SmartPost announces partnership with BizJournals and onTargetJobs
Websites bring greater visibility for hard-to-reach passive candidates
August 16, 2007, NEW YORK, NY —SmartPost, the innovative online job posting product from Bernard Hodes Group, today announced the expansion of its e-media network to include over 40 of bizjournals’ local website properties and their local jobs sections which are powered by onTargetjobs. This media relationship brings together the best-in-class sourcing technology and reporting metrics of SmartPost with the nation’s largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers.
“We continually hear about the value our clients place on using local web sites to target new sources of candidates in their online sourcing strategies,” said Stephanie Ralston, Sr. Director, SmartPost. “With the addition of bizjournals, recruiters can access just that: a place where business-savvy people read about news and business affecting their local communities every day.”
With the employer recruitment services powered by onTargetjobs, the media alliance allows SmartPost customers access to bizjournals network of business news websites for American City Business Journals, which is viewed as one of the top business news and community sites with more than 4 million unique monthly visitors. SmartPost customers can now capitalize on reaching a passive audience of qualified, college-educated, business-savvy professionals in several local geographical areas across the country.
“Bizjournals local recruitment services powered by onTargetjobs enable employers to precisely target hard-to-reach professional-level candidates,” said Tim Bradbury, Executive Vice President for bizjournals. “By partnering with SmartPost, our unique value-proposition gains broader visibility to thousands of recruiters everyday who are trying to source the talent their organization needs to be successful in today’s competitive marketplace.”
ABOUT SMARTPOST
SmartPost, a product of Bernard Hodes Group, is an innovative solution for managing online posting strategies. Leveraging the extensive know-how of Bernard Hodes Group, SmartPost not only recommends the most effective job boards, communities, and affinity sites, but it also consolidates billing, and provides industry-leading effectiveness measurement to ensure return on investment. SmartPost is available from www.smartpost.com and through leading ATS/HRMS systems.
ABOUT BERNARD HODES GROUP
As a fully integrated talent solutions provider, Bernard Hodes Group (http://www.hodes.com) offers solutions that often combine multiple service offerings from the Company's core competency areas: Recruitment Marketing; Sourcing/Response Management; Hiring Process Re-engineering; and Staffing Technology (see http://www.hodesiQ.com). All solutions are developed and measured within the company's 360-degree process methodology. The company is headquartered in New York, with over 80 offices and affiliates around the globe. Bernard Hodes Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Omnicom Group, Inc., (NYSE - OMC), one of the world's leading marketing communications companies. Bernard Hodes Group serves thousands of clients in virtually every industry, helping them to attract and retain talented workers in every skill set.
ABOUT ONTARGETJOBS AND BIZJOURNALS
onTargetjobs is the parent company of www.HealthECareers.com , www.MedHunters.com , www.BioSpace.com , www.CareerBank.com , and www.Hcareers.com , five of the leading niche job boards that provide online career services to the accounting, biotech, finance, healthcare, hospitality, insurance, pharmaceutical, restaurant and retail markets.
onTargetjobs is also a leader in developing local job boards. Through an exclusive relationship with www.bizjournals.com , the online media division for American City Business Journals, the nation’s largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers, onTargetjobs provides employers the ability to target active and passive job seekers by local market.
Contact:
Stacey Havel, Bernard Hodes Group
954-966-3500
shavel@mi.hodes.com
