Collaboration will Deliver Extensive Online and Print Recruitment
Products Career Tools in the Greater San Diego Market
SAN DIEGO & MAYNARD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2009--
Monster.com®, the leading global online career and recruitment resource
and flagship brand of Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW) and The San
Diego Union-Tribune, today announced a strategic alliance and launch
of co-branded Web site to offer combined online and print services via The
San Diego Union-Tribune and SignOn San Diego (www.signonsandiego.com).
The alliance will provide readers of The San Diego Union-Tribune,
the region’s leading local media company, with access to Monster’s tools
and career resources to help local job seekers connect with the
companies that are hiring now. In addition, job seekers can now access
Monster’s career management tools and wide-ranging career advice to help
not only find a job, but manage their careers. Employers will benefit
from the easy availability of a more comprehensive recruitment solution
that utilizes print and online advertising components as well as access
to Monster’s resume database and recruitment tools.
“This alliance combines the strength of the local market leaders, The
San Diego Union-Tribune and SignOnSanDiego.com, with the leading
global career and recruitment resource, Monster.com,” said Lauren
Chacón, vice president and general manager of media alliances, Monster.
“Now, local job seekers and employers will enjoy a leading portfolio of
job-finding tools, recruitment solutions and online innovation.”
The Monster alliance comes on the heels of SignOn San Diego recent Web
redesign which now offers a new look, easier navigation and more robust
content. Mike Hodges, general manager for SignOn San Diego and vice
president of interactive for The San Diego Union-Tribune, said
the partnership exemplifies the SignOn vision to be “San Diego’s home
page.”
“The resources and expertise of Monster will add to the expert
journalism and existing content on SignOn San Diego making it the
place to go not only for starting your day, catching breaking news while
it happens or finding out what to do in San Diego, but also for a
complete array of resources for job seekers and employers,” said Hodges.
“Through the alliance, we will now offer job seeking, career management,
recruitment and talent management products and services that will pair
the job seekers and employers more efficiently and effectively.”
Monster’s media alliances now include more than 400 daily and weekly
newspapers and over 100 television outlets.
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://www.about-monster.com.
About The San Diego Union-Tribune and SignOn San Diego
The San Diego Union-Tribune, LLC, is San Diego County’s leading local
media company, with products reaching 57 percent of all San Diego adults
in a given week, which equates to more than 1.3 million San Diegans. In
2009, The San Diego Union-Tribune won its second Pulitzer Prize,
which was awarded to Steve Breen for his editorial cartoons. In 2009,
the Union-Tribune also earned the first place award from the California
Newspaper Publishers Association for General Excellence among major
California dailies in 2008. The newspaper has a late week circulation of
282,175, with more than 672,000 daily readers; Sunday circulation is
309,571, with readership of more than 875,000.
The Union-Tribune’s Web site, SignOn San Diego, is the leading
online source for local news, entertainment information and classified
advertising in San Diego, with more than 31 million page views and 2.6
million unique users in a typical month. Other products include Enlace,
the weekly Spanish-language news publication with the largest
distribution in San Diego County.
(The San Diego Union-Tribune circulation, readership and online
figures are based on information from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
Source: As filed with the Audit Bureau of Circulations for the
September 2009 Publisher’s Statement.)
Source: Monster Worldwide, Inc.
Monster
Steve Sylven, 978-461-8503 or 978-201-6198
steve.sylven@monster.com
www.twitter.com/MonsterWW
or
The
San Diego Union-Tribune
Drew Schlosberg, 619-293-2165
drew.schlosberg@uniontrib.com
