DMGT Expands Online Job Division with the Acquisition of Oilcareers.com

Associated Northcliffe Digital (AND), the consumer digital division of DMGT, today announces the acquisition of Oilcareers.com, a niche job board targeting the oil and gas industry. Oilcareers.com will form part of ANDís recruitment division under the guidance of Jobsite (www.jobsite.co.uk) which leads ANDís fast growing portfolio of recruitment sites. Oilcareers.com represents a strategically important area for the future growth of the wider recruitment group and compliments other sites within the network.

Oilcareers.com is a key player in the oil and gas industry attracting an impressive 285,000 unique visitors each month with a database of approximately 220,000 searchable candidate CVs. Oilcareers.com works with the leading recruitment agencies and employers in the oil and gas industry who post almost 6,000 vacancies per month.

Oilcareers.com becomes the eighth company to join ANDís growing portfolio of recruitment sites and is a continuation of the strategy led by Jobsite to extend audience reach, group capabilities and footprint across both generalist and niche industry verticals.

Under the deal terms, Oilcareers.com will retain its brand name and continue to be managed and based in Aberdeen. Through the acquisition, Oilcareers.com will be able to draw on Jobsiteís thirteen yearís of experience as one of the leading online recruitment sites.

Commenting on the launch, Graeme Munro, MD of Oilcareers.com said: ìOilcareers.com is a leading job board catering for a growing and global industry sector. It is a key tool for those in the oil and gas industry to both find and fill vacancies. Our acquisition by AND will enable us to utilise Jobsiteís knowledge, expertise and resources to deliver an even better service to all our users.î

Keith Potts, CEO of Jobsite, leading the acquisition on behalf of AND, comments, ìWe are delighted to bring Oilcareers.com into the portfolio as it complements our existing network and capabilities in online recruitment, covering the key verticals that are important to our clients. By combining the existing team at Oilcareers.com with the Jobsite infrastructure and resources, the company has the opportunity to accelerate its rapid growth and we look forward to supporting them with these plans.

Prior to the purchase of Oilcareers.com, Jobsite and AND have previously acquired seven niche online recruitment businesses, comprising Cityjobs.com, Top-Consultant.com, OfficeRecruit.com, InRetail.co.uk, ProductionBase.co.uk, Conkers.net and JobsGroup.net. In addition Jobsite has launched 15 niche sites, ranging from accountancy to sales.