Hcareers Launches Katrina Job Board with Over 65,000 Vacancies
Commercial job board offers free job postings in association with industry
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC, September 13, 2005. Hcareers, the dominant job board for the restaurant, hospitality, and retail industries, today launched an initiative in collaboration with national association & industry partners to give away their service for free in order to help rebuild the industry's workforce. Employers who have job vacancies and want to help displaced workers affected by Hurricane Katrina can post those jobs for free, by offering special considerations like housing and relocation assistance.
Hcareers has built the Katrina Job Board specifically for displaced workers in the restaurant, hospitality, and retail industries, through which job seekers have free access to view over 65,000 industry jobs nationwide across the entire Hcareers network. The new website which launched today, is located at: http://www.katrinahospitalityjobs.com.
"Hcareers would like to provide as much assistance as possible, during these difficult times," says David Curry Senior Executive Vice-President
Hcareers. "The goal of the Katrina Job Board is to provide displaced workers withaccess to as many industry jobs as possible, including those posted by employers who are willing to provide special considerations. I am personally asking all industry employers looking for candidates, to consider any special assistance they can offer these individuals to help support the transition back into employment, and I encourage them to post all of their vacancies at Katrinahospitalityjobs.com," added Curry.
Hcareers has launched this initiative with support from their strategic partners: National Restaurant Association, American Hotel & Lodging Association, American Resort Development Association, RestaurantU.com, QSR Web, People Report, Fast Casual, Pizza Marketplace, Hotel Resource, Foodservice.com, and National Restaurant Association Education Foundation. The Katrina Job Board will be accessible via all partner websites.
To provide maximum exposure, all jobs posted through www.katrinahospitalityjobs.com will also appear on www.hcareers.com, and partner job boards powered by Hcareers.
About Hcareers
Launched in 1998, Hcareers is the leading job board for the hospitality, restaurant, and retail industries in terms of revenues, staff, and traffic. Hcareers has the most jobs and job seekers in all three industries with over 75,000 current job postings worldwide and over 900,000 unique visitors each month. Hcareers operates three websites, Hcareers.com (US), Hcareers.ca (Canada), and Hcareers.co.uk (United Kingdom & Ireland). The company employs over 100 full-time staff and has over 16,000 active clients. For more information on Hcareers visit their web site at www.hcareers.com.
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