StepStone

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Founded in 1996, StepStone is a European online job board including Total Jobs in the United Kingdom. Its objective is to match candidates with companies. It has 890 employees in nine countries and works with small companies and global corporations throughout all industry sectors for the recruitment of qualified specialists and executive staff.

Beyond the national StepStone websites the international group “The Network” allows customers to find new employees in 125 countries.

StepStone is part of the job board portfolio of Axel Springer Digital Classifieds GmbH.

History

1996	Foundation of StepStone in Oslo as one of the pioneers of online job boards in Europe
1996-2001	Acquisition of Job boards all over Europe
2001	Initial public offer of StepStone ASA at the Oslo Stock Exchange
2002	Foundation of The Network, an affiliation of worldwide job boards, by StepStone and totaljobs.com
2002-2003	Regional consolidation
2004-2008	Further acquisitions to improve market position in covered countries
2009	Regional consolidation
2009	Acquisition of StepStone ASA by Axel Springer AG
2010	StepStone's portfolio includes Austria, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, France, the Netherlands and Sweden
2012	StepStone becomes part of the new company “Axel Springer Digital Classifieds GmbH”
2012	StepStone acquires TotalJobs UK