Organizations of All Sizes Actively Using Jobster's Online Recruiting Service to Reach 'Passive' Professionals

Jobster, Inc., the leading recruitment advertising service for reaching passive talent, announced today that its roster of companies using the Jobster service has now reached more than 100 since its public launch at the Electronic Recruiting Expo in San Diego on March 31. Jobster boasts long-term contracts with companies of all sizes across diverse industries including such widely recognized brands as BearingPoint, Boeing, Cardinal Health, Expedia, Harris Corporation, MasterBrands, Mitre Corporation, Premera, The Southern Company, T-Mobile and Veritude. These customers are now relying on Jobster to quickly and efficiently expand employee referral programs and connect with qualified, hard-to-reach working professionals.

Boeing recently finalized a contract with Jobster to provide targeted recruiting services for the organization, which employs more than 159,000 people worldwide.

"Boeing is a powerful brand with unique needs for hiring highly specialized and skilled people," said Richard Hartnett, director -- Global Staffing for Boeing. "Jobster provides us with a referral networking solution that will help us to find great people more quickly through more targeted channels and build relationships with future employment candidates."

Jobster's CEO Jason Goldberg added, "We are thrilled to have the early opportunity to work with such a fine group of companies and to gain their ongoing feedback and input as we work hard to deliver a simple solution to a difficult problem: how to find quality people in a more cost-effective manner."

Jobster Wins Awards

Jobster was named a "Top 25 Startup" during the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia Venture All Stars Awards Gala and Venture Map Event held on Jun. 3, 2005. Hosted annually by the Northwest venture capital community, the event recognizes the top emerging growth companies in the area. Jobster also took the gold award in brand design at the Seattle Advertising Awards Show, which recognizes the best design and advertising work in the region.

Version 1.1 Responds to Customer Needs

Based on feedback from its expanding customer base, Jobster recently introduced version 1.1, an incremental service update that includes key new capabilities:

  -- Talent Networks:  Jobster now fully supports automatically sending jobs
     to professionals who opt in to hear about future opportunities from
     companies
  -- Jobs on Blogs:  Jobster now allows recruiters to easily post campaigns
     to relevant blogs and Web sites in order to reach more targeted
     professionals
  -- Web Services Interface:  Jobster is now programmatically accessible for
     integration with existing recruiting applications and services
  -- TRUSTe Certification:  Jobster technology meets the industry standard
     for enhanced privacy

  About Jobster

Jobster's innovative recruiting technologies connect great people with great opportunities every day. The Jobster difference lies in its ability to help employers reach beyond the most active candidates and target busy professionals who desire a better career and a better life.

Built with the help of recruiters from companies of all sizes nationwide, the Jobster service provides measurable results while complementing existing recruiting software systems.

Founded in 2004, Jobster is headquartered in Seattle, Wash. and has offices throughout North America. The company is backed by industry-leading investors Ignition Partners and Trinity Ventures. For more information, visit www.jobster.com or call 1-888-611-jobs.

NOTE: Jobster is a service mark of Jobster, Inc. and may not be used without express written consent of Jobster, Inc.

Source: Jobster

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