

Daily Mail and General Trust

Daily Mail and General Trust plc is a British media conglomerate, one of the largest in Europe. In the UK, it has interests in national and regional newspapers, television and radio. The company has extensive activities based outside the UK, through Northcliffe Media, DMG Radio Australia, DMG World...

. In July 2010, Broadbean and the other member companies of Associated Northcliffe Digital

Associated Northcliffe Digital

Associated Northcliffe Digital was the digital consumer division of Daily Mail and General Trust which operated the digital assets of Associated Newspapers and Northcliffe Newspapers Group from its formation in 2006 until it was announced that the division was to be folded back into Associated...

 were merged into Associated Newspapers

Associated Newspapers

Associated Newspapers is a large national newspaper publisher in the UK, which is a subsidiary of the Daily Mail and General Trust. The group was established in 1905 and is currently based at Northcliffe House in Kensington...

, another subsidiary of Daily Mail and General Trust

Daily Mail and General Trust

Daily Mail and General Trust plc is a British media conglomerate, one of the largest in Europe. In the UK, it has interests in national and regional newspapers, television and radio. The company has extensive activities based outside the UK, through Northcliffe Media, DMG Radio Australia, DMG World...

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Recognition

In 2008, Broadbean was recognized by UK-based consulting firm Deliotte as the 7th fastest growing company in the United Kingdom.

In 2010, the company was recognized as the Recruitment Sector Service Provider of the Year, by the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).