Yahoo! HotJobs Launches HotHire Candidate Recommender

Yahoo! HotJobs (http://hotjobs.yahoo.com) today announced the launch of HotHire, an innovative candidate matching feature that delivers recruitment advertisers increased performance and flexibility with real-time candidate recommendations that are generated as job listings are posted.

With the introduction of HotHire, recruiters can jumpstart their urgent candidate searches by receiving real-time recommendations from Yahoo! HotJobs based on the information in their job listings. Users can modify HotHireís search criteria without changing the job description and use HotHire across all of their open positions according to their specific hiring needs. HotHireís matching technology is tuned to over 100,000 job titles, thereby helping recruiters find the best candidate matches across geographies and job categories.

While competitors can take several minutes, or even hours to provide a single batch of candidate results once a job is posted, HotHire leverages Yahoo! search technology to provide top job seeker resume matches as qualified candidates matching their criteria add their resume to the database. HotHire is a subscription-based product that is similar to Yahoo! HotJobsí job recommender feature for job seekers, and automatically emails recruiters targeted candidate matches which eliminates the need to log-in each day to view new results.

HotHire is a natural complement to Yahoo! HotJobsí recently launched R.E.A.L. search ranking system, which returns candidate results based on Relevance, Engagement, Availability and Location. Together, these offerings enable recruiters to target job seekers in near real-time and expedite the recruiting process, reinforcing Yahoo! HotJobsí position as the must-buy solution for recruitment advertisers.

HotHire is one of many innovative products Yahoo! HotJobs is rolling out to recruiters at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Annual Conference being held in Chicago, June 22-25.

HotHire benefits a wide range of companies seeking online solutions to meet their hiring needs ñ from small- and medium-sized businesses to large corporations. Specifically, HotHire:

Delivers candidate recommendations, which are constantly updated with recently uploaded resumes through Yahoo!ís renowned search technology.

Supplements active applies, providing an affordable way to enhance search with qualified matches from Yahoo! HotJobsí resume database.

Provides flexibility and addresses unique hiring scenarios, since candidates are viewable across multiple listings and results can be personalized according to recruitersí specific job requirements.

Assists those who are seeking urgent, temporary or seasonal needs, as well as executives dealing with limited time resources or anyone seeking an overall simplified solution to enhance basic job seeker resume search.

HotHire is available to newspaper partners who are working with Yahoo! HotJobs as their exclusive online recruitment solution.

Yahoo! HotJobs has increased job candidate traffic by more than 55 percent over the last year while competitors remained largely flat. As a result, Yahoo! HotJobs has become the fastest growing Web site among the leading job boards and has surpassed Monster.com in the U.S.*

*comScore Media Metrix Career Resources, May 2008