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STAMFORD,
CT (January 2, 2001)- For several years now, the Internet has
changed the way America looks for work. Up until now, however, the
benefits of faster connections between employer and worker have
gone to career seekers and other professionals. Hourly workers in
search of a seasonal or part-time job for the most part are still
looking for that welcoming sign in the window.
Looking2Hire.com
will change all that. The Stamford, Connecticut-based Web site will
launch a new community January 2, 2001 that will join employers
and a network of newspaper classifieds to bring the power of the
Internet to the hourly and seasonal employment market. "Our
site is not a career site, it's a place for people to come to find
a job," says Bruce D. Budnik, president of Looking2Hire.com.
By targeting
hourly workers, Looking2Hire.com offers a distinct advantage over
the massive job boards that prevail over the Internet. There are
more than 75 million people in the site's target market, Budnik
notes, most of them college students, seniors and other impassioned
workers looking for work within their own neighborhood. Most of
these workers don't have a résumé, and most eventually
will fill out an application. A key feature of the site allows workers
to fill in a single application that is distributed to every employer,
much as résumés are distributed on career sites. This
way, the employer receives an easy-to-read application and the potential
employee needs to fill out their information only once.
Employer
advantages
The advantages for employers don't stop with the application:
- The cost
of newspaper advertising typically prohibits extensive job descriptions
in a classified situation. By advertising its space on Looking2Hire.com,
an employer can extol the virtues of their institution within
their much larger Web space. Ultimately, institutional video advertising
will allow employers to describe the working atmosphere and company
benefits to potential employees.
- A national
company can advertise its openings all over the US in a single
Looking2Hire listing. Potential employees can search for a job
by their own zip code or a zip code where they are seeking employment.
- The same
space that recruits potential employees can also recruit potential
customers for a business.
Job
Seeker Advantages
Employers are not the only ones who get advantage from the Looking2Hire.com
system. Job seekers will be part of a greater community while their
application is on file at Looking2Hire.com:
o Instead of wasting time searching the neighborhood for "help
wanted" signs, job seekers can search the Looking2Hire.com
database by type of job, location, term of employment or other factors.
- Job Seekers
can carry a Looking2Hire.com membership card that identifies them
to an employer and can be used as an access method for their application.
- Being part
of the Looking2Hire.com database entitles job seekers to discounts
and services from affiliated companies.
About
Looking2Hire.com
Looking2Hire was created to be the premier employment environment
that matches hourly workers with the companies that desperately
need them. Founded by media and recruitment professionals, the company
is targeting the 75 million college students, homemakers and seniors
that are seeking hourly employment. Its partnerships with traditional
print and online media and national recruitment organizations give
it a unique presence in a crowded Internet employment marketplace.
The success of more than 7,000 temporary agencies throughout the
US demonstrates a definite need to bring together hourly workers
and employers. By adding a focused, direct database of hourly candidates
the speed and convenience of the Internet to this segment of the
labor market, Looking2Hire.com expects to position itself at the
forefront of Internet employment search sites.
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