CTJobs.com hosted their first virtual career fair, CTJobs.com LIVE!, on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. The goal for this event was to host a regionally focused virtual career fair for the state of Connecticut. CTJobs.com LIVE! drew over 1,800 job seekers from across the state, with 14 local companies exhibiting and recruiting for hiring opportunities.

“Our goal was to reach 1,000 job seekers for our first CTJobs.com LIVE! event, and in partnership with our affiliate newspapers, we surpassed that mark with overwhelming positive feedback from both the exhibitors and job seekers,” says Tina Krater, Virtual Career Fair Event Director & Director of Sales for Shaker Recruitment Consultants.

The second event, held on Wednesday, May 20, 2009, was hosted by Allstate Insurance Corporation. In collaboration with Shaker, Allstate organized a nationwide virtual career fair for their Exclusive Agent and Exclusive Financial Representative opportunities. For Allstate’s event, recruiting teams staffed individual booths by geographic region so as to recruit local candidates logging in throughout the day.

“The virtual career fair allowed Allstate to make greater use of technology to find the right people for our Agent and Financial Representative opportunities. The virtual environment made it easy for candidates to submit their resumes for opportunities that matched their qualifications, have a live chat with our Allstate recruiters, or set up a phone interview,” said Laura Stojkovic, Senior HR Consultant and project lead from Allstate Insurance Corporation. “This was our first exclusive virtual fair, and we had a strong response from more than 1,700 candidates. Allstate will definitely consider leveraging virtual career fairs as part of our recruiting strategies going forward.”

In January 2009, Shaker partnered with InXpo to provide companies with a complete solutions package— from training, support and guidance to pre- and post-event marketing for audience generation— to attract talent by hosting their own virtual career fairs. The mutually beneficial relationship enables clients to capitalize on Shaker’s nearly 60 years of recruitment expertise and the advanced technology resources provided by InXpo, the leading provider of real-time virtual events.

For more information on virtual career fairs, please contact Tina Krater at 708.358.0437 or at tina.krater@shaker.com.

About SRAC
Shaker Recruitment Advertising & Communications helps organizations realize their business objectives by connecting them with top talent through employer branding, employee and candidate communications, interactive media, campaign development, collateral, and metrics. Shaker strategizes and manages recruitment and retention communications—from research and planning, to design and development, through placement and measurement—to foster employee engagement. Shaker is headquartered outside of Chicago. Visit shaker.com to learn more.

The mutually beneficial relationship enables clients to capitalize on
Shaker’s nearly 60 years of recruitment expertise and the advanced
technology resources provided by InXpo, the leading provider of real-time
virtual events.

“We’re very proud to have partnered with InXpo,” says Tina Krater, Sales
Director.

“Shaker continually searches for innovative ways to leverage technology
for recruitment and retention. By capitalizing on the strength of the
InXpo product, we are able to provide an easy, convenient and
cost-efficient means of interaction between recruiters and jobseekers.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS150388+20-Jan-2009+MW20090120&lt

http://recruiterearth.com/forum/topic/show?id=2172039%3ATopic%3A103139

It’s a brave new (virtual) world! On March 12th, Tina Krater, Director of Sales for Shaker Recruitment Consultants, will be hosting the second of fascinating series of webinars for 2009. These webinars will showcase the next-generation technologies powering today’s virtual events, explore market trends, and demonstrate why organizations should consider virtual career fairs as one element of their online recruiting strategies.

Register Today!
http://www.shaker.com/virtual-recruit-webinar

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Tina Krater

March 5, 2009

708.358.0437

Tina.Krater@shaker.com

ChicagoJobs.com to Host March 17^th Virtual Career Fair

CHICAGO, IL – ChicagoJobs.com, the premier local job board throughout the Chicagoland area, presents ChicagoJobs.com LIVE!, a Virtual Networking Career Event, on March 17^th, 2009 from 9am–5pm CST.

ChicagoJobs.com LIVE! is a one-day event that takes place online, replacing the traditional brick and mortar career fair. By logging into a 3-D virtual environment, job seekers will be able to chat with recruiters online, visit employer booths, submit their resumes to job openings, view company information, chat and network with other job seekers, view presentations and more! Because this event takes place online, it’s convenient for all parties to attend by eliminating any costs associated with travel.

“After a few short days, ChicagoJobs.com LIVE! has over 1,100 registered job seekers for our March 17^th event,” says Tina Krater, Director of Sales at ChicagoJobs.com. “We are anticipating this event to draw in our largest crowd ever and surpass our 3,000 registrant mark from 2008.”

The first ChicagoJobs.com LIVE! Virtual Networking Career Event for 2009 is scheduled for Tuesday, March 17^th, from 9am–5pm CST. A second ChicagoJobs.com LIVE! event will be held on Tuesday, June 16^th and a third event scheduled for September 15^th.

For more information or to register to attend the March 17^th Virtual Networking Career Event, visit: www.ChicagoJobs.com/LIVE.

About ChicagoJobs.com
ChicagoJobs.com provides unmatched local coverage, enhanced services, and consolidated information to area employers and prospective employees. Exclusively focused on the 11-county Chicagoland area, ChicagoJobs.com brings enhanced services to maximize exposure for both local employers and job seekers.

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