TalentDrive and General ASP Partner, Changing the Way the Education Community Recruits

New partnership combines national sourcing technology with education centered applicant tracking system to streamline the education community's recruitment process

Chicago, IL and Skokie, IL (Vocus) September 2, 2009

Today TalentDrive, the creator of the advanced on-demand resume sourcing technology, TalentFilter, announced a partnership with General ASP, the provider of the leading web-based education centered applicant tracking system, AppliTrack. A partnership formed to bring an effective recruitment and placement solution to K-12 education institutions, TalentDrive and General ASP are working together to provide school districts advanced sourcing technology.

General ASP and TalentDrive are contributing to helping the education community recruit top Talent to fuel the growth and improve the quality of school systems nationwide. By offering a solution that is more cost effective than traditional advertising, the education community reaps the benefit of becoming more competitive and securing top Talent for their open positions.

The union of these two industry leaders packs a "1-2 punch" recruitment solution for the education community at a price school district administrators will appreciate. The first step maximizes the powerful sourcing ability of TalentFilter, allowing users to source over 10,000 online resume locations, reaching unique candidates through niche sites, social media and job boards. AppliTrack compliments the sourcing process with an easy-to-use applicant tracking system that allows users to sort, filter, and identify Educators qualified for their open positions. This new recruitment vehicle brings even the most limited recruitment budgets a wealth of scored and matched resumes from thousands of web locations, truly impacting the future of education community recruiting.

This partnership acknowledges that K-12 educational institutions face the same hiring challenges as Fortune 1000 Companies and has set out to offer a unique solution specifically designed for this distinct market. Pinpointing qualified Talent with the right skills and competencies in the right location is a top priority for all, especially in the classroom. General ASP and TalentDrive combined forces, bringing to market a solution that helps the education community leverage the internet, changing the way the education community recruits.

"This partnership brings a new depth and application for our technology, allowing us to serve an exciting new market and impact the future of education position recruiting. We are anxious to bring the members of the education community a tool that helps with one of their top priorities- matching the most qualified teachers with open positions- while saving K-12 organizations significant dollars. We are honored to join forces with General ASP, a leader in this niche market and proven technology for the education community," said Sean Bisceglia, CEO TalentDrive.

"In our quest to bring a streamlined recruitment process to the education community, we found TalentDrive to be an attractive compliment to our technology offering. By partnering with a front end sourcing technology, we are able to deliver our users best-in-class sourcing for K-12 education. Users are able to leverage the internet to locate resumes and manage the new found candidates with our recruiting solution. TalentDrive brings a new piece to the online recruiting puzzle and we are anxious to bring to market our combined recruitment solution," said Abe Reese, President and Founder of General ASP.

About TalentDrive:
TalentDrive has released the industry's most innovative SaaS sourcing solution, TalentFilterSM. Over 55 global companies have helped us develop one of the most easy to use, on-demand,talent sourcing tools on the market. As a subscriber, our recruitment technology sweeps and unifies thousands of paid and free resume databases in one location. TalentFilter then matches, hierarchies the results, and provides contact through auto scheduling. Through direct users and our API Partner network, over 40,000 clients have access to our technology. TalentFilter is proud to serve the United States, Europe, and The Pacific Rim. One search, one location, one technology. Thousands of sources. For more information, visit http://www.talentdrive.com.

About General ASP:
General ASP is a technology company built by education and sustained through innovation. Founded in 1998 by Abe Reese, General ASP has been designing web-based software that is easy-to-use and completely affordable. Their flagship product, AppliTrack, is a web-based applicant tracking system. AppliTrack's companion website, the national education job board, K12JobSpot, provides AppliTrack users with the ability to advertise job postings at no additional expense to the district. Currently being used in over 1,000 school districts throughout 35 states in the United States, General ASP has proven to be a leader in the educational technology market. For more information, visit http://www.generalasp.com.

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