Job portal Everjobs launches in city

Everjobs, the fastest growing job portal in emerging markets, launched operations in Bangladesh today as Everyjobs.com.bd. Everjobs specializes in simplifying the job-search and recruitment process by connecting job seekers with prospective employers in a matter of clicks.

Bangladesh, with a population of 160 million, has long been at the center of the South East Asian economic upsurge due to a growing labour force, anticipating to be trained into skilled professionals. Relatively high internet penetration rates of 20% and a rapidly growing smartphone culture are developing new employment opportunities in both rural and urban areas of the country.

Gijs Verheijke, Managing Director of Everjobs Bangladesh emphasized the immense potential of the market. “Bangladesh has enormous potential as one of the largest growth markets in the world. We believe with our simple interface and mobile-friendly site we can help to increase the transparency of the job market in this country and provide higher quality service to job seekers and companies.”

Regarding the current labour market conditions, Munir Hasan, Coordinator of Youth Programme at Prothom-Alo, states: “Over two million people enter the job market in Bangladesh each year. A significant number of these applicants seek career opportunities worldwide and relocate abroad. Of those remaining, 46% fail to secure a job despite having a decent academic record. At the same time, employers often complain about not receiving enough high quality applications.”

 

Everjobs successfully launched its first operations in Myanmar with work.com.mm, which was the first job portal in the country and continues to be the most popular. In Sri Lanka Everjobs launched its website, everjobs.lk, with more than 1000 job listings. Everjobs Bangladesh kicks off with an even higher number: more than 1000 employers, with over 2000 career opportunities overall.

Backed by Rocket Internet, Everjobs can expect to benefit from the network of companies in the Asia Pacific Internet Group (APACIG) and the Africa Internet Group (AIG). The groups manage a portfolio of 17 companies across 41 countries.

About Everjobs

Everjobs (everjobs.com) is a job portal currently operating in Sri Lanka and Myanmar. Launched in March 2015 and led by co-founder Ronald Jan Schuurs, Everjobs aims to become the leading job portal in fast growing markets finding the right match for both, employers and candidates. The company is backed by Rocket Internet as well as the Asia Pacific Internet Group (APACIG) and the Africa Internet Group (AIG).

About APACIG

The Asia Pacific Internet Group is a joint venture of Rocket Internet and Ooredoo. The group’s network consists of 13  e-commerce and online marketplace companies, operating across 15 countries. Since it was founded in 2014, APACIG has become the leading online platform in Asia, building top Internet companies in the region.