Washington, DC and North Vancouver, BC - Jan 27, 2003:
Hcareers.com is the power behind more than half (54%) of all State Restaurant Associations (SRA) individual job banks.
Hcareers.com, the dominant job site for the restaurant and hospitality industry, provides SRAs with tailored, local job banks which are accessible through their own home pages. This gives members cost-effective access to thousands of qualified local applicants, while reducing recruiting costs and shortening hiring cycles.
The restaurant industry is currently a hot bed of employment. Restaurant industry sales are projected to reach a record $426.1 billion in 2003, up 4.5% from 2002. On a typical day in 2003, the restaurant industry will post average sales of nearly $1.2 billion1.
SRA members qualify for discounted job-posting rates, and Hcareers.com also cross-posts the job openings on its own site, which attracts 2.7 million restaurant and hospitality job seekers per month (five times more than Monster.com).
The National Restaurant Association (NRA) signed a deal with Hcareers.com in March 2002 as its preferred recruiting partner. After comparative analysis, the NRA determined that Hcareers.com was the leader in restaurant job-seeker traffic, both in terms of volume of jobs posted and customer service.
"Hcareers.com provides cost-effective, immediate and easy access to the largest restaurant industry job-seeker pool in North America," said Steven C. Anderson, president and chief executive officer of the National Restaurant Association. "State Restaurant Associations that have joined the program are helping their members find local qualified staff quickly and cost effectively. They are assisting restaurants to continue their essential role as the cornerstone of career and employment opportunities."
"Hcareers.com is proud to be providing progressive State Restaurant Associations with a cost-effective, responsive solution to filling jobs," said David Curry, president and chief executive officer of Hcareers.com. "Getting qualified, local candidates is one of the most challenging tasks in the industry today."
State Restaurant Associations that are interested in signing up with Hcareers.com can call David Curry at 1-800-832-3738 Ext. 222.
About The National Restaurant Association The National Restaurant Association, founded in 1919, is the leading business association for the restaurant industry, which is comprised of 870,000 restaurant and food outlets and a workforce of 11.7 million employees - making it the cornerstone of the economy, career opportunities and community involvement. Along with the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, the Association works to represent, educate and promote the rapidly growing industry. For more information, visit our Web site at www.restaurant.org.
About Hcareers Launched in 1998, Hcareers.com is the biggest job site for the restaurant industry. Job seekers who visit the site can search a free database of almost 7,500 job openings posted in the past 45 days. Hcareers attracts 2.7 million job seeker visits each month, five times more than any other job board. Employers can also review over 32,000 resumes posted by job seekers in the past 90 days.
Hcareers operates three sites, Hcareers.com (U.S.), Hcareers.ca (Canada) and Hcareers.co.uk (United Kingdom, Ireland). The company employs over 90 full-time staff and currently has 2,700 active clients. In addition, Hcareers sends out a bi-monthly newsletter to more than 200,000 people interested in news and advice on restaurant and hospitality careers. For more information, please visit www.hcareers.com
1 National Restaurant Association's 2003 Restaurant Industry Forecast