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Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec

Kenexa and CareerBuilder.com Forge Joint Marketing and Development Alliance

Agreement Benefits Both Job Seekers and Recruiters

Kenexa, a global leader in innovative human resource solutions, today announced its joint marketing and development alliance with CareerBuilder.com, the largest online job network with more 16 million unique visitors* and over 500,000 jobs. Under the terms of this agreement, CareerBuilder.com and Kenexa will co-market their products and services to potential and existing customers and will integrate CareerBuilder.comís Internet recruiting solution with Kenexa Recruiter, Kenexaís flagship applicant tracking solution (ATS), giving Kenexa customers instant access to CareerBuilder.comís resume database through one user interface.

Hiring is picking up pace with more than 1.4 million jobs added in the U.S. since last September, Matt Ferguson, President and CEO of CareerBuilder.com, said, This joint venture enables Kenexa customers to expedite the recruitment process through easy access to qualified candidates posting resumes and applying to jobs on CareerBuilder.com.

By combining CareerBuilder.comís strong front-end Web site with Kenexaís robust back-end technology, weíve created a comprehensive solution that is user friendly and effective for applicants, plus provides Kenexa customers with more resources to search and recruit candidates from their desktop, commented Kenexa CEO Rudy Karsan. CareerBuilder.com and Kenexa have similar organizational values, and we look to partner with companies like CareerBuilder.com who are committed to both their customers and employees.

As part of the development agreement, CareerBuilder.com will work with Kenexa to integrate posting and synchronize job categories for easier reporting and candidate analysis, providing clients with a seamless candidate intake and management solution. Additionally, both companies have agreed to jointly market the partnership as a value-added solution to both CareerBuilder.com and Kenexa customers, creating additional business opportunities for each company.

*CareerBuilder Network traffic includes job search traffic from the career centers CareerBuilder powers for partner sites Tribune Company, Gannett, Knight Ridder and others. The traffic figure is taken from the comScore Media Metrix April Key Measures report.