JobSpace

What JobSpace does

JobSpace is a privately held, 100% New Zealand-owned online job board founded in 2006 and headquartered in Christchurch. The platform operates a self-serve, two-sided marketplace connecting job seekers with employers across New Zealand and Australia, offering job search by category, company, location, and salary band, with a coverage footprint of 30+ industry verticals including government, education, healthcare, trades, IT, and niche segments such as Maori-language job search.

The core product is the JobSpace web platform complemented by native Android and iOS applications, a video profile upload feature for job seekers, an email-based job-alert subscription service, and a recruiter-facing resume search tool. The company operates two wholly-owned sub-brands — NZ Recruit (serving the NZ market) and Coastal Recruitment (targeting Australia) — creating a multi-brand recruitment ecosystem. Underlying technology is a standard online job-board stack with mobile apps; no API, AI, or integration capabilities are publicly disclosed.

Monetization is driven by subscription-based job posting fees paid by employers plus premium recruitment advertising (including featured employer placements). The go-to-market is product-led self-serve with light-touch account management reserved for enterprise customers such as Superstaff and Edwards & Hardy Roofing. There is no external funding, no disclosed management team, and the company has been founder/owner-operated since inception, with a headcount in the 11-50 range.

Name

JobSpace

Legal name

JobSpace

Website

https://myjobspace.co.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

JobSpace is a 100% New Zealand-owned online job board founded in 2006, connecting job seekers with employers across New Zealand and Australia via a self-serve web platform, mobile apps, and sub-brands NZ Recruit and Coastal Recruitment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Job Board / Recruitment Platform

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Services (5613)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Professional & Business Services Marketplaces (Freelancers, SMB Services) (BPAMAHAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Job Placement, Matching & Career Navigation Services (EDAAAOAL)

Keywords

• Online job board
• Recruitment advertising
• Job posting platform
• Resume search
• Job seeker portal

Headquarters

HQ city

Christchurch

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Job Posting Fees: Employers pay to post job advertisements on the platform. Pricing page exists but specific rates are not publicly disclosed on the main website.
2. Recruitment Advertising: Premium advertising options for employers to feature their job listings prominently, including featured employer placements

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

JobSpace operates an online job board platform that connects job seekers with employers and recruitment agencies across New Zealand and Australia. Employers pay subscription fees to post job advertisements and access premium recruitment advertising features such as featured employer placements, while job seekers use the platform for free to search jobs by category, company, and location, upload video profiles, and subscribe to job alerts via email and mobile apps. The platform also includes a resume search database for recruiters to source candidates.

Product overview

JobSpace is a 100% New Zealand-owned job board platform operating since 2006, offering a unified platform that connects job seekers with employers across New Zealand and Australia. The core product is the JobSpace Job Board Platform, which includes job search capabilities by category, company, and location, along with a Video Profile feature for job seekers and Resume Search functionality for recruiters. The platform also offers mobile applications for both Android and iOS, and a job alerts notification service. The company operates additional recruitment brands including NZ Recruit and Coastal Recruitment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NZ Recruit: A recruitment brand operated by JobSpace serving the New Zealand market.
• Coastal Recruitment

Products and services

• JobSpace Job Board Platform Comprehensive online job board connecting job seekers with employers and recruitment agencies across New Zealand and Australia. Offers job search by category (30+ industries), company, and location, with salary-based filtering and job type filters (full-time, part-time, contract, permanent, temporary, fixed term, casual).
• Video Profile Upload Feature allowing job seekers to upload video profiles to get noticed by top employers, enhancing their job applications with multimedia content.
• Resume Search Recruiter-facing feature allowing employers and recruitment agencies to search through candidate resumes to find suitable job applicants.
• JobSpace Android Mobile App Native Android mobile application for job seekers to search and apply for jobs on the go. Available on Google Play Store.
• JobSpace iOS Mobile App Native iOS mobile application for job seekers to search and apply for jobs on Apple devices. Available on the Apple App Store.
• Featured Employer Branding Premium recruitment advertising option that showcases featured employers with logos, branding, and direct links to their company job listings on the JobSpace homepage and category pages.
• Email Job Alerts Email notification service that sends job alerts to subscribers based on selected category, sub-category, frequency (daily, weekly, or monthly), and region (NZ or Australian locations).
• Job Posting Service for Employers Subscription-based job posting packages for employers and recruitment agencies to post job advertisements on the platform, with access to a dedicated recruiter dashboard. Specific pricing tiers are available on the /rates page.

Named customers18 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• NZ RecruitminorOthersNZ Recruit is one of JobSpace's owned brands, operating as an additional recruitment platform under the JobSpace umbrella. It extends the company's reach in the New Zealand recruitment market.
• Coastal RecruitmentminorOthersCoastal Recruitment is one of JobSpace's owned brands, operating as an additional recruitment platform targeting the Australian market under the JobSpace umbrella.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Glassdoor: Job listing and employer review platform with global reach. Comparable in that it combines job posting monetization with employer branding content, competing for the same recruitment advertising dollar and candidate attention as JobSpace.
• Indeed: Global online job search engine and recruitment advertising platform operating across virtually every labor market, including NZ and Australia. Competes with JobSpace for employer job advertising spend and job seeker organic traffic, with a much larger budget and brand footprint.
• Hays: Global recruitment and workforce solutions firm operating in NZ and Australia. While primarily a staffing agency rather than a pure job board, Hays is comparable as a competitor for enterprise employer recruitment budgets that JobSpace also targets.
• LinkedIn: Professional network with integrated job board, recruiter tools and employer branding products. A broad incumbent in the recruitment advertising space that competes with JobSpace for both candidate attention and employer recruitment budgets in NZ/Australia.

Emerging players

• ZipRecruiter: US-headquartered online employment marketplace using subscription and advertising-based monetization for SMB and mid-market employers. Comparable business model and self-serve employer experience to JobSpace, though operating primarily in the US market.

Regional players

• Reed: UK-focused online job board with subscription and recruitment advertising revenue. Comparable business model and self-serve employer tooling to JobSpace, but operates in a different geography and does not directly compete in NZ/Australia.
• JobStreet: Leading APAC-focused online job board under SEEK's network. Comparable marketplace model and job posting/recruitment advertising monetization, but primarily serves Southeast Asian markets rather than directly competing in NZ/Australia.

Direct peers

• Adzuna: Job search engine and aggregator operating in NZ, Australia and other markets. Comparable to JobSpace as a two-sided recruitment advertising platform, with overlapping employer base and a similar value proposition around cost-effective job distribution.
• Trade Me Jobs: New Zealand's flagship general classifieds platform with a dedicated Jobs vertical. Directly comparable to JobSpace as a self-serve NZ job board serving both SMB and enterprise employers with subscription and featured listing pricing.
• SEEK: Market-leading online employment marketplace operating across Australia and New Zealand. SEEK is the most direct competitor to JobSpace in its core geographies, with overlapping employer base, premium job posting model and recruitment advertising products.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Jobspace_NZ
• Facebookfacebook.com/jobspace.co.nz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jobspacenz

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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