Sources - Relationships Between Companies

JobFront defines and tracks how companies and job boards are connected. We link related entities together with a typed relationship — like marking one company as a subsidiary of another, or flagging two job boards as representing the same employer.

Relationship Types

Relationship	What it means
Acquired by	Source A was acquired by Source B
Acquires	Source A acquired Source B
Subsidiary of	Source A is a subsidiary of Source B
Parent company of	Source A is the parent company of Source B
Merged with	Source A and Source B merged
Same as	Source A and Source B represent the same company on different job boards
Partner of	Source A and Source B are partners
Competitor of	Source A and Source B are competitors

Some relationships are directional — "acquired by" and "acquires" describe different sides of the same event. Others like "merged with" and "competitor of" are symmetric.

How It Works

Each relationship is stored as a directional record connecting two source IDs with a relationship type. When you view relationships for a source, the system checks both sides — so if Source A is linked to Source B, the relationship appears on both sources.

Relationships are independent of other source data. Creating or deleting a relationship doesn't affect the sources themselves, their jobs, or their collection memberships.

How It Is Used

Currently Relationship links are visualized throughout our app. We can also surface this information via API's or flat files, please connect with us to learn more.