Headhunter.Net
Forges Into The Public Sector With New Partnerships; Expands outreach
to Human Resource and Government Professionals.
November 9, 2000 (ATLANTA) -- Atlanta-based Headhunter.net, (NASDAQ:HHNT),
a leading online awareness and recruiting site, today announced
a partnership with two new association related websites, AssociationCentral.com
and International Personnel Management Association (IPMA-hr.org).
These partnerships create career centers that both organizations
and individual visitors to these sites can use to post jobs or
search for jobs.
By
powering the career sections of AssociationCentral.com and IPMA-hr.org,
Headhunter.net provides a direct channel for public sector and
HR professionals to look for new jobs.
Visitors
will be able to search for jobs and submit their resumes, while
members of IPMA and AssociationCentral.com will have the ability
to post job openings and search resume databases for qualified
candidates with Headhunter.net.
Furthering
our expansion into key vertical markets, Headhunter.net recognized
the efforts of these two groups to enhance communications and
share information among public sector professionals, said
Bob Montgomery, CEO of Headhunter.net. By doing so, this
partnership ultimately increases communication within this particular
community by creating a forum that allows professionals and interested
individuals to participate in both posting jobs and recruiting
qualified candidates.
AssociationCentral.com
is the online gateway to association-related information, products
and services. Visitors to AssociationCentral.com find news, events,
and membership information from and about more than 15,000 associations.
With the addition of the Headhunter.net services, member organizations
will be able to post jobs and search for resumes, while visitors
will be able to search for jobs and post resumes.
The
partnership provides associations with a centralized location
to list opportunities, and allows job seekers a tool to search
the association industry, said Alan Preston, President and
COO of AssociationCentral.com. Headhunter.nets network
of more than 250,000 jobs and one million resumes provides the
variety of opportunities that our members and site visitors need.
IPMA,
a non-profit membership organization for agencies and individuals
in the public sectors human resources field, works to enhance
the image and sharing of information among HR professionals.
Visitors
to IPMA-HR.org are always searching for increased government job
opportunities and the ability to market their jobs to a larger
audience. Our partnership with Headhunter.net will increase overall
awareness of the benefits of employment in the government sector.
said Karen Smith, Director of Communications of International
Personnel Management Association.
About
Headhunter.net
Headhunter.net (www.Headhunter.net)
is a leading national online recruiting and job awareness network,
empowering candidates and corporations to manage the job search
process. The site features more than one million resumes and over
250,000 jobs representing 10,000 of the nations top employers
across virtually every industry. Attracting more than 6 million
job seeker visits a month, Headhunter.net distinguishes itself
by providing job seekers privacy when searching and applying for
jobs, and allows job seekers and job posters to manage and track
the visibility and performance of their listings. In addition
to its Atlanta headquarters, Headhunter.net has offices in Annapolis,
Austin, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Los Angeles, New
York, Palo Alto, Philadelphia, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle,
Tampa and Washington, DC.
About
International Personnel Management Association
The International Personnel Management Association (IPMA) was
established in 1973, through the consolidation of the Public Personnel
Association, founded in Chicago in 1906, and the Society for Personnel
Administration, founded in Washington, DC in 1937. IPMA is a non-profit
membership organization for agencies and individuals in the public
sector human resources field, and others interested in the Association's
objectives. Over 5,500 members are located in federal, state and
local governments throughout the United States and overseas.
About
AssociationCentral.com
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, AssociationCentral.com is
the online gateway that provides access to the valuable information
and services that associations, professional societies and other
nonprofit organizations offer.
AssociationCentral.com
helps these organizations realize increased visibility, an enhanced
image and added revenues by generating online traffic to their
site. With direct links to thousands of trade and professional
associations, nonprofit organizations, advocacy and enthusiast
groups, AssociationCentral.com is where the world checks out the
world of associations. Founded in 1999, AssociationCentral.com
is a wholly owned subsidiary of MemberWare Technologies, Inc.â,
a provider of Internet, intranet and electronic commerce Web management
solutions for associations and the government. For more information,
visit: http://www.associationcentral.com
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as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
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future events and financial performance, but are subject to many
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to update or revise any forward-looking statement whether as a
result of new information, future events, or otherwise.