The biggest choice of the best jobs in technology

New strategic partnership between CNET Networks UK and www.theitjobboard.com provides industry first jobs channel for silicon.com and ZDNet UK

www.theitjobboard.com sales teams to sell silicon.com and ZDNet UK ad inventory

CNET Networks UK, the UKís largest online-only publisher*, has signed a deal with www.theitjobboard.com that will see the online IT recruitment specialist provide a unique new jobs channel to the three million unique users of business technology websites silicon.com (www.silicon.com) and ZDNet UK (www.zdnet.co.uk). In a move designed to ensure the content of the websites continues to provide relevant, valuable and high-quality information, readers will now have access to a live database of more than 45,000 vacant IT positions.

www.theitjobboard.comís extensive job search engine will also enable users of silicon.com, the UKís award-winning online source for senior IT and business decision makers, and ZDNet UK, the most comprehensive content and community website for IT professionals, to sign-up and receive regular emails notifying them of relevant job vacancies.

In a first in the online recruitment arena, CNET Networks UK will leverage www.theitjobboard.comís specialist recruitment sales teams, who will now sell ZDNet UK and silicon.comís brand-building advertising inventory to recruitment businesses requiring a wide pool of candidates.

Suzie Daniels, head of business media at CNET Networks UK, comments: ìIT and business professionals depend on silicon.com and ZDNet UK to get the information they need to be more successful at work ñ both in their current jobs and their long term careers. Weíre continually developing our brands in line with the evolving needs of our audiences and, through our partnership with www.theitjobboard.com, we can now bring them a jobs channel that has the greatest choice of the best positions in the most easily accessible format. www.theitjobboard.com is experienced, innovative and highly regarded in its field, so the perfect match for CNET Networks UK sites.î

Ray Duggins, managing director of www.theitjobboard.com, says: ìZDNet UK and silicon.com have long been regarded as leaders in their field, providing readers with authoritative, analytical and insightful comment on the technology industry. www.theitjobboard.com jobs channel adds value in its ability to provide IT professionals with access to the most up-to-date information on a wide variety of jobs, coupled with powerful search techniques that ensure they do not spend valuable time trawling through lists of irrelevant positions. Equally, recruiters are assured a pool of high-calibre candidates to meet their technology needs.î

ABC Electronic figures for November 2006 reveal that the award-winning silicon.com has more than three quarters of a million unique users following a 42 percent year on year increase to 752,838. The high level of user engagement has led to a 74 percent increase in page impressions to an all time high of 4,073,521. ZDNet UK has 2.1 million unique users generating 10.5 million page impressions.

* comScore MediaMetrix, January 2007