Rozee.pk

Rozee.pk (Urdu: روزی‎; lit: "Livelihood") is a Pakistani employment website. It was founded in 2007 by Monis Rahman, and is owned and operated by Naseeb Networks, Inc. Rozee is primarily used to find job openings for lower to mid-level employment. In 2016, the website went into complete reconstruction changing its interface, algorithms and logo.[2]

Rozee.pk
Type of businessPublic
Type of site
Job search engine
Available inEnglish
Founded2007
HeadquartersGulberg, Lahore, Pakistan
Founder(s)Monis Rahman
Key peopleRashid Ali (CEO)
IndustryInternet
ServicesOnline employment
URLwww.rozee.pk
Alexa rank 7,137 (Global)
64 (Pakistan)[1]
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired
Current statusActive

History
Rozee's initial logo

In 2013, Rozee.pk bought Saudi employment website Mihnati.com for an undisclosed amount. Discussing Mihnati.com acquisition Monis said, "We have merged both Rozee.pk and Mihnati by migrating all Mihnati employers and jobseekers on to the Rozee.pk technology platform. By doing this, we gave our Saudi sales team a far more powerful product to sell with more features."[3]

Reception

Rozee.pk has been listed as number one employment website in Pakistan, with more than 65-thousand companies posting jobs, 32.53 million application processed and 6-million unique visitors everyday. In 2015, Rozee.pk received a $6.5 million investment from Vostok Nafta and Piton Capital, bringing the company's total venture capital funding to $8.5 million. It was the latest in a series of large venture capital investments in Pakistan over the last year and a half.[4] Michael Porter of AllWorld Network's, listed the company as one of Pakistan's fastest growing private companies.[5] American writer, Elmira Bayrasli visited Pakistan back in 2010 to assess the entrepreneurial potential of the country and listed Monis as an "example" to "entrepreneurs" in her 2015 book, From The Other Side of the World and claims that, "Next Silicon Valley could be in Lahore, Mumbai or Istanbul.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Rozee.pk Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  2. "ROZEE.PK launches new logo, branding". Khuram Shehzad. Daily Pakistan. February 22, 2016. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  3. Millward, Steven (July 26, 2013). "Pakistani Jobs Site Rozee.pk Ventures Overseas With Saudi Acquisition". BlueCip Mag. Tech in Asia. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  4. "Pakistan, the Next Software Hub?". Helen Coster. New York Times. August 10, 2015. Archived from the original on February 20, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  5. Zeeshan, Omair (August 22, 2011). "Despite sluggish economy, a jobs website sees rapid growth". The Express Tribune. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  6. Ilyas, Ferya (January 10, 2016). "Despite sluggish economy, a jobs website sees rapid growth". The Express Tribune. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
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