ADVFN Regulatory News (AFN)

8 Feb 2005 09:49

ADVFN PLC08 February 2005 News Release February 8, 2005 Recruiters and job hunters to get ultimate Internet exposure with launch of ADVFN Jobs - online data provider specialists mastermind free jobsite - Jobseekers and recruiters can now boost their chances of success with ADVFNJobs' (www.advfnjobs.com) unique online offering. Its free ActionCV and ActionAD tools enable job hunters and headhunters topublish and make available their Curriculum Vitae (CV) or job advert via theirown unique Web page and Web address. ADVFN Jobs enables jobseekers to be more easily headhunted. In addition to beingable to apply for thousands of advertised jobs online and having the ability toenter their CV into a database accessed by recruiters, they can now post theirCV with its exclusive URL. Search engines - such as Google - can easily findActionCVs, greatly increasing the likelihood of a candidate being headhunted.Jobseekers can also send a potential employer their URL (such aswww.actioncv.com/johnsmith) so that their up-to-date CV and details can beviewed in an instant. Similarly, headhunters will get more candidates, as they will be able toadvertise their jobs to registered users of ADVFN Jobs and search itscontinually expanding database of candidates for free. The real differentiatoris the ActionAD tool, which enables them to post a job advert with its ownunique URL. These advert URLs can be picked up by search engines; potentiallyincreasing the number of candidates seeing the advert. ADVFN Jobs has a huge database of jobs from across all sectors. Job hunters cansearch for positions by industry sector, location, keyword and/or salary usingthe site's dedicated job search engine. Users can save and re-run their searchesto get up-to-the-minute job listings; they can save their own job shortlists and keep track of the roles that they have applied for. "With its advanced online capabilities, ADVFN Jobs offers the best arena forbringing job hunters and recruiters together. Both parties will be able toadvertise themselves on the Internet like never before," said Clem Chambers, CEOof ADVFN. "ADVFN has in five years grown from start-up to online leader inEurope for stocks and shares information. With the same team and Internetknow-how behind it coupled with our huge user base of professionals, we thinkADVFN Jobs will become the definitive tool for job hunters and recruiters alike." Users of stocks and shares Website ADVFN can link directly to the jobsite byclicking the 'Jobs' tab on the ADVFN home page. • For further press information, please contact Francesca De Franco on020 7070 0932 (francescad@advfn.com) or Andrea San Pedro on 020 7070 0954(andreas@advfn.com). • For product enquiries, please call Robert Emmet on 020 7070 0947 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange