CareerPerfect.com Announces Alliance with Monster
To enhance consumer job search efforts, CareerPerfect.com announces an alliance with Monster to provide professional résumé writing services. *
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Bellingham, Wash., January 31, 2002- CareerPerfect.com, a leading career services company, today announced a new syndication agreement with Monster®, the leading global online careers site and flagship brand of TMP Worldwide Inc. The alliance increases CareerPerfects service offerings to Monsters 8.9 million monthly users (Media Metrix, December 2001).
CareerPerfect®, a division of Career Services Group, Inc. with 23 years of career-guidance and résumé-writing expertise along with the IT expertise to handle large properties, has been among the pioneers in online career services syndication through its application of co-branded partnerships. CareerPerfect has partnered with a variety of career sites, portals and other media properties to increase its website business and create new revenue streams for its partners by providing résumé writing services and other career-related tools to consumers.
People are in need of professional résumé services to ensure a competitive edge in todays job difficult market. Our syndication model is a highly effective method for us to reach them," said company CEO Bruce Wayne. We expect to continue increasing our market share by expanding our online partnerships and collaborating with other, more traditional media that will find this both an effective tool for revenue growth and a means of enhancing consumer experience."
CareerPerfect leads the industry in résumé-writing and career-guidance methodology. They employ a team of résumé-writing experts servicing all fields and specialties in order to develop distinctive résumés that target job seekers specific career goals and industries. These credentials ensure that employers find top candidates with the right qualifications, talents and skills. This also increases employer satisfaction with the partnering properties.
Among the additional media CareerPerfect will work with are new media portals, print newspapers and magazines. According to Wayne, such relationships provide the media outlets with the ability to enhance their classified and employment sections ad-revenue stream using CareerPerfect®s career solutions. CareerPerfect®s content syndication packages can be personalized to the unique editorial style and revenue goals of each participating media property.
In addition to syndicating its résumé-writing services, CareerPerfect® provides complete content-oriented career centers including expert advice on crafting a powerful résumé, interviewing strategies, career planning, software-based tools such as InterviewSmart, plus various career planning and testing programs.
Media Contact:
Jeevan DeVore
CareerPerfect.com
Tel: (360) 527-1171
FAX: (360) 527-1172
Press@CareerPerfect.com
Media Contact:
Monster
Kevin Mullins, 978/461-8751
kevin.mullins@monster.com
or
Weber Shandwick Worldwide
Kelly Sullivan, 617/520-7239
ksullivan@webershandwick.com
Related Websites:
CareerPerfect:
http://www.CareerPerfect.com/
http://www.CareerPerfect.com/CareerPerfect/resumeServices.htm
Monster:
http://monster.com
http://resume.monster.com/writingservices/
About CareerPerfect.com
CareerPerfect.com, a rapidly expanding Bellingham, Wash.-based company, focuses on providing personalized online résumé-writing services and career tools through the co-branded environment of its numerous major online partners to deliver world-class services to their communities.
CareerPerfect.com is the online division of Career Services Group, Inc., founded in 1978, and a pioneer in online career planning. CareerPerfect.com was launched in 1996 to provide online versions of Career Services Groups leading-edge career programs, résumé-writing services and career tools. For more information, see http://www.CareerPerfect.com.
About Monster®
Monster, headquartered in Maynard, Mass., is the leading global careers website, recording over 8.9 million unique visits during the month of December 2001 according to independent research conducted by Media Metrix. Monster connects the most progressive companies with the most qualified career-minded individuals, offering innovative technology and superior services that give them more control over the recruiting process. The Monster global network consists of local content and language sites in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Luxembourg, India, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Finland and Scotland. Monster is the official online career management services sponsor of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and 2002 and 2004 U.S. Olympic Teams. More information about Monster is available at www.monster.com or by calling 1-800-MONSTER.
About TMP Worldwide
Founded in 1967, TMP Worldwide Inc., with more than 10,000 employees in 32 countries, is the online recruitment leader, the worlds largest Recruitment Advertising agency network, and one of the worlds largest Executive Search and Executive Selection agencies. TMP Worldwide, headquartered in New York, is also the worlds largest Yellow Pages advertising agency and a provider of direct marketing services. The Companys clients include more than 90 of the Fortune 100 and more than 490 of the Fortune 500 companies. In June 2001, TMP Worldwide was added to the S&P 500 Index. More information about TMP Worldwide is available at www.tmp.com.
Special Note: Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Except for historical information contained herein, the statements made in this release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding the company's strategic direction, prospects and future results. Certain factors, including factors outside of our control, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward- looking statements, including economic and other conditions in the markets in which we operate, risks associated with acquisitions, competition, seasonality and the other risks discussed in our Form 10-K and our other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which discussions are incorporated in this release by reference.
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