Apr 21, 2009: Monster.com's Keep America Working Tour Employers Bring Nearly 7,000 Open Jobs to the Career Fairs in First Seven Weeks

Monster Addresses Economic Crisis with Innovative Career Fair that Will Make More Than 140 Stops to Help Job Seekers Find Available Jobs in a Challenging Environment.
MAYNARD, Mass., Apr 21, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The national tour of the Keep America Working career fairs sponsored by Monster.com(R), the leading global online career and recruitment resource and flagship brand of Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW), will begin its move westward 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, more than 475 employers with nearly 7,000 jobs to fill have met with more than 15,000 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 and Miami. The nearly 7,000 jobs represented at the fairs are backed up by tens of thousands of jobs listed on Monster.com in these 16 metropolitan areas. This week the tour will stop today in Phoenix, in Las Vegas on April 22 and in Denver on April 23.

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 have attended two Keep America Working Tour events so far - one in Charlotte and one in Raleigh. They were both big events and extremely well-organized. For instance, in Raleigh more than 1,700 people visited the fair in five hours and it all seemed to run smooth," said Andy Goodman, a recruiter for the Carolinas Division of Aaron's, a specialty retailer of residential and office furniture, consumer electronics, home appliances and accessories. "The candidates we talked to seemed to get a lot out of the training provided by Monster and, due to the economy, the range of people we saw was amazingly wide -- from entry-level customer service to Fortune 500 executives. We considered 60 candidates, and hired four - two manager trainees, a customer service associate, and a delivery driver. We'll be attending more Keep America Working job fairs because if you are an employer looking for a large, well-organized, free job fair, it doesn't get any better than this."

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. 

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