1999
- Ben founds an employee screening software business that helps large employers learn more about hiring employees who “fit” their culture and how to recruit more people like them.
2001
- Ben’s clientele expands to F500 like GlaxoSmithKline, Xerox, and Nike.
2004
- Ben’s Fortune 500 clientele expands across North America, South America, Europe and Asia and hundreds of thousands of job applicants.
2005
- Realizing that job fit is even more critical for small and medium-sized businesses, Ben starts work on a hiring solution for small businesses.
2006
- Ben connects for lunch with Jamie—a friend and small business marketing expert—and together they create ClearFit: software that makes hiring employees easy for any business.
2007
- Ben and Jamie team up with Dr. Jerry, an internationally-recognized industrial-organizational PhD, to build a new breed of hiring solution for finding employees who are best-suited for small business.
2008
- Robert joins ClearFit as Technical Director and helps assemble an “A” team.
- Andrew joins ClearFit as the Lead Developer, as we select the cutting edge computer language Ruby on Rails to code our site.
2009
- ClearFit is awarded with U.S. Patent No. 7,502,748 B1, for using software to match the right candidates with the right jobs, based on behavioral/personality fit.
- ClearFit applies for additional patents on its self-serve job profile customization system.
- Version 1.0 of ClearFit’s job fit system is launched to the public.
- Gloria joins ClearFit and begins to give its interface some design TLC. It’s love at first pixel.
- Following many, many revisions and rebuilds, Version 2.0 is launched at the end of the year.
- ClearFit quickly reaches 350 customers.
2010
- IDC, the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information and consumer technology market calls ClearFit a company to watch.
- ClearFit launches the revolutionary “Career Finder” tool for career seekers. It uses behavioral science to analyze how their personality fits with their current job, compared with any other job they choose. Is the grass greener?
- ClearFit expands small business content and solutions through strategic alliances with international players in the small business market.
- ClearFit surpasses the 1,000 client milestone, mostly through referrals from happy customers.
2011
- ClearFit surpasses 1,700 customers.
- Another third-party endorsement from IDC, as ClearFit is named to IDC’s 10 Cloud Companies to Watch for 2011.
- Stay tuned for news on some big deals that will be announced soon.
2012
- ClearFit receives endorsement from the Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada.
- ClearFit creates success profiles from top performers in the construction industry.
- ClearFit launches ClearFit for Construction.
2013
- ClearFit secures $7 million in Series A funding round from GrandBanks Capital and Relay Ventures.
