CareerBuilder Founder Takes on Monstrous Boards with Free Personal-Branding

Pages and Mobile Tracking of Resumes Posted Anywhere Online

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    MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Jobfox today launched the
 Internet's first comprehensive personal-branding site giving professionals
 the controls and the tools they need to generate ongoing career-advancement
 opportunities. Jobfox, the only career site to showcase top job candidates
 rather than jobs, equips professionals with state-of-the-art communications
 and Web technologies. With Jobfox, professionals stay career-marketable and
 always- connected to new job possibilities (http://www.jobfox.com).
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     Imagine: Your own personally branded career space that intelligently
 drives companies to your unique brand of skills, strengths and career
 aspirations. A resume that alerts your mobile phone, via text messaging,
 whenever it is viewed by a potential employer. Being just an instant
 messaging chat away from landing your next dream job.
     With Jobfox, all of the above are now realities.
     "More than 500,000 professionals, in Jobfox test markets throughout the
 United States, have been a tremendous help and inspiration for creating the
 first candidate-centric career site," said Jobfox CEO Rob McGovern, who is
 also the former CEO and founder of CareerBuilder, now owned by media
 conglomerates Tribune, Gannett and McClatchy. "Jobfox is an exciting new
 Web hub where talent-rich professionals can comfortably brand their
 strengths and attract talent-hungry companies. Everyone wins when work/life
 goals match business goals."
     Hundreds of employers have also subscribed with Jobfox as a more
 intuitive way to reach top professionals for job openings. New employer
 customers include multinational companies such as Equifax Inc., GEICO and
 UPS.
     Jobfox embraces how today's sought-after professionals approach new job
 opportunities and how they communicate -- both online and with their mobile
 devices. Features include:
     -- Jobfox Page for Personal Branding. The Jobfox Page is free, including a
        unique "URL" (http://www.jobfox.com/people/sarahsmith, for example).
        Professionals can dynamically showcase professional skills, talents,
        career aspirations and job-change receptiveness. Built-in widgets
        enable candidates to easily share their Jobfox Pages on other social
        networking sites such as MySpace.
 
     -- Jobfox Resume Tracker. Tired of sending out resumes that seem to enter
        a black hole in cyberspace? With Jobfox's free Resume Tracker, a
        candidate's resume automatically sends a mobile text message whenever
        it has been viewed by an employer. Resume Tracker works on any Web site
        -- including with Jobfox, Monster, CareerBuilder, Craiglist and with
        corporate employment sites. Your new Jobfox resume will also link
        viewers to your Jobfox Page.
 
     -- Precision Skills Matching. On Jobfox, each professional creates a
        unique brand of skills and experiences. Jobfox's intelligent job-fit
        technology drives only the best-matched openings to candidates.
 
     -- IM Chat with Employers. Jobfox candidates can opt to share their online
        instant messaging availability with prospective employers. This enables
        employers -- in real time -- to initiate chats and set up times for
        further discussions.
 
     -- Jobfox Tracking Center. Providing candidates with additional online
        information about employer matches, job-fit rankings and employer
        levels of interest.
     "The top professionals have already given up on the old job-board
 game," McGovern said. "High achievers don't have the time or the need to
 keyword search through hundreds of job postings. Jobfox puts the spotlight
 on career- minded candidates instead of job listing, turning the
 traditional job-board model upside down."
     About Rob McGovern
     Jobfox CEO Rob McGovern has devoted his professional life to helping
 people get ahead in their careers. In addition to founding Jobfox, McGovern
 is also the founder and former CEO of CareerBuilder. A veteran career
 expert, McGovern has given hundreds of lectures on career planning and
 recruiting. His book, "Bring Your 'A' Game: The Top 10 Career Secrets of
 the High Achiever," is a national best-seller.
     About Jobfox
     Jobfox is the Web's first personal-branding site that puts candidates
 in control of career-advancement opportunities. As a candidate-focused
 site, where professionals showcase their unique career strengths and goals,
 Jobfox intelligently matches and alerts professionals -- in real time -- to
 new career opportunities from talent-hungry companies. A free Jobfox Page
 is available to professionals to market their unique personal skills,
 talents, work-styles, career aspirations and job-change receptivity. Resume
 Tracker, another free Jobfox service, enables the mobile tracking of resume
 views by employers -- from virtually anywhere on the Internet. Instant
 messaging chat puts candidates in direct contact with prospective
 employers. Visit http://www.jobfox.com today.
     Jobfox is a trademark of the company. All other company names are
 trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies.
     MEDIA CONTACT:
     Barry Lawrence
     blawrence@jobfox.com
     O: 703.748.0162 x1106
     M: 703.869.9592
 
 

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