Posted by chicagomedia.org on January 05, 2009 at 15:15:51:
Sun-Times, Monster team up for job seekers
ALLIANCE | Web sites aiming to match firms, applicants
January 5, 2009
The Sun-Times News Group, owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, and Monster Worldwide today announced a strategic alliance and launch of co-branded job-search and recruitment Web sites.
The Web sites, aimed at matching companies with the most-qualified job seekers, will offer online and print services via the Chicago Sun-Times (suntimes.com/monster) and 70 other newspaper titles to the greater Chicago area and northwest Indiana.
The co-branded sites with the Sun-Times News Group's 70 suburban publications such as the SouthtownStar, Post-Tribune, Herald News, Beacon News, Courier News and Naperville Sun, will reach an audience of more than 3 million unique visitors a month, according to a Nielsen/NetRatings NetView report from November.
"The strategic alliance between the Sun-Times News Group and Monster creates a vast opportunity to provide local Chicagoan job seekers and employers with powerful recruitment solutions that will enable the best match," said Lauren Chacon, vice president and general manager of media alliances for Monster. "This alliance underscores Monster's commitment to forging new and localized avenues to further connect job seekers and employers, and we look forward to working with the Sun-Times News Group."
Barbara Swanson, group vice president, advertising and marketing, for the Sun-Times News Group, said, "This powerful alliance will make it easier for Chicago area and northwest Indiana job seekers to find the best positions out there, and our advertisers will benefit from the greater number of job seekers who will see and respond to their job ads."
Job seekers can find local ads several ways, including through links on individual newspaper Web sites and the searchchicago.com portal, as well as at Monster.com.
(Chicago Sun-Times)