Plaxo Members Can Now Tap the Power of their Network to Find or Post Jobs

Simply Hired, the largest job search engine and recruitment advertising network, announced today a partnership with Plaxo, a social network popular with post-college professionals. Plaxo members will now be able to use their social connections and Simply Hired's comprehensive database of 5 million listings to find their dream job or to efficiently find great candidates for their own postings. Simply Hired is powering a new job portal for members and visitors to Plaxo at http://jobs.plaxo.com/.

In the current macroeconomic climate, we felt Plaxo could and should do more to help our members connect with relevant career opportunities, said Ben Golub, CEO of Plaxo. So we partnered with the largest job search engine, Simply Hired, to help us create an innovative offering that brings a strong social dimension to both finding and filling a job.

Plaxo members in the United States will now see a new Jobs section on Plaxo.com, where hiring managers and recruiters can post new job listings, and where job seekers can browse or search postings from across the Simply Hired network. In a unique twist, jobs posted on Plaxo are turbo-charged with the social power of the poster's extended network. They can be shared, re-shared, and commented upon, like any other shared content on Plaxo. In addition, Plaxo members will start to occasionally see highly targeted job listings in their Pulse stream, based on the professional info on their profiles.

The addition of Plaxo to our distribution network expands our capacity to bring jobs to job seekers using their already present and growing social networks. said Gautam Godhwani, the Co-founder and CEO of Simply Hired. Social networks are increasingly being used by people to aid them in their job search to open doors for potential opportunities.

Through this partnership, Plaxo joins Simply Hired's recruitment advertising network, which consists of over 5,000 social networks, blogs and content sites, including LinkedIn, Fox Television Stations, CNNMoney, BusinessWeek, U.S. News and World Report and more. In addition, advertisers with Simply Hired will now have an expanded reach, accessing Plaxo's millions of highly talented, passive job seekers.