Facebook Hires Pursuit's Founders

Facebook confirmed it has hired the three founders of the recruitment focused startup Pursuit: Louis Eisenberg, Russ Heddleston and Nicholas Letourneau.

Facebook confirmed it has hired two of the three founders of the recruitment focused startup Pursuit: Louis Eisenberg and Russ Heddleston.

Facebook bought none of Pursuit’s assets, including a site that would have competed with the recruitment networks Hackruiter and Top Prospects. Pursuit’s now defunct site had designs on encouraging people to refer possible hires both through the site itself and through Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn.

Pursuit’s third co-founder, Nicholas Letourneau, plans to return to school, according to an email.

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