Jobfox, the Internet's Fastest-Growing Job Site, Now Makes Introductions Between Candidates and Employers

First-of-its-Kind Capabilities Helps Candidates Get Interviews and Network with Employers MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 7


MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Already the fastest-growing online
career site, Jobfox today announced another Web first: Jobfox Intros(TM),
giving job candidates a whole new way to get interviews and directly network
with employers. A first-of-its-kind capability for job sites, Jobfox Intros
provides more than a list of jobs. Jobfox Intros gives candidates a "foot in
the door" via personal introductions to employers.


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The new Jobfox (http://www.jobfox.com) services -- available now -- are
free for job candidates; employer services are available by subscription.


"With Jobfox Intros, high-match job seekers are immediately moved to the
top of the resume stack," said Rob McGovern, CEO of Jobfox. "Rather than
submitting resumes into a black hole, qualified candidates are personally
introduced by Jobfox, so they can skip directly to the interviewing step.
Candidates want connections with highly matched employers, not just long lists
of undifferentiated jobs. Jobfox is the only site that gives them this
capability."


Jobfox Intros, building on Jobfox's sophisticated matching service, adds
highly interactive online tools and expert staff support to quickly connect
qualified candidates and matching employers. The Jobfox Intros Team monitors
all "5-Star" matches and assists candidates and employers in making rapid and
convenient introductions, using a comprehensive array of e-mail and text
messaging services.


"Jobfox is bringing the human element found in employment agencies and
staffing firms and marrying that with the technology prowess found in its
automated matching solution," said Brian Sommer, CEO of TechVentive Inc. and
Vital Analysis, a technology research organization. "The transparency of this
model should find great reception with employers and candidates."



New Jobfox Intros services enable candidates to:



-- Quickly find, monitor and compare the most compatible job matches via
the award-winning Jobfox Mutual Suitability System(TM).


-- Request employer introductions and check the status of introduction
requests made to employers.


-- Track and respond to employer-initiated introduction requests.


-- Discretely discover new career opportunities with the ability to block
current employers and other designated organizations.


-- Make great first impressions by reviewing Jobfox "interview prep
sheets," providing tips, job-fit highlights and important company links for
further information about prospective employers that have accepted
introductions.




Jobfox Intros also helps employers build employment-focused social
networks made up of the best talent in the market. Top prospects are added to
the employer's My Jobfox Connections(TM) candidate network, which is
dynamically updated with the most current candidate contact and
career-progression information.


With My Jobfox Connections, employers maintain robust talent networks for
filling immediate hiring needs as well as maintaining longer-term
relationships with top candidates for future staffing needs. Introduced
candidates also see individually tailored employer showcases that recruiters
use to highlight the benefits of working at their organizations.


"Jobfox is doing what no other job board has done before -- establishing
one-to-one relationships and connections between candidates and employers,"
McGovern said. "Our precision job-fit system knows when professionals are
5-Star matches for positions. This enables Jobfox to quickly move these
candidates into the networking 'A' list of compatible employers."


Jobfox is the fastest-growing career site on the Web, generating a unique
candidate base in which the vast majority of its professional visitors are
already employed and more than 80 percent who say they don't use traditional
job boards such as CareerBuilder and Monster, according to independent
research. Today, more than a million candidates visit Jobfox each month and
nearly 2,000 companies now match candidates to job openings using Jobfox.


In addition to new Jobfox Intros services, candidates will continue to
benefit from Jobfox's other free candidate-support tools, such as the ability
to accept employment matches without introduction requests and Jobfox Resume
Tracker, alerting candidates via mobile text message whenever their resumes
are opened by an employer. Jobfox candidates who complete profiles will also
continue to benefit from the My Jobfox Web Page feature, giving each
professional a unique Web page -- including the Jobfox experience map
visualization tool -- to showcase skills, desired company environments, work
samples and more.


"Jobfox is passionate about helping candidates find jobs they love,"
McGovern said. "We are winning the hearts and minds of professionals who seek
careers, not just jobs. And we're winning employers who want to reach out more
efficiently to highly qualified professionals."



About Jobfox


Jobfox is the Internet's fastest-growing career site for connecting
working professionals with corporate recruiters. A first-of-its-kind
capability for job sites, the new Jobfox Intros(TM) service provides more than
a list of jobs. Jobfox Intros gives candidates a "foot in the door" via
personal introductions to employers. With My Jobfox Connections(TM), employers
maintain automatically updated talent networks for filling immediate hiring
needs as well as maintaining longer-term relationships with top candidates,
for future staffing needs. Visit http://www.jobfox.com today.



About Rob McGovern


Jobfox is the inspiration of CEO Rob McGovern, one of the nation's leading
career experts. McGovern is the founder and former CEO of CareerBuilder and
the author of "Bring Your 'A'Game: The 10 Career Secrets of the High
Achiever."



About BetterMondays


For advice about careers, employment networking and jobs -- and how to
love them -- visit Jobfox's BetterMondays Weblog,
http://www.bettermondays.com. BetterMondays looks forward to your comments,
suggestions and contributions to make work better.



Jobfox, Jobfox Intros, My Jobfox Connections, Jobfox Mutual Suitability
System and BetterMondays are trademarks of the company. All other company
names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies.


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 Barry Lawrence
 blawrence@jobfox.com
 703.748.0162 x1106


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