Hiring platform Certainly’s CEO Chris Hyams (pictured above) mentioned on Monday that he’s stepping down from the position. The CEO of the corporate’s mother or father agency Recruit, Hisayuki Idekoba, will return to his put up as CEO of Certainly after a six-year break.
Hyams mentioned he’ll function a board advisor this 12 months to handle the transition. He joined the corporate in 2010 as VP of product.
“At this time, over 300 million job seekers use Certainly every month. Our income has grown 200x. Most significantly, 27 individuals get employed on Certainly each minute — one each 2.2 seconds. Since we began measuring hires, greater than 75 million individuals have gotten jobs due to Certainly — and we all know that quantity is a dramatic undercount,” Hyams mentioned.
“Certainly wouldn’t be what it’s at this time with out Chris, as he led the corporate via its transition from a easy job search engine to a two-sided expertise market. We’re so grateful for the whole lot he’s finished,” Idekoba mentioned in a statement.