A few mornings ago we woke up with this email, a bit between incredulous and “will it be spam or not?”. The news that InfoJobs Italia, one of the historic job search platforms in our country, will definitively close took us by surprise. The portal, which for years has represented a point of reference for those looking for a new professional opportunity, will no longer be active after 31 December 2025. And if the news may seem incredible, the reality is that it is part of a now unstoppable trend: that of the poor quality and growing disappointment of online job offers.
Important update: InfoJobs Italia will cease its activities on December 31, 2025. Until then, you can…
Posted by InfoJobs Italia on Thursday, October 23, 2025
The end of an era
InfoJobs Italia has been a pillar of job search in the country. Born in 2004 in Milan, it reached its peak in 2010, when the portal had 5 million registered users and 70,000 registered companies. A real revolution for job seekers, who could access thousands of adverts every day, especially in the logistics, sales and administration sectors. However, as the years have passed, something has changed.
In 2019, the portal came under the control of Adevinta, a Norwegian group that also controls companies such as Subito.it and Fotocasa. Despite efforts to renew the platform, with the introduction of a mobile app and the improvement of selection processes, the decline has been unstoppable. The increase in criticism for the poor quality of the ads, the repetitiveness and the lack of clarity of the offers marked the end of a golden age.
The changing labor market
The closure of InfoJobs Italia is also a sign of the changes underway in the online job market. Large international platforms such as LinkedIn and Indeed have taken over, offering greater visibility, quality and reliability. In the meantime, other local entities, such as temporary agencies, have managed to carve out a more solid space for themselves, while InfoJobs has been slowly abandoned by users.
The reasons behind this evolution are multiple. First, the quality of offers on InfoJobs has progressively worsened. Many users have reported the presence of irrelevant or even fraudulent adverts, while others have complained about the excessive use of automation, which often led to completely off-target job offers.
Adevinta’s strategic move
The closure of the portal is also the result of a broader strategy. Adevinta has in fact decided to sell its Italian and Spanish business to the Swedish investment fund EQT, in a 2 billion euro transaction. With this move, the group will focus on Northern European markets, where competition is higher and returns more promising. The operation marks the end of a cycle for InfoJobs Italia, which has failed to respond to the new needs of a constantly evolving job market.
The future of job searching
With the closure of InfoJobs Italia, many are wondering what the future of online job searching will be in Italy. While on the one hand LinkedIn and Indeed seem to have taken the place of InfoJobs, on the other hand the quality of the offers continues to raise doubts. In many cases, candidates are faced with opportunities that have little to do with their real skills, creating an increasingly marked misalignment between supply and demand.
The closure of InfoJobs therefore represents not only the end of a portal, but also the end of an era for job searching in Italy. The possibilities for those looking for a job are becoming increasingly narrower, with the risk that the only option left for many is to rely on international platforms which, while offering greater variety, do not always respond to the specificities of the Italian job market.
One last chance
Until 31 December 2025, InfoJobs Italia users will still be able to consult offers and download their data. After this date, the site will be permanently inaccessible, and anyone who does not act in time will risk losing all trace of their professional path on the platform.
In this scenario, the closure of InfoJobs Italia appears as a further sign of a radical change in the way Italians look for work, but also in the quality and seriousness of the opportunities available. If the future of job searching seems increasingly dominated by large international giants, it remains to be seen whether they will be able to truly respond to the needs of Italian professionals or whether, instead, the market will find itself facing new challenges.
