Jobg8 hosts
webinar: The .JOBS Affair – The
breaking of rules we count on to build a business.
Portland,
Maine – April 26, 2011 – Jobg8 hosts leaders of the .JOBS Charter Compliance
Coalition who will discuss the implications of the .JOBS expansion on the global
employment website industry.
The proposed expansion by the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) of the .JOBS top level domain creates dramatic
problems for the employment website industry and individual website owners. In
addition to the precedent it sets for arbitrarily changing online business
rules, it has already permitted a single company to launch tens of thousands of
.JOBS names (e.g.,
London.jobs, IT.jobs) into the marketplace. This move has global implications
and will create confusion with every existing brand, threaten company
trademarks and potentially undercut an online job board’s bottom line.
To fight this significant threat, a
coalition has been formed by the employment website industry trade association
(IAEWS) and a number of other organizations. Called the .JOBS Charter
Compliance Coalition, it is working to defeat the proposed expansion through
legal counsel, public relations, and the support of individual site owners and
operators.
To
do provide further education on this issue, Jobg8 is hosting a free webinar featuring
prominent leaders in the fight to protect the integrity of the global employment
website industry. All interested
parties are urged to join Peter Weddle, Executive Director of IAEWS and John
Bell, CEO of Boxwood Technology as they discuss aspects of the .Jobs affair,
including:
- Background
and history - Current
status - Implications
for individual business owners - Live
Q & A
This free online webinar is scheduled
for: May 6th at 11:00 AM EDT
Anyone interested can register at no cost
here: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/524916782
Jobg8 is a web-based
marketplace for online job boards.
Their ground-breaking platform unifies the formerly fractured online
employment website industry, allowing job board websites to buy and sell job
postings and candidates through a secure network.
For
more information, contact: Matthew Hoffner at: (207) 210-6900, matthew.hoffner@jobg8.com
