{"id":221,"date":"2014-03-05T07:31:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T07:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/?p=221"},"modified":"2014-03-05T07:31:43","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T07:31:43","slug":"linkedin-makes-its-biggest-acquisition-by-paying-120m-for-job-matching-service-bright-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/linkedin-makes-its-biggest-acquisition-by-paying-120m-for-job-matching-service-bright-com\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn makes its biggest acquisition by paying $120m for job matching service Bright.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LinkedIn has made its biggest acquisition deal. The professional social network has purchased the job matching service Bright for $120 million.After the deal closes in the first quarter of 2014, several members of Bright\u2019s team will join LinkedIn, including its engineering and product divisions.<\/p>\n<p>Bright.com utilizes machine-learning algorithms to recommend jobs to those looking for work. It also uses data-driven matching technology to make sure that users aren\u2019t finding irrelevant listings.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"linkedin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/\">http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"bright.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bright.com\">http:\/\/www.bright.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LinkedIn has made its biggest acquisition deal. The professional social network has purchased the job matching service Bright for $120 million.After the deal closes in the first quarter of 2014, several members of Bright\u2019s team will join LinkedIn, including its engineering and product divisions. Bright.com utilizes machine-learning algorithms to recommend jobs to those looking for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[60,59],"class_list":["post-221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-job-board-news","tag-bright-com","tag-linkedin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4vlXG-3z","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3548,"url":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/top-5-applicant-sources-that-delivered-the-best-candidates-in-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":221,"position":0},"title":"Top 5 Applicant Sources That Delivered the Best Candidates in 2025","author":"Robert Smith","date":"May 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Recruiting in 2025 saw some of the most significant shifts in sourcing strategies. 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