CVKeskus.ee

Name

CVKeskus.ee

Legal name

CV Keskus OÜ

Website

https://cvkeskus.ee

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Job Portal / Recruitment Marketplace

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Executive Search Services (561312), Employment Services (5613)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Talent Acquisition (Recruiting) & Applicant Tracking (ATS) (BPACAPAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Job Placement, Matching & Career Navigation Services (EDAAAOAL)

Keywords

• Online job portal
• Job board platform
• Recruitment marketplace
• CV database
• Employer recruitment services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallinn

HQ country

Estonia

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Job Posting Services: Employers pay to publish job advertisements on the platform. Paid job posting provides access to the recruitment platform for managing candidate CVs
2. CV Database Access: Employers pay for access to search and view CVs in the candidate database
3. VIP/Featured Job Listings: Premium placement of job postings with highlighting and top positioning features
4. Recruitment Services: Full-service recruitment solutions including candidate pre-screening, headhunting, and custom recruitment projects
5. Job Ad Mirroring: Service to mirror/republish job ads on employer websites
6. Social Media Campaigns: Targeted social media advertising campaigns for job postings

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CVKeskus.ee operates an online job marketplace that connects job seekers with employers in Estonia and the broader Baltic States. Job seekers can create CVs, search and apply to job listings, and subscribe to email job alerts at no cost. Employers pay to post job advertisements, access a searchable CV database of over 1 million CVs, and purchase premium placements and recruitment services. The platform is the most visited job portal in Estonia with 3x more visitors than the nearest competitor.

Product overview

CVKeskus.ee operates a multi-platform job marketplace ecosystem spanning the Baltic States. The core offering consists of four job portals: CVKeskus.ee (Estonia — the flagship and most visited portal), CVMarket.lv (Latvia), CVMarket.lt (Lithuania), and CV.lt (Lithuania — acquired 2025, focused on professionals and managers). The platforms share a unified architecture and are owned by CV Keskus OÜ, a technology company under Swiss media group Ringier AG. Supporting the core job boards are modular add-on services: a CV database enabling employer search, recruitment consulting services, VIP job ad highlighting, CV highlighting for job seekers, job ad mirroring to employer websites, social media campaigns, and mobile applications for iOS and Android. The company positions itself as a full-service recruitment marketplace rather than a simple posting board.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CVMarket.lv: Job portal operating in Latvia
• CVMarket.lt
• CV.lt

Products and services

• CVKeskus.ee Estonia's most visited job portal and CVKeskus's flagship platform. Job seekers can search over 3,500 job listings, create CVs, set up job alerts, save listings, and apply via web and mobile apps (iOS and Android). For employers, it provides a recruitment platform for managing candidate CVs, sending interview invitations, adding notes, and providing feedback throughout the recruitment process.
• CVMarket.lv Job portal operating in Latvia, part of CVKeskus.ee's Baltic portfolio. Serves as the primary job search and recruitment platform for the Latvian market, with employer job posting and job seeker CV creation tools.
• CVMarket.lt One of Lithuania's largest job portals, part of CVKeskus.ee's Baltic portfolio. Provides job search and recruitment services to the Lithuanian market.
• CV.lt Lithuanian job portal specializing in recruiting professionals and managers. Founded in 1999 and acquired by CVKeskus.ee in 2025 (announced March 2024), it is a pioneering job portal in Lithuania focused on specialist and executive recruitment.
• Recruitment Services (Värbamisteenused) Comprehensive recruitment consulting services provided by CVKeskus.ee's recruitment consultants. Includes full-service recruitment projects, candidate pre-screening, personnel search/headhunting, and custom recruitment projects for employers. Targeted at companies needing assisted hiring.
• CV Database (CV-de otsing) A searchable database of over 1 million CVs that employers can access to conduct targeted candidate searches using keywords and filters. Enables proactive recruitment, headhunting, and access to passive job seekers. Available as a paid employer tool.
• VIP Job Ad Highlighting (Tööpakkumise esiletõstmine) A paid premium service that allows employers to highlight their job listings prominently on the portal with enhanced visual treatment and top placement, increasing visibility to job seekers. Offered in tiered levels (e.g., VIP 1, VIP 2).
• Job Ad Mirroring (Tööpakkumiste peegeldamine) A service that automatically mirrors/republishes an employer's job listings from CVKeskus.ee onto the employer's own company website, keeping career pages synchronized with the portal in real time.
• CV Highlighting (CV-esiletõstmine) A paid premium service for job seekers that highlights their CV profile to employers, increasing visibility and the likelihood of receiving job offers.
• Social Media Recruitment Campaigns Targeted social media advertising campaigns managed by CVKeskus.ee on behalf of employers to promote job listings and employer brand across social platforms.
• CVKeskus.ee Mobile Application Native mobile applications for iOS (App Store) and Android (Google Play) that allow job seekers to browse job listings, receive push notifications for new jobs, create CVs, and apply for positions on mobile devices.
• Job Alerts (Tööpakkumised e-postile) Email notification service for job seekers that sends alerts when new job postings matching their saved search criteria are posted on the portal.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3x more website visitors than nearest competing job portal
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• The NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCVKeskus.ee is a member of The Network, an international network of leading job portals providing employers access to the largest job portals worldwide across 100+ countries.
• Eesti Kaubandus-Tööstuskoda (Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry)minorOthersCVKeskus.ee is a member of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which represents over 3,500 active Estonian companies.
• Vastutustundliku Ettevõtluse Foorum (Responsible Business Forum)minorOthersCVKeskus.ee is a member of the Responsible Business Forum, demonstrating commitment to corporate social responsibility.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn: Global professional network with integrated job listings and LinkedIn Recruiter. While broader in scope, it is the dominant channel for professional and managerial hiring in Estonia — directly competing with CVKeskus.ee and the newly acquired CV.lt for higher-skill listings.
• Xing: Leading professional network in the DACH region with integrated job listings, comparable in role to LinkedIn for German-speaking markets. Provides a useful analog for how a regional professional network competes with incumbent job boards.
• StepStone: One of Europe's largest online job boards, operating across multiple countries. Overlaps with CVKeskus.ee's core marketplace model and competes for cross-border employers posting into the Baltics.

Regional players

• Pracuj.pl: Largest job portal in Poland and a market-leading regional player in Central Europe. Comparable two-sided marketplace model and similar role as national champion in its home market, useful as a regional benchmark for CVKeskus.ee's Baltic operations.

Emerging players

• Jobbatical: Estonia-founded international relocation-focused job platform. Overlaps with CVKeskus.ee's employer and job-seeker audiences in Estonia, particularly for cross-border and tech talent roles.
• MeetFrank: Estonia-founded AI-driven job-matching platform that connects companies with passive candidates. Operates in the same Estonian talent market as CVKeskus.ee with a tech-forward, mobile-first model that competes for the same employer recruitment budgets.

Direct peers

• Indeed: World's largest job search engine. Indeed directly competes with CVKeskus.ee for job posting volume and job-seeker traffic in Estonia and across the Baltics, serving both employers and candidates with a very similar marketplace model.
• jobup.ch: Job portal serving French-speaking Switzerland, owned by Ringier AG. Closely comparable business model to CVKeskus.ee and a sister company within Ringier's job-board portfolio.
• jobs.ch: Switzerland's leading job portal, also owned by Ringier AG. Operates the same two-sided job marketplace model in a different geography, making it a directly comparable sister asset within the Ringier job-board portfolio.
• CV-Online Estonia: Estonian job portal operated by Alma Career, one of CVKeskus.ee's main local competitors. Same two-sided marketplace model and target audience, directly competing for both job postings and candidate attention in Estonia.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/cvkeskus
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cv-keskus
• Instagraminstagram.com/cvkeskus.ee
• TikToktiktok.com/@cvkeskus.ee

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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