Google to shut down Hire in 2020

Google announced this week that it's shutting down Google for Hire on Sept. 1, 2020, in order to dedicate its resources to "other products in the Google Cloud portfolio." The company issued a Q&A guide for users on what to do until their contracts expire. Hire was launched just two years ago as an applicant tracking system (ATS) for small to midsize businesses. On top of Hire's sunset, Google for Jobs, the company's attempt to innovate job boards launched around the same time as Hire, has since run into antitrust complaints in the EU, The Verge reported, putting further pressure on the company's attempt to innovate in the recruiting space. According to TechCrunch, Google developed Hire after acquiring the tech firm BeBop for $380 million in 2015 from founder Diane Greene. Greene went on to head up Google's Cloud division, but left the position in early 2019.