Retail Job Fair launches powerful website on October 1, 2001 for retail job-seekers and their employers.

Glen Broyles is launching a new website on October 1, 2001 that is designed to provide retail employees and job-seekers with the internet resources they need to be successful in their job search. Glen invites retail employers to visit the site and check out the services and search options available on the website as well as verify the information in the database regarding their company.

The Internet as a job-hunting tool has been largely ineffective for retail job-seekers and their potential employers. On October 1, 2001, www.retailjobfair.bigstep.com, the Internet's most comprehensive website for retail job-seekers, will be launched. Retail Job Fair is designed to drive focused job-seekers and other potential job applicants, to the career and job information pages of company websites. At present, Retail Job Fair has over 500 retailers and 350 shopping malls listed in their databases.

        
   
Retail Job Fair is a clearinghouse of information, linking job seekers to literally 1000's of jobs posted or described on company websites and shopping mall job boards. This information is freely available to all job-seekers, without registration, and there is also no fee or registration required from employers for the basic search database. However, to be included, a retailer must have a website and must have career or job information on their website.
   
Job-seekers can use this website to search the job and career information pages for:      

• Over 500 national, regional and local retailers.    
  
• A single, specific retailer.    
  
• Over 350 shopping malls.       
  
• Retailers that operate in a specific state.   
  
• Retailers that sell a specific category of merchandise.   
  
• Retailers that have specific internet-friendly resources on their websites, such as online applications or job posting.

   
   
Example: A job-seeker visiting this website can quickly locate approximately 150 retailers that   
include an online application on their website. If you include downloadable applications and email options, there are over 300 retail employers that provide internet-friendly applications options on their websites for retail salespeople. The numbers are higher      
for management personnel. Job-seekers can also use the database to search for positions in the corporate office or distribution center.

   
   
To generate sales, retailers need customers to walk through the door. The 'door' has been expanded due to changing technology to include catalog call centers and internet websites, but the principle and the challenge   remains the same. The challenge of hiring qualified personnel to staff retail stores, distribution centers and coporate offices is much the same. Until the applicant visits a store or their company website, and completes an application, either in person, online or through email, staffing needs remain unfilled. Retail Job Fair is the only website that focuses on the recruiting needs of the retail employer by linking applicants directly to their company website, to bringing the applicant into their 'store.'

During the remainder of this year, throughout the Christmas season, employers will be avail to purchase fee-based services offered on the site at substantially reduced rates. These services include banner advertising, the unique Shop N'Seek Mall and listings in the Upcoming Events database. Upcoming Events are those hiring events that stores hold in order to hire several associates when their hiring needs are highest. They include job and career fairs, store opening and grand re-opeinings, college visits and seasonal hiring events. Glen Broyles invites retailers to visit his site and check out these introductory specials.

Glen Broyles devised this website and is committed to providing   retail job-seekers with
the very best information and resources. He envisions a day when this website will be the website of choice for all retail job-seekers. It is his belief that the internet has largely failed as a job resource for retail professionals because it has largely failed to meet the job search needs of the bulk of the retail industry, the salespeople and those in sales support who most often are the job-seekers. Since the retail industry has a historically high employee turnover rate, traditional job search options are usually ineffective. By eliminating the middle man and creating a link directly between the job-seeker and the employer, Retail Job Fair gives retailers the ability to response quicker to their hiring needs and the job-seekers has more control over the parameters of their job search. Glen Broyles hopes that Retail Job Fair will prove to be a useful site for job-seekers and retail employers and that it will also serve to encourage retail employers to create site that have the interactive tools and resources job-seekers seek when they use the internet as part of their job search.