CareerBuilder Signs on as Exclusive Online Recruiting Sponsor For Women For Hire Career Fairs
Career Fairs Targeting Women Extends Offline Outreach in Key Markets By Providing Valuable Tips and Tools to Job Seekers
RESTON, Va., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- CareerBuilder, the fastest growing
recruitment powerhouse, today announced that it would be the exclusive online
recruiting sponsor of offline career fairs produced by Women For Hire, the
preeminent provider of career services for the junior and mid-level
professional women's marketplace. The high caliber fairs connect leading
employers across all lines of business, face to face with entry level and
experienced professionals.
Experts from CareerBuilder will host seminars for attendees at every Women
For Hire event, providing them with tips and tricks on the value and
importance of marketing themselves in the workplace. In addition,
CareerBuilder will target its communication efforts to help drive qualified
job seekers to each Women For Hire event.
Women For Hire's spring 2002 schedule includes events in five major
markets: New York (February 20), Dallas (March 19), Atlanta (March 21),
Chicago, March 26), and Boston (April 9). These events, which attract
approximately 50 companies and thousands of quality candidates, are free to
jobseekers.
"Early indications are that companies will increase hiring in 2002, but
they will not have the luxury of supplying new hires with training wheels,"
Barry Lawrence, a senior career advisor with CareerBuilder, Inc., said.
"They'll be looking for people who are ready to produce results. Using these
venues as well as our online site, careerbuilder.com, job seekers can learn
the best way to market their skills and capabilities to show potential
employers that they are the ones to produce the desired results."
"We're proud to launch this relationship with CareerBuilder. They're an
important partner in enabling us to reach new active and passive job seekers
who are eager to enhance their professional careers," said Tory Johnson, CEO
of Women For Hire. "CareerBuilder's expertise will provide a terrific service
to our attendees through their exceptional job seeking strategy seminars."
About Women For Hire
Women For Hire produces career expos that enable leading companies across
all lines of business to meet one-on-one with a coveted pool of bright talent
in all disciplines. These unique one-day events pair recruiters from a mix of
Fortune 1000s, dot coms, non-profits and government agencies with female
college seniors and experienced professionals. In addition to empowering
women in professional careers, the company works closely with employers to
help fulfill their diversity and recruiting goals. Unlike other career fairs,
job seekers are recruited through targeting on-campus organizations that
attract motivated candidates. Instead of relying exclusively on traditional
advertising, Women For Hire utilizes viral marketing techniques by partnering
with various high profile career and women related professional organizations
to expand its reach both on and offline. For more information on Women For
Hire services, call 212.580.6100 or visit Women For Hire at
http://www.womenforhire.com .
About CareerBuilder
CareerBuilder is the recruiting source for connecting employers with the
right talent and professionals with the right jobs. CareerBuilder attracts the
most qualified candidates by reaching the best audiences -- in print and
online, locally and nationally. In partnership with Tribune Company
(NYSE: TRB) and Knight-Ridder Inc. (NYSE: KRI), CareerBuilder provides the
most integrated print and online recruitment solutions available in major
markets throughout the United States, including CareerBuilder-branded help
wanted sections reaching more than 25 million people every Sunday. With the
Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, The Miami Herald, The San Jose
Mercury News, and The Philadelphia Inquirer, as well as many other major
metropolitan newspapers and local news and information sites throughout the
country, CareerBuilder provides more local jobs than any other recruitment
solution. For more information About CareerBuilder products and services, call
888-670-TEAM or visit CareerBuilder at http://www.careerbuilder.com .
CareerBuilder Media Contact
For all media inquiries and interview requests, contact:
Jennifer Grasz
(P) 773-527-1164
(E) jennifer.grasz@careerbuilder.com
