Boston.com launches Monster jobs section

Cory Bergman May 17th, 2007

Boston.com has taken the wraps off a new co-branded jobs section powered by Monster.com called Boston.com/monster. And NYTimes.com will launch something similar in the near future.

Press release with the Boston.com details…

BOSTON & MAYNARD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Boston Globe, Boston.com and Monster®, the leading global online careers and recruitment resource and flagship brand of Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNST),have launched a new Web site designed to offer Boston area employers and job seekers the ultimate employment resource. The new site can be found at www.boston.com/monster

The site is the next step in a strategic alliance announced by The New York Times Company, parent company of The Boston Globe and Boston.com, and Monster Worldwide in February 2007. Joining BostonWorks.com and Monster.com, the site brings together two of the strongest recruitment resources in the Boston region and is poised to be the overwhelming online careers leader, reaching approximately 70 percent of seekers in the market.(a)

The co-branded site offers job seekers and employers all of the local features and functionality previously found on BostonWorks.com with Monster’s leading jobs database, resume database and innovative career tools and content. The new site will continue to offer targeted career-focused editorial from the pages of The Boston Globe Careers section and innovative ways to search for jobs (e.g. by commute, by industry).

“The launch of boston.com/monster is a winning solution for job seekers and employers in Greater Boston,” said Jason Kissell, managing director at The Boston Globe. “By combining the richness of Monster’s technology with the local traffic of Boston.com and BostonWorks, boston.com/monster becomes the ultimate employment resource, providing quality solutions and value for both employers and job seekers alike.”

“One of Monster’s major focus areas is supporting small and medium-sized businesses, and launching co-branded sites like boston.com/monster enables us to provide more of the qualified local candidates these employers need,” said Peter Newton, senior vice president and general manager, media alliances, Monster North America. “In addition, we’re making it easier for job seekers in the Boston area by offering quicker access to our leading tools and services.”