CareerPath.com Selects Webhire to Power Internet Job Postings
CareerPath.com and its Major Newspaper Affiliates Join Webhire Network; Now The Largest Collection of Major Market Career Sites on the Web
LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 1999-- Webhire, Inc. (NASDAQ:HIRE), a leader in Internet recruiting technology and services, today announced it will power the Company Web Posting service at CareerPath.com, one of the leading career management sites. CareerPath.com, as well as its major online newspaper affiliates, will use Webhire JobPost to automatically collect and post jobs from company Web sites and Webhire JobCanopy to provide online job search tools for the more than 2,400,000 monthly job seekers who visit www.careerpath.com.
''With our new agreement with CareerPath.com, Webhire strengthens its position as the leading provider of Internet recruiting solutions,'' said Marty Fahey, Webhire president. ''This relationship extends the Webhire brand to an expanded audience of employers and job seekers. We have now added some of the hottest regional and national Internet job posting properties as premium destinations on the Webhire Network.''
As a Webhire partner, CareerPath.com and its affiliates tap the combined strengths of Webhire JobPost, a new service that automatically sweeps job openings from company Web sites and posts them to leading Internet destinations, and Webhire JobCanopy, a service that manages large collections of company job listings while providing job searching tools for job seekers to quickly and easily access the information. Each week, these technologies enable Webhire to collect more than 120,000 job listings from company Web sites and deliver them to the 60+ Internet career sites that comprise the Webhire Network including Yahoo! Employment, America's Job Bank, Monster.com, Headhunter.net , Computerworld.com, CareerPost at www.washingtonpost.com, and Black Voices.
''CareerPath.com has been a leader in developing and implementing innovative online recruiting solutions for our newspaper affiliates and the employers who rely on the site,'' said Ben Bellinson, senior vice president, Product Management and Marketing at CareerPath.com. ''This expanded relationship with Webhire enables us to strengthen our offering with the industry's leading technology, ensuring that CareerPath.com and the online career sites managed by our newspaper affiliates can continue to provide the best experience for employers and job seekers alike.''
About CareerPath.com
CareerPath.com brings to the Web the largest and most current database of job listings from nearly 90 affiliated newspapers across the United States, employment opportunities featured only on the Internet, one of the largest resume databases searched by hundreds of leading companies and a multitude of career management resources. CareerPath.com was co-founded in 1995 by the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, San Jose Mercury News and The Washington Post. Financial backing for CareerPath.com is provided by Knight-Ridder (NYSE:KRI), New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT), Times Mirror Company (NYSE:TMC), Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB) and The Washington Post Company (NYSE:WPO), as well as Cox Interactive Media, Gannett Company (NYSE:GCI) and Hearst Corporation. CareerPath.com uses the power of the Web to bridge the gap between job seekers and recruiters, making the recruitment process more efficient and effective, and inspiring the tag line, ''You can go anywhere from here.''
About Webhire, Inc.
Webhire is the leading provider of end-to-end Internet recruiting solutions that help employers use the Web to quickly and cost-effectively connect with job-seekers and efficiently manage the hiring process. Offerings include Webhire JobPost, a fully automated job posting solution that uses technology recently acquired from the company's largest investor, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN); Webhire Recruiter, an outsourced candidate management service on the Web, and Webhire Enterprise, a comprehensive intranet-based recruiting suite for large enterprises. All Webhire solutions leverage the Webhire Network, the largest open network of Internet recruiting sites and service providers with more than 60 job board destination partners including Yahoo! Employment, Monster.com, AOL Digital Cities, Career Magazine, Black Voices and Computerworld.com. More than 1,000 organizations, from fast-growing companies like Millennium Pharmaceuticals and Rational Software to Fortune 500 enterprises such as American Express, Boeing and Microsoft, depend on Webhire solutions for some or all of their recruiting automation needs. More information about Webhire is available on the World Wide Web at www.webhire.com or by calling 1- 877-WEBHIRE. Webhire, based in Lexington, Mass. is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the ticker symbol HIRE.
Webhire, Webhire JobPost and Webhire JobCanopy are trademarks of Webhire, Inc. All other products and services mentioned may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.
This press release contains 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. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include changes in technology and industry standards, increased competition, the size and rate of growth of the market for human resources staffing software and services and market acceptance of the Company's products and services and those of its competitors.
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