North Vancouver, BC - Apr 13, 2004:
Hcareers (http://www.hcareers.com), has been selected by Foodservice.com, the leading online foodservice community, to power and host its new Employment Center (http://www.foodservice.com/employment). This exclusive two year agreement will add 180,000 unique visitors per month to the Hcareers site, reinforcing its position as North America's dominant online job board in the foodservice, restaurant and hospitality industry.
"We chose Hcareers to power our new Employment Center because it is our goal to provide the best foodservice industry content on the Web", says Dave Smania, Founder and Senior Director of eBusiness Services of Foodservice.com. "Hcareers has the most foodservice industry jobs and jobs seekers on the Internet today, and partnering with Hcareers maximizes our user's employment-related experience."
"We are very pleased to be partnering with Foodservice.com, an established leader in the foodservice industry", says David Curry, President & CEO of Hcareers." This additional 27% increase in site traffic to Hcareers job postings shows our continued commitment and success in delivering to employers the largest pool of qualified candidates in this industry".
Employers gain increased exposure, as the Foodservice.com job board is one of a host of other online job boards, including the National Restaurant Association, powered by Hcareers. Over 5,500 foodservice and restaurant employment postings on Hcareers will be mirrored on these sites. Hcareers will be providing a range of web-based employment applications on Foodservice.com by adding the following enhanced functionality for jobseekers and employers: job search and apply, job or candidate Detective (job notification by email), resume posting and job posting purchase. Hcareers will honor all terms of current Foodservice.com customers.
"This recent partnership is part of our overall sales and marketing strategy, which focuses on key niche industry segments. This partnership provides the most comprehensive recruitment solution to help meet the foodservice industry's employment challenges. It will only further consolidate our number one position in the marketplace", adds Curry.
About Hcareers Launched in 1998, Hcareers.com is the highest traffic job site for the restaurant and hospitality industry. Job seekers who visit the site can search a free database of 11,000 job openings posted in the past 45 days. Hcareers attracts 750,000 unique visitors each month and has had 40,000 resumes posted by job seekers in the past 90 days alone.
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 over 5,000 active clients. In addition, Hcareers sends out a bi-monthly newsletter to more than 350,000 subscribers interested in restaurant and hospitality careers and topics of interest. For more information, please visit http://www.hcareers.com.