<s>
Monster.com	B-Application
is	O
a	O
global	O
employment	B-Application
website	I-Application
owned	O
and	O
operated	O
by	O
Monster	B-Application
Worldwide	I-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
1999	O
through	O
the	O
merger	O
of	O
The	O
Monster	B-Application
Board	O
(	O
TMB	O
)	O
and	O
Online	O
Career	O
Centre	O
(	O
OCC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Taylor	O
contracted	O
Christopher	O
Caldwell	O
of	O
Net	O
Daemons	O
Associates	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
facility	O
in	O
an	O
NDA	O
lab	O
on	O
a	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
SPARCstation	B-Architecture
5	I-Architecture
where	O
job	O
seekers	O
could	O
search	O
a	O
job	O
database	O
with	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
The	O
Monster	B-Application
Board	O
issued	O
a	O
press	O
release	O
that	O
was	O
picked	O
up	O
and	O
provided	O
needed	O
exposure	O
to	O
drive	O
people	O
to	O
the	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monster.com	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
public	O
job	O
search	O
website	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
;	O
the	O
first	O
public	O
resume	O
database	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
have	O
job	O
search	O
agents	O
or	O
job	O
alerts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
1998	O
,	O
The	O
Monster	B-Application
Board	O
moved	O
its	O
corporate	O
headquarters	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
small	O
office	O
above	O
a	O
Chinese	O
restaurant	O
in	O
downtown	O
Framingham	O
,	O
Massachusetts	O
,	O
to	O
an	O
old	O
textile	O
mill	O
in	O
Maynard	O
,	O
Massachusetts	O
,	O
that	O
formerly	O
housed	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
1999	O
,	O
The	O
Monster	B-Application
Board	O
became	O
known	O
as	O
Monster.com	B-Application
after	O
merging	O
with	O
Online	O
Career	O
Center	O
,	O
another	O
of	O
TMP	O
Worldwide	O
properties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
post-merger	O
president	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
Monster.com	B-Application
business	O
was	O
Bill	O
Warren	O
,	O
the	O
founder	O
of	O
Online	O
Career	O
Center	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2000	O
,	O
seeking	O
to	O
attract	O
additional	O
job	O
market	O
levels	O
,	O
Monster	B-Application
bought	O
JOBTRAK	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
used	O
at	O
thousands	O
of	O
heterogeneous	O
college	O
and	O
university	O
campuses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recognizing	O
that	O
job	O
hunting	O
often	O
leads	O
to	O
relocation	O
,	O
Monster	B-Application
launched	O
Monstermoving.com	O
in	O
2000	O
to	O
provide	O
consumers	O
with	O
the	O
comprehensive	O
resources	O
necessary	O
for	O
a	O
successful	O
move	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TMP	O
Worldwide	O
changed	O
its	O
corporate	O
name	O
to	O
Monster	B-Application
Worldwide	I-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
and	O
began	O
trading	O
under	O
the	O
new	O
NASDAQ	O
ticker	O
symbol	O
"	O
MWW	O
"	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monster.com	B-Application
advertised	O
on	O
the	O
Super	O
Bowl	O
starting	O
in	O
1999	O
and	O
every	O
year	O
through	O
Super	O
Bowl	O
XXXVIII	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monster	B-Application
's	O
first-ever	O
Super	O
Bowl	O
ad	O
,	O
"	O
When	O
I	O
Grow	O
Up	O
"	O
,	O
(	O
created	O
by	O
Mullen	O
)	O
asking	O
job	O
seekers	O
,	O
"	O
What	O
did	O
you	O
want	O
to	O
be	O
?	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
official	O
online	O
career	O
management	O
services	O
sponsor	O
of	O
the	O
2002	O
Olympic	O
Winter	O
Games	O
and	O
2002	O
U.S.	O
Olympic	O
Team	O
,	O
Monster	B-Application
had	O
a	O
strong	O
presence	O
at	O
the	O
2002	O
Olympic	O
Winter	O
Games	O
in	O
Salt	O
Lake	O
City	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
27	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
acquired	O
HotJobs.com	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2002	O
,	O
Monster	B-Application
purchased	O
the	O
Jobs.com	O
URL	O
and	O
trademark	O
for	O
$	O
800,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2005	O
,	O
founder	O
Jeff	O
Taylor	O
left	O
Monster	B-Application
to	O
create	O
Eons.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2007	O
,	O
Monster	B-Application
named	O
Sal	O
Iannuzzi	O
as	O
chairman	O
and	O
CEO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2007	O
,	O
Monster	B-Application
launched	O
its	O
first	O
(	O
NA	O
and	O
EU	O
)	O
Mobile	O
services	O
offering	O
Mobile	O
job	O
search	O
and	O
career	O
advice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2008	O
,	O
Monster	B-Application
acquired	O
Affinity	B-Application
Labs	I-Application
for	O
US$61	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2008	O
,	O
Monster	B-Application
acquired	O
Trovix	O
,	O
a	O
semantic	O
job	B-Application
search	I-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
for	O
US	O
$72.5	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monster	B-Application
has	O
indicated	O
that	O
it	O
plans	O
to	O
replace	O
its	O
job	O
search	O
and	O
candidate	O
matching	O
with	O
Trovix	O
's	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2010	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Monster	B-Application
would	O
acquire	O
its	O
rival	O
,	O
HotJobs	B-Application
,	O
from	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
HotJobs	B-Application
was	O
shut	O
down	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
Monster.com,	O
and	O
Yahoo	B-Application
would	O
establish	O
a	O
traffic-sharing	O
agreement	O
with	O
Monster	B-Application
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
12	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
after	O
a	O
2-year	O
drop	O
in	O
MWW	O
's	O
share	O
price	O
,	O
Monster	B-Application
shares	O
are	O
up	O
20	O
percent	O
,	O
having	O
rallied	O
since	O
CEO	O
Sal	O
Iannuzzi	O
told	O
an	O
investor	O
conference	O
early	O
in	O
March	O
2012	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
considering	O
"	O
strategic	O
alternatives.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
17	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Monster.com	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
new	O
feature	O
allowing	O
companies	O
to	O
include	O
an	O
"	O
Apply	O
with	O
Monster	B-Application
"	O
button	O
on	O
job	O
listing	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
February	O
2011	O
:	O
Monster	B-Application
vacated	O
a	O
location	O
in	O
Maynard	O
,	O
MA	O
,	O
and	O
relocated	O
an	O
estimated	O
600	O
employees	O
to	O
Weston	O
,	O
MA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
20140	O
Monster	B-Application
reveals	O
its	O
new	O
identity	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
logo	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
font	O
and	O
a	O
stronger	O
purple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shares	O
of	O
Monster.com	B-Application
jumped	O
12%	O
in	O
pre-market	O
trading	O
with	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
his	O
departure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
8	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Monster.com	B-Application
announced	O
its	O
acquisition	O
of	O
San	O
Francisco-based	O
start-up	O
Jobr	O
,	O
a	O
job-finding	O
app	O
the	O
company	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
Tinder	B-Application
(	O
app	O
)	O
for	O
jobs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
9	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Monster	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Randstad	O
Holding	O
,	O
a	O
multinational	O
human	O
resources	O
and	O
recruitment	O
specialist	O
,	O
for	O
$429	O
million	O
in	O
cash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2018	O
,	O
Quess	O
Corp	O
bought	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
business	O
in	O
India	O
,	O
SE	O
Asia	O
and	O
the	O
Middle	O
East	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
November	O
2022	O
,	O
Monster	B-Application
APAC	O
&	O
ME	O
(	O
Subsidiary	O
of	O
Quess	O
Corp	O
)	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
business	O
was	O
changing	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
Foundit	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
website	O
would	O
become	O
a	O
talent	O
management	O
platform	O
in	O
the	O
Asia-Pacific	O
and	O
the	O
Middle	O
East	O
regions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monster	B-Application
has	O
been	O
to	O
blame	O
in	O
several	O
instances	O
of	O
personal	O
information	O
theft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
less	O
than	O
two	O
weeks	O
,	O
in	O
August	O
2007	O
,	O
Monster	B-Application
had	O
numerous	O
leaks	O
that	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
loss	O
of	O
millions	O
of	O
customers	O
 '	O
data	O
to	O
identity	O
theft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monster	B-Application
waited	O
several	O
days	O
to	O
announce	O
this	O
leak	O
,	O
a	O
delay	O
that	O
drew	O
heavy	O
criticism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2009	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
another	O
large-scale	O
leak	O
at	O
its	O
UK	O
based	O
site	O
monster.co.uk,	O
in	O
which	O
demographic	O
information	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
4.5	O
million	O
people	O
was	O
obtained	O
by	O
hackers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2006	O
,	O
Monster	B-Application
suspended	O
Myron	O
Olesnyckyj	O
pending	O
the	O
internal	O
review	O
irregular	O
stock	O
option	O
grants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
9	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Monster	B-Application
named	O
William	O
M	O
.	O
Pastore	O
,	O
58	O
,	O
chief	O
executive	O
after	O
Andrew	O
J	O
.	O
McKelvey	O
resigned	O
his	O
posts	O
as	O
chairman	O
and	O
chief	O
executive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
22	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Monster	B-Application
terminated	O
Myron	O
Olesnyckyj	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
lead	O
lawyer	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
investigation	O
into	O
past	O
stock-option	O
grant	O
practices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Monster	B-Application
Worldwide	I-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
received	O
a	O
notice	O
from	O
Nasdaq	O
about	O
a	O
possible	O
delisting	O
of	O
its	O
shares	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
failure	O
to	O
file	O
its	O
third-quarter	O
earnings	O
report	O
.	O
</s>
