LYCOS UK to develop careers portal with CareerBuilder.co.uk partnership

CareerBuilder.co.uk, a online job site in the UK, has entered a strategic partnership with LYCOS UK and will power the portalís new online job search centre.

CareerBuilder.co.uk will provide LYCOS UK users instant access to job postings in virtually every industry, field and job type, as well as provide articles that will explore the topics of job search strategy, career management, hiring trends and workplace issues.

More than 4 million unique visitors a month visit LYCOS UK. From Love@LYCOS, search and email and LYCOS Chat, the product range has been developed specifically to gather communities of users together around exciting services.

ìCareers ñ whether moving job or developing in an existing role ñ are a major preoccupation for our users,î said Jeffrey Lee, managing director of LYCOS UK. ìDeveloping our offer to enable users to search for new jobs and to gather career advice is therefore a natural step for the site. Partnering with CareerBuilder.co.uk guarantees the expertise needed to quickly link our users with potential employers throughout the UK.î

According to the UK Statistics Office, employment increased by more than 300,000 jobs in 2006. Analysts estimate the UK online recruitment market to be valued at and#8356;250 million a year.

ìPartnering with LYCOS will unlock a multitude of potential candidates for our corporate customers,î said Dave Smith, Managing Director of CareerBuilder UK. ìAligning ourselves with best of breed organisations, such as LYCOS, is a major component of CareerBuilder.co.ukís business strategy to speed and sharpen the recruitment process.î