karriere.at

What karriere.at does

karriere.at GmbH, founded in 2004 in Linz, Austria, operates Austria's largest online job portal, connecting job seekers with Austrian employers across all major industries and company sizes. The platform serves a two-sided market: job seekers access job search, CV creation, personalized recommendations, salary calculators, and email job alerts for free, while employers pay subscription-based fees for job postings (Standard/Pro/Boost starting at €949), active talent search via the talent.cloud database of 150,000+ candidate profiles (starting at €609), and employer branding profiles. Underlying technology includes algorithmic candidate-to-job matching, a recommendation engine driven by user-specified skills and location preferences, and a one-click smart bewerben application feature. The platform distributes listings through owned partner portals including itstellen.at, techtalents.at, financejobs.at, salescareer.at, jobs.at, and the acquired hokify property, and integrates with eRecruiter's multi-award winning ATS as a bundled base version with optional enhanced features.

The business model is a horizontal B2B2C marketplace monetized exclusively on the employer side via pay-as-you-go recurring subscriptions, with go-to-market combining sales-led direct employer outreach through business.karriere.at with product-led growth for job seekers via SEO, content marketing (karriere.blog), a weekly podcast (Zeitausgleich), and email-driven job alerts. The company reports approximately 200 employees across Linz and Vienna, 1.3 million monthly visitors, 41,000+ daily job seekers, 85% brand awareness among Austria's employable population, and 96% customer loyalty in a 2024 Marketagent survey. Named customers span Banking (BAWAG Group), Industrial Manufacturing (INNIO Group), Public Administration (Sozialversicherung der Selbständigen), and Electronics/Automation (PMS Group GmbH).

karriere.at is a privately held Austrian GmbH owned by the norika group, a diversified holding company, with no disclosed external funding rounds. Strategic positioning emphasizes domestic market leadership, integrated employer solutions spanning posting, sourcing, and ATS, and crisis-response product launches (sofortjobs.at in 2021, ukrainejobs.at in 2022). A refreshed brand identity launched in April 2025 and ongoing content engagement with EU pay transparency regulation indicate continued product and thought-leadership investment within the Austrian market.

Name

karriere.at

Legal name

karriere.at GmbH

Website

https://karriere.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

karriere.at operates Austria's largest online job portal, connecting job seekers with Austrian employers via paid job postings, a 150,000+ profile talent database, and integrated recruiting software, serving both SMB and enterprise customers across the domestic market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Job Portal

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Online job portal
• Job search platform
• Recruitment marketplace
• Talent sourcing
• Employer branding

Headquarters

HQ city

Linz

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Job Postings (Stelleninserate): Employers pay to publish job listings on Austria's largest career portal. Products include Standard, Pro, and Boost tiers. Pricing starts at €949 per posting. Includes employer profile.
2. Active Talent Search (Talentsuche): Access to the talent database to directly contact potential candidates. 40% of talents are open to opportunities but not actively searching. Pricing starts at €609.
3. Employer Branding (Arbeitgebermarke): Employer profile pages and brand positioning services to attract suitable candidates. Addresses the finding that 83% of candidates want company insights before applying.
4. eRecruiter Recruiting Software: Web-based applicant management system for the entire recruiting process. Base version included with contracts; additional features available through separate agreement with eRecruiter GmbH.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

karriere.at operates Austria's largest online job portal, connecting job seekers with employers through a two-sided digital marketplace. The company offers paid employer-facing products (Stelleninserate job postings starting at €949, Aktive Talentsuche talent.cloud with 150,000+ candidate profiles, and Arbeitgebermarke employer branding profiles) alongside free consumer-facing services including job search, CV creation, personalized job recommendations via matching algorithms, job alerts, salary calculators, and an integrated eRecruiter applicant management software.

Product overview

karriere.at operates as Austria's largest job portal platform with up to 1.3 million monthly visitors. The product portfolio consists of three core employer-facing products: Stelleninserate (job postings starting at €949), Aktive Talentsuche via talent.cloud (accessing 150,000+ candidate profiles with algorithm-based matching, starting at €609), and Arbeitgebermarke (employer branding profiles). An included base version of eRecruiter recruiting software is provided with job posting packages. For job seekers, the platform offers job search, Job-Alarm (email alerts), Job-Empfehlungen (personalized matching recommendations), Merkliste (saved jobs with notes), and utility tools including a Brutto-Netto-Rechner (salary calculator) and Gehaltsvergleich (salary comparison). The platform also provides employers with a Lohnkostenrechner (labor cost calculator). The talent.cloud database contains over 150,000 qualified candidate profiles, with 40% being passive job seekers open to new opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stelleninserate (Job Postings)

Quantifiable outcome

• 96% customer loyalty - surveyed customers see karriere.at as long-term recruiting partner
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MarketagentcoreOthersMarket research institute conducting surveys for karriere.at on topics including brand awareness (1,502 respondents), customer satisfaction (406 respondents), and labor market trends.
• eRecruiter GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationMulti-award winning Austrian recruiting software provider. karriere.at integrates eRecruiter as included service for employers and offers enhanced features through separate agreement with eRecruiter GmbH.
• itstellen.atminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner portal for IT jobs in Austria, part of the karriere.at distribution network.
• techtalents.atminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner portal for tech talent, part of the karriere.at distribution network.
• financejobs.atminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner portal for finance jobs, part of the karriere.at distribution network.
• salescareer.atminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner portal for sales careers, part of the karriere.at distribution network.
• jobs.atminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner portal, part of the karriere.at distribution network.
• hokifyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJob platform partner, jobs from hokify may appear on karriere.at listings.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• hokify: Austrian mobile-first job platform acquired by karriere.at in 2019; operates a chat-based application experience and continues as a distinct brand within the karriere.at ecosystem.
• StepStone: One of the largest online job boards in the DACH region with a dedicated Austrian presence, offering job postings, CV search, and employer branding solutions that directly overlap karriere.at's core product suite for Austrian employers and job seekers.
• Indeed Austria: Global job search engine operating a localized Austrian site, directly competing for job seeker traffic and employer job postings against karriere.at with a paid-sponsorship and organic-listing model.
• LinkedIn (Microsoft): Global professional network with active job board, Recruiter seat subscriptions, and employer branding products; increasingly used by Austrian employers and candidates as a parallel channel to karriere.at.
• jobs.at: Austrian job portal also operating as a partner portal within karriere.at's distribution network; competes head-to-head with karriere.at for Austrian job seeker visits and employer job postings.

Broad incumbents

• Xing (New Work SE): DACH-focused professional network owned by New Work SE with job postings and recruiter tools; competes with karriere.at for Austrian professional segment hiring and employer branding budgets.

Regional players

• jobs.ch: Switzerland's leading online job portal with a very similar product mix (job postings, talent search, employer branding, salary tools); not in direct Austrian competition but a close structural benchmark for karriere.at's business model.
• Jobbörse.de (Yourfirm / kimeta): German online job board; operates in a different primary geography but shares the same job-board, talent-database, and employer-branding model karriere.at runs in Austria.

Others

• Willhaben: Austria's largest classifieds platform; adjacent competitor because it runs a jobs category alongside real estate and vehicles, competing for the same Austrian consumer attention and some employer budgets.
• eRecruiter GmbH: Austrian ATS / applicant tracking software provider whose base product is bundled with karriere.at job postings; functions as both a partner and an adjacent HR tech competitor for the recruiting software layer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/karriere-at
• Xx.com/karriere_at
• Facebookfacebook.com/karriere.at

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A1 record

Investments1 record

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

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