HireGate Swings Into Action Innovative Career Gateway Debuts On The Web

HireGate.com has launched its national online career gateway. Created by a team of experienced executive recruiters, HireGate.com brings together the power of profile-based skills matching and proprietary video communication technology.

EUGENE, OREGON -- 07/24/02

HireGate.com has launched its national online career gateway. Created by a team of experienced executive recruiters, HireGate.com brings together the power of profile-based skills matching and proprietary video communication technology.

In the traditional world of resume-based online recruiting, hiring professionals often search through thousands of inaccurate resumes and disinterested job seekers. On the other side of the equation, jobseekers find themselves searching through inexact employment announcements and fictitious job openings.

"Our timing couldnt be better for rolling out this powerful and unique service," said Todd Thompson, President and CEO. "With the fall recruiting season about to begin, HireGate is uniquely positioned to offer our robust online employment gateway. Our matching system is innovative, our proprietary video communication system is very cool, and a communication center like ours really doesnt exist anywhere else. Why settle for Monster when HireGate offers truly relevant and powerful employment help?"

HireGate.com has created a system that profiles universally accepted skills, duties and knowledge associated with standardized jobs. The jobseeker or hiring manager can adjust these skill-related criteria to narrow or widen their search. HireGates integrated website allows both employers and jobseekers to use the same criteria, eliminating wasted time in the search. Employers and jobseekers will get significant and immediate improvement in the accuracy of the matches resulting from their search as compared to competitors such as Monster or HotJobs.

In addition, HireGate offers a unique and comprehensive set of tools for making the employment connection by providing numerous searchable databases for research, a communication center designed for sending and storing contact and job information, video messaging, and much more.

The result is a site that transforms the job-search experience from random job searches to a powerful toolbox for lifetime career development and enhanced employability.

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Note to editors: Todd Thompson - CEO, and Don Elkington - Director of HR are available for interviews or expert comments related to online recruiting, staffing, employment, and other related issues. By-lined articles on these issues can also be created to fit your editorial schedule.