Seek learning

SEEK Learning is a wholly owned subsidiary of SEEK Ltd., Australia and New Zealand’s number one ranked employment website. SEEK Learning is a part of SEEK Education which includes the Think Education Group, share of profits from IDP (50%) and Swinburne Online (50%). With the inception of SEEK Learning in 2004, SEEK has helped over 100,000 people advance their careers through education and training.

Company History

Establishing SEEK

SEEK, was founded in Melbourne in 1997 by brothers Andrew and Paul Bassat and co-founder Matthew Rockman. SEEK's primary goal is to connect people with career, education and business opportunities. The site initially focused on the Australian online employment market before expanding into New Zealand in 1999 with the launch of www.seek.co.nz. The website lets jobseekers search for jobs against specified criteria such as industry, location and salary band.

SEEK Learning

Seeing a natural relationship between job hunting and career training, in 2004 SEEK moved into the education and training industry with the acquisition of online training company SelfCert. This business division became known as SEEK Learning. SEEK Learning partner with selected TAFE, university and vocational education providers to help people find and enrol in career-related training courses. The website currently offers over 300 courses from leading Australian education providers. Since launching SEEK Learning, SEEK has made a number of education related acquisitions:

2005

SEEK acquired Dynamic Web Training PTY Ltd. Dynamic Web Training provide short campus based training courses for popular software applications such as Microsoft Office, MYOB and Adobe. Their training options include web design, web development, graphic design, multimedia development, MYOB and Microsoft Office applications.

2006

SEEK acquired a 50% interest in IDP Education Pty Ltd, a provider of English language testing and enrolment services to international students looking to study in a number of countries including Australia, UK, USA and Canada.

2007

SEEK acquired a 50% interest in Think: Education Group Pty Ltd (“THINK”), a private education organisation that owns several private tertiary colleges including:

• Billy Blue College of Design
• CATC Design School
• William Blue College of Hospitality Management
• APM College of Business and Communication
• Australian National College of Beauty
• Australasian College of Natural Therapies
• Jansen Newman Institute
• Southern School of Natural Therapies
• Edinburgh Business School

2009

The remaining 50% of THINK was acquired by SEEK in May 2009.

Ownership and Structure

SEEK Learning is owned in full by SEEK Limited. SEEK Limited’s business is overseen by a Board of Directors with day-to-day management undertaken by the trans-Tasman executive management team.

Locations and staff numbers

SEEK Learning has 18 staff based in Melbourne and 125 located in Sydney.

Other SEEK Divisions

SEEK Commercial

In late 2006, SEEK launched SEEK Commercial, a website that allows people to browse online for businesses and franchises for sale.

SEEK Volunteer

SEEK Volunteer is a non-profit initiative developed by SEEK, Volunteering Australia and the Boston Consulting Group. SEEK Volunteer is designed especially for potential volunteers and the organisations seeking their help. Volunteer opportunities are updated daily and all organisations have been qualified by Volunteering Australia's associated state centres⁸.

External links

SEEK Jobs Australia www.seek.com.au

SEEK Jobs New Zealand www.seek.co.nz

SEEK Learning Australia www.seeklearning.com.au

SEEK Learning New Zealand www.seeklearning.co.nz

SEEK Commercial www.seekcommercial.com.au

SEEK Commercial New Zealand www.seekcommercial.co.nz

SEEK Volunteer www.seekvolunteer.com.au

OTEN TAFE NSW http://www.oten.edu.au

Dynamic Web Training http://www.dynamicwebtraining.com.au/

Think Education Group http://www.think.edu.au/

IDP Australia http://www.australia.idp.com/