Yahoo! HotJobs launches local recruitment solution

Searching for Local Candidates; New Guided Search Tool Added Feature for Job Seekers

Yahoo! HotJobs today announced a new local recruitment solution for any company seeking local job candidates. For job seekers, Yahoo! HotJobs launched a new guided search tool to make it easier for them to find the right local job.

Local Recruitment Solution Helps Companies Attract and Find Local Candidates

Yahoo! HotJobsí experience is that more than half of all businesses would prefer to only source local candidates who already live nearby and know their business. Not only do companies experience a higher success rate with local targeting, but the cost of acquiring new talent from local sources will now be cheaper with Yahoo! HotJobsí new pricing structure for local distribution. The company will allow advertisers to distribute their recruiting offerings for as little as $39 - $275 per job, varying by geography and the number of listings purchased.

The new Yahoo! HotJobs local solution is what the growing recruitment market needs -- the right local reach at the right price, said Dan Finnigan, executive vice president and general manager at Yahoo! HotJobs. It complements Yahoo!ís growing portfolio of other local advertising solutions.

Job listings can be posted in real-time, allowing recruiters to begin to find the right candidate as soon as a need presents itself. Recruiters can also make job opportunities stand out by utilizing the marketing and landing pages for specific geographic locations while taking advantage of special formatting features like bolding, images and color for postings.

Local job listings are available in all U.S. regions immediately at www.hotjobs.com today. Guided Search Helps Jobs Seekers Find the Most Suitable Jobs

While the local recruitment solution makes it easier for recruiters to attract and find local candidates, Yahoo! HotJobsí new guided search makes it easier for job seekers to find the jobs most suited to their interests.

Guided search is part of a new class of search tools providing job seekers with an intuitive way to browse job search results by location, freshness of the job, industry, experience and company.

Guided Search offers:

Improved Relevancy: The smart navigation system guides users with only relevant results.

Continuous Refinement of Search: Offers the ability to search and refine based on the parameters that matter to the job seeker (including location, freshness of the job, industry, experience and company).

Speed: Guided Search saves job seekers time by enabling them to take advantage of continuous search refinement rather than restarting the process with a new search query.

Quality Candidates: For the recruitment community, the toolís smart navigation offers the ability to increase the rates of quality candidate resume submissions.