Student
Online and JOBTRAK.COM
Announce Partnership
Student
Online’s Intranet Portal to Offer Access to
Thousands of Job
Listings
New
York, NY -- March 27, 2000 -- StudentOnline.com, Inc., a
higher education intranet portal company, and JOBTRAK.COM, the
nation's leading job listing website for college students and
alumni, today announced a partnership that will enable Student
Online users to easily access JOBTRAK.COM employment listings.
In addition to providing students, faculty, staff, and
alumni with course, event, and activity information tailored
to their specific interests, Student Online’s
revenue-generating portal now enables students and alumni to
tap into career services and other professional data.
Just by clicking on the "Job Information"
icon, Student Online users will have access to numerous job
listings throughout the country.
"Our
relationship with JOBTRAK.COM will further enrich our
already-comprehensive portals," said Student Online CEO,
Sunil Deshmukh. "Student
Online prides itself on being able to offer people who work at
and attend institutions of higher education the most complete
access to information relevant to their individual interests.
By affiliating with JOBTRAK.COM, we have taken our
product a step further to allow students to focus on their
lives after graduation."
“Finding
a challenging job is one of the top concerns among college
students,” said Ken Ramberg, Co-founder of JOBTRAK.COM.
“By partnering with Student Online, we will continue
to reach out to the college market, making it easier and
easier for students to connect with employers.”
Already
established at over 1000 colleges and recently named to
Forbes' "Best of the Web" list, JOBTRAK.COM will
increase site traffic as students and alumni who use Student
Online tap into its career database.
The partnership helps to reinforce JOBTRAK.COM’s
reputation as the nation’s leading student and alumni
resources for career information.
About
JOBTRAK.COM
JOBTRAK.COM
is the dominant player in the college job listing and resume
markets. The
company has formed partnerships with and provides
private-label, co-branded job listing and resume databases for
more than 1000 college and university career centers, alumni
associations and MBA programs nationwide.
More than 400,000 employers have utilized JOBTRAK.COM
to target college students and alumni for internships,
full-time and part-time employment opportunities.
In 1999, more than 300,000 job listings representing
over 900,000 job openings were posted on its site.
JOBTRAK.COM has in excess of 50,000 visits to its Web
site daily from job-seeking students, graduates and
experienced professionals.
In 1997, 1998 and 1999, JOBTRAK.COM was rated the
most-visited, college-targeted career site on the Internet by
Student Monitor, LLC.
About
Student Online
Student
Online creates revenue-generating, Web-based intranet portals
for higher education institutions providing students, faculty,
and administrators with secure Web and wireless access to on,
off, and inter-campus academic and social information.
It also is the only such company that offers these
features, plus e-commerce capabilities, in an advertising-free
environment. Student
Online allows users to buy products and services at the lowest
cost through a vendor-neutral, collective-buying agreement
that shares revenue with institutions.
The company also has created a unified platform to
distribute and retrieve university-wide information more
effectively, thereby transforming the college campus into a
truly interactive community.
Student Online's deployment of the latest Web-based and
wireless technology enables students, faculty, and
administrators to meet their communication needs with limited
budget, time and staff resources.
Additional information about Student Online is
available at www.studentonline.com.
For
further information contact:
Matt
Wasowski
Student Online
212-430-3880, x. 3877
matt@studentonline.com
Keri
Resh
Public Relations Manager
JOBTRAK.COM
888-562-8725
kresh@jobtrak.com
Audrey
Merwin/Lawrence Greenberg
Edelman Worldwide
212-704-8130/8277
audrey_merwin@edelman.com
lawrence_greenberg@edelman.com
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