~ Endow Sulekha users to explore premium job opportunities ~
Jun 24th 2008, Chennai: Sulekha.com, the most popular community for Indians worldwide today launched their ‘Premium jobs’ section, for which they have partnered with leading jobs portal CareerBuilderIndia.com to power its content. Under this agreement, CareerBuilder-India will be recognized as an exclusive provider of online job posting, resume posting and job search services for all the premium job prospects on Sulekha.com.
The Premium Jobs section will be a co-branded section along with CareerBuilder-India wherein the users will have the opportunity of registering with CareerBuilder-India through the micro-site.
Speaking on this partnership with CareerBuilder-India, Mr. Satya Prabhakar, CEO of Sulekha.com said, “We are glad to be partnering with CareerBuilder in India which is a leading player in the global online jobs market. In keeping with our motto of providing rich online classifieds content, we believe this co-branded site will give Sulekha.com users an opportunity to access premium jobs across multiple sectors. Thus, if you are looking for a new job, a new career, a new city or a new direction Sulekha.com will prove as a destination site to let you explore the possibilities and find the opportunities that are right for you.”
"We are very excited to build our network in India and have Sulekha.com be part of this growth. This partnership will provide Sulekha.com visitors with highly relevant career advice and a powerful job search engine that will help them be more successful in their employment endeavors,” said Arti Pullins, Managing Director of CareerBuilder-India. “Employers will gain access to a highly engaged, diverse pool of candidates and will benefit from the visibility of this well-respected media channel."
This partnership will allow CareerBuilder-India to more quickly expand its presence, achieve a leadership position in India and deliver quality talent back to their Indian client.
Sulekha.com is the largest online and mobile Classifieds and Yellow Pages service, connecting over 6 million members in 25 cities in India, US, Canada and more. Sulekha.com integrates local commerce with the largest social media offering in the Indian space with a vibrant local communities of blogs, forums, videos and photos organized into vertical communities of interest such as Travel, Food, Movies, News and Cricket. Sulekha.com, with operations in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Austin, is funded by Indigo Monsoon Group and Norwest Venture Partners (NVP).
CareerBuilderIndia.com is an online job site that connects employers and job seekers in India and is a subsidiary of CareerBuilder.com, the leading online job site in the U.S. with more than 23 million unique visitors and over 1.6 million jobs. CareerBuilder India is owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI), Tribune Company, The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT). Many of India’s leading employers take advantage of CareerBuilder India’s search technology, job posting network, employment branding and C.V database. Job seekers visit the site to search for opportunities, sign up for automatic e-mail job alerts and receive advice on employment and career topics. For more information, visit www.CareerBuilderIndia.com.
Jamila Bagdadi
Sulekha.com
Tel: 044 30213054
Email: Jamila.Bagdadi@sulekha.net
Anita/ Vinitha
Hanmer & Partners, India
Tel: +91.44.42144891/ +91.98841-25218
Email: anita@hanmermsl.com
Email: vinitha@hanmermsl.com
Tanya Flynn (Media Contact)
CareerBuilder.com
Tel: +001-773-527-5393
Mobile: +001-773-607-9663
Email: tanya.flynn@careerbuilder.com
Arti Bedi Pullins (Managing Director)
CareerBuilder.com
Tel: +91.124.471-1881
Email: arti.bedi@careerbuilder.com