Monster Addresses Economic Crisis with Innovative Career Fairs to Help Job Seekers Across the United States Find Available Jobs in a Challenging Environment
MAYNARD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 26, 2009--
The national tour of the Keep America Working career fairs sponsored by Monster.com®,
the leading global online career and recruitment resource and flagship
brand of Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:MWW), travels back to the East
Coast this week in a journey that will include more than 140 stops
across the nation throughout 2009. Since the tour was piloted in Boston
at the end of February, 852 employers with more than 16,675 jobs to fill
have met with more than 28,000 qualified job seekers ready to fill them.
Thus far, the tour has included job fairs in Boston; New York City;
Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; Whippany, New Jersey; Cincinnati;
Indianapolis; Chicago; Minneapolis; Nashville; Charlotte; Raleigh;
Orlando; Atlanta; Jacksonville; Miami; Phoenix; Las Vegas; Denver;
Houston; Dallas; Seattle; San Francisco; Los Angeles; Anaheim; San
Diego; Kansas City, Missouri; Milwaukee; Detroit and Hoffman Estates,
Illinois. The more than 16,675 jobs represented at the fairs are backed
up by tens of thousands of jobs listed on Monster.com in these 30
metropolitan areas. This week the tour will stop tomorrow in New York
City, in Washington, D.C on May 28 and in Burlington, Massachusetts on
May 29.
At the core of the Keep
America Working Tour is Monster’s mission to help rebuild the
American workforce. The company presents these job fairs free of charge
to both job seekers and Monster employers with current job openings to
eliminate any cost barrier and encourage the greatest number of
employers with available jobs to link face-to-face with people who need
those jobs.
Using an innovative model that goes well beyond the traditional career
fair, the Keep
America Working Tour brings together the tools and expertise job
seekers need not only to find a job, but also to help manage their
careers. Job seekers who attend the career fairs can learn from
Monster’s career experts by attending live theater presentations
that provide the advice and techniques they need to truly stand out from
the crowd in today’s tough job market. They can see Monster's new career
management tools and experience the all-new Monster.com.
And finally, they can make the most of the on-site opportunity to meet
face-to-face with market-leading employers with job opportunities.
Employers who attend get to meet the highly qualified candidates they
need to strengthen their recruiting pipelines and fill their open
positions in an efficient manner.
“We attended the first Keep America Working career fair in Washington,
D.C. in March. The location was great and you could just feel the
excitement in the air,” said Tony Claiborne, recruiting manager of
Chenega Federal Systems, a fully cleared professional services provider
focused on the defense, intelligence and advanced technology sectors of
the federal government. “Monster made the event more than a career fair
by providing job search training for attendees in addition to the
opportunity to connect with many companies with open jobs. We were
looking for people with military backgrounds and clearance, and the
range of people we saw was amazingly diverse. We identified two
individuals who had the clearance we needed and were top quality. One is
a technical writer for one of our contracts right now. Without a doubt,
we’ll be attending more Monster Keep America Working job fairs. In fact,
we’ll be at this Thursday’s fair when the tour returns to Washington,
D.C.”
For more information about the job fairs in Monster’s Keep America
Working Tour, visit http://monstervjf.adicio.com/.
About Monster Worldwide
Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW), parent company of Monster, the
premier global online employment solution for more than a decade,
strives to inspire people to improve their lives. With a local presence
in key markets in North America, Europe, and Asia, Monster works for
everyone by connecting employers with quality job seekers at all levels
and by providing personalized career advice to consumers globally.
Through online media sites and services, Monster delivers vast, highly
targeted audiences to advertisers. Monster Worldwide is a member of the
S&P 500 index. To learn more about Monster's industry-leading products
and services, visit www.monster.com.
More information about Monster Worldwide is available at http://corporate.monster.com.
Source: Monster Worldwide, Inc.
Press:
Monster
Steve
Sylven, 978-461-8503 or 978-201-6198
steve.sylven@monster.com
or
Ketchum
Laura
Ryan, 646-935-3970
laura.ryan@ketchum.com
