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XING

XING is a Hamburg-based career-oriented social networking site, operated by New Work SE (until mid-2019 XING SE) and owned mainly by Hubert Burda Media.[3][4]

For other uses, see Xing.

Type of business

August 2003 (2003-08)

Hamburg, Germany

  • Petra von Strombeck (CEO)
  • Patrick Alberts (CPO)
  • Ingo Chu (CFO)
  • Jens Pape (CTO)
  • Martin Weiss (chairman of the supervisory board)

€235.1 million (2018)[1]

€273.5 million (2018)[2]

€98.3 million (2018)

2327 (2020)

Required

November 2003 (2003-11)

The site is primarily focused on the German-speaking market, alongside XING Spain, and competes with the American platform LinkedIn.[5][6]

Recruitment[edit]

Since October 2007, XING has run a job marketplace for candidates and recruiters. Alongside fixed-price job ads, XING was one of the first German job boards to use a pay-per-click payment model, where the cost of an ad is based on user views.

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