CareerBeacon

What CareerBeacon does

CareerBeacon is a Canadian online job board founded in 1997 and headquartered in Moncton, New Brunswick, operating as a dual-sided marketplace connecting job seekers and employers across Canada. The platform serves individual job seekers with free services including job search, AI-powered personalized job alerts, and a suite of salary tools (salary guide, converter, tax calculator, cost of living calculator, minimum wage tracker), while charging employers for job postings priced at $349 per standard 30-day listing, with premium featured placements ($149) and partner network distribution ($99) as add-ons. The company was acquired by private equity firm Alongside in 2022 and subsequently acquired Toronto-based employer branding platform Ruutly, which has a presence in over 35 countries. The team is small (11-50 employees) and operates alongside eight named leaders including CEO Yves Boudreau and CTO Benoit Bourque.

The product surface includes the core job board, the MyBeacon AI matching assistant, the Candidate Manager ATS (applicant tracking with bulk messaging and team collaboration), the AI Job Description Generator, and the Job Post Visualizer. A dedicated Launchpad portal targets students, interns, and recent graduates. Employer branding is reinforced through showcase pages and testimonial-driven content marketing with named enterprise clients including Bell Canada, NL Health Services (974 active listings), Moosehead Breweries, Medavie, IMP Group, and the Government of New Brunswick. CareerBeacon claims 5.85M+ active job seekers, 1.2M registered users, 7,000+ employers, and 81,000+ active job listings.

The business model combines transactional job posting fees with volume discounts on credit bundles, optional featured listings, partner network distribution fees, and recruitment marketing professional services. Go-to-market is dual-motion: self-serve online job posting and ATS dashboard for SMB employers, combined with direct sales supported by dedicated account representatives who run quarterly performance reviews with enterprise clients. The company integrates Stripe for payments, social logins (Google, LinkedIn, Facebook) for job seeker onboarding, and Cloudflare for security. Salary and cost-of-living tools serve as SEO-driven top-of-funnel assets, with a blog and email job alerts supporting mid-funnel engagement. No revenue figures or external funding beyond a $750,000 New Brunswick Innovation Foundation grant in December 2022 have been disclosed.

Name

CareerBeacon

Legal name

CareerBeacon

Website

https://careerbeacon.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CareerBeacon is a Canadian online job board founded in 1997, connecting job seekers and employers across Canada from its Moncton, New Brunswick headquarters. It offers AI-powered matching (MyBeacon), an ATS, salary tools, and employer branding, serving 7,000+ employers and 5.85M+ active job seekers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Job Board and Recruitment Platform

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Career Services & Job Placement Platforms (Jobs, Recruiting, Employer Networks) (EDAFAMAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Career Coaching, Mentoring & Placement Support Services (EDAAAKAO), Career Exploration, Interest/Skills Assessment & Pathway Planning (EDAFAMAK)

Keywords

• Online job board
• Job posting platform
• Applicant tracking system
• AI job matching
• Recruitment marketing

Headquarters

HQ city

Moncton

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Job Posting Fees: CareerBeacon charges employers to post job listings on their platform. Standard job posting costs $349, with additional options for featured listings and distribution across partner networks.
2. Featured Job Postings: Featured Job Postings receive top placement in search results for 14 days, then convert to standard postings for remaining 16 days of the 30-day listing period. Costs $149 additional to standard posting.
3. Partner Network Distribution: Job postings can be distributed across CareerBeacon's partner network for an additional $99.
4. Recruitment Marketing Services: Professional services for employer branding and talent attraction, including consultation and support for modernizing recruitment strategies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CareerBeacon operates a Canadian online job board that connects employers with job seekers across all provinces and territories. The platform offers paid job postings, featured listings, and partner network distribution to employers, paired with a Candidate Manager Applicant Tracking System (ATS), AI tools for content generation and posting previews, and recruitment marketing services. Job seekers access free job search functionality, AI-powered personalized matching through MyBeacon, and a suite of salary research tools including a salary converter, income tax calculator, cost of living calculator, and minimum wage tracker.

Product overview

CareerBeacon operates as a unified job board platform with modular add-on services. The core CareerBeacon Platform serves as the main job marketplace, supported by the AI-powered MyBeacon matching assistant and the Candidate Manager ATS. Additional employer tools include the AI Job Description Generator and Job Post Visualizer. For specialized segments, Launchpad serves students and recent grads, while the acquired Ruutly technology enhances employer branding capabilities. Salary tools (Salary Guide, Converter, Minimum Wage Tracker) complement the core job search functionality.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CareerBeacon Platform Core online job board platform connecting Canadian employers with job seekers across all provinces and territories. Provides job search, employer profiles, salary tools, and AI-powered job matching for job seekers, and paid job posting plus ATS for employers.
• Candidate Manager ATS Applicant Tracking System enabling employers to manage job postings, collect applications, engage candidates through bulk messaging, facilitate team collaboration, track hiring pipeline stages, and configure pre-screening questions.
• AI Job Description Generator Generative AI tool that creates job postings from basic inputs such as job title and company name, allowing employers to adjust tone and length before publishing.
• Job Post Visualizer AI-powered visualization tool that previews how job postings will render across different devices and platforms before publishing.
• CareerBeacon Launchpad Dedicated sub-brand portal for students, interns, and new professionals to find student jobs, summer positions, internships, and co-op opportunities across Canada.
• Ruutly Employer Branding Platform Acquired employer branding technology platform that helps large brands improve job postings and showcases employer profiles, integrated into CareerBeacon to extend reach to multinational brands across 35+ countries.
• MyBeacon AI Job Matching AI-powered personalized job search assistant that analyzes job seeker skills, experience, location preferences, and salary expectations to deliver tailored recommendations and a detailed 'Am I a Good Fit?' match assessment highlighting skill gaps. Free for job seekers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 63,047 people found the right job last month
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• RuutlycoreTechnology or Integration · 1 October 2022CareerBeacon acquired Ruutly, a Toronto-based company specializing in employer branding technology. The acquisition was finalized in August 2022 and aims to enhance CareerBeacon's connections with job seekers by utilizing Ruutly's technology and leadership. Ruutly had helped large brands improve job postings and has a presence in over 35 countries.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• ZipRecruiter: US-headquartered AI-driven job marketplace with pay-per-job and subscription employer pricing. Comparable revenue model (per-posting and subscription) and AI matching positioning to MyBeacon.
• Glassdoor: Global employer review and job listing platform owned by Indeed/Recruit. Overlaps with CareerBeacon on job postings and adds company reviews and salary transparency that compete with CareerBeacon's salary tools.
• Monster: Legacy global job board with pay-per-posting and employer branding services. Comparable offering in the same product category with broader geographic footprint than CareerBeacon.
• SimplyHired: Job aggregator and search engine with employer pay-per-click model. Comparable pay-for-performance job advertising competitor with Canadian traffic overlap.

Direct peers

• Indeed: Largest global job aggregator with massive SEO reach and employer pay-per-click job postings. Direct competitor to CareerBeacon for Canadian employer hiring spend and job seeker traffic.
• LinkedIn Jobs: Professional network with integrated job board, dominant in white-collar and professional hiring. Competes directly with CareerBeacon for the same employer and job seeker segments, particularly through CareerBeacon's LinkedIn social login integration.
• Jobboom: Quebec-focused Canadian job board with similar employer-pay model and French/English bilingual coverage. Most comparable Canadian-headquartered peer to CareerBeacon.
• Workopolis: Long-standing Canadian job board (founded 2000) serving national employers and job seekers. Closest pan-Canadian direct competitor with similar pay-per-posting model.
• Eluta.ca: Canadian job search engine aggregating direct-from-employer postings. Comparable Canadian-focused competitor emphasizing verified employer listings and salary data.
• Jobillico: Quebec-based Canadian job board and recruitment marketing platform. Comparable mid-market Canadian competitor with employer branding and ATS-adjacent capabilities like CareerBeacon's Candidate Manager.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/careerbeacon
• Facebookfacebook.com/careerbeacontalentmeetsopportunity
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/career-beacon

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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