Job Search Platform Monster Rebrands As Foundit, Aims To Offer 'Unrivalled' Recruitment Solutions

Homegrown job search platform Monster.com on Wednesday (23 November) announced that it will now be known as "foundit.in" in Asia-Pacific and Middle-East.

The company said that it is transforming to a "full-fledged talent management platform".

"Starting today, Monster will be known as ‘foundit.in’ with a new logo and vision, ushering in a new revolution in the job market," the company said in a statement.

The company plans to make use of artificial intelligence (AI), data and analytics to serve jobs to its users. Monster claims it serves more than 70 million job seekers now, and has 10,000 corporate customers across 18 countries.

"As the company now transforms itself to an end-to-end talent management platform, it will offer comprehensive solutions to recruiters and highly personalised and contextual services to job seekers across Asia Pacific and Middle East," the company said.

The transition is in line with the company’s mission towards connecting the right talent with the right opportunities, it added.

Speaking at the new brand unveiling event, Sekhar Garisa, CEO foundit.in (previously Monster) said, “Technology is leading disruption across sectors and Talent Acquisition is no exception. The pandemic has fundamentally changed the way we work and the way we hire".

"The platform of the future needs to cater to a highly dynamic job market, skill-based hiring & changing expectations from careers. We are excited to unveil a new direction for Monster from simply facilitating job and candidate discovery to enabling significantly better talent management outcomes".

The company further said that by leveraging disruptive technology for precision hiring to superior UI, it aims to offer recruitment solutions unrivalled by any other player in the market.