BranchOut is a Facebook application designed for finding jobs, networking professionally, and recruiting employees.[1][2] It was founded by Rick Marini in July 2010, and is, as of March 2012, the largest professional networking service on Facebook.[3]
BranchOut is a free Facebook application which allows users to create professional profiles that include their work history and education (personal information, like photo albums and status updates, is not included within these profiles).[25][26] Once the user installs the app, a dashboard is displayed that shows the user’s corporate relationships.[27]
BranchOut has three types of enterprise products for job seekers and recruiters: job postings, CareerConnect, and RecruiterConnect.[24][28] The social job postings feature enables companies to publish job listings on their Facebook fan pages and allows job seekers to apply for the open position.[16][23] CareerConnect publishes job posts on a company’s Facebook page. RecruiterConnect allows recruiters and hiring managers to search through BranchOut’s database, a feature used by HP, Salesforce.com, Box.net, Levi’s and Target.[29][30] RecruiterConnect allows recruiters to search through their network of Facebook friends by job title and company.[3][31]
BranchOut generates revenue from job posts and enterprise solutions.