FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Regional Job Search
Engine Helps to Uncovers Hidden Job Markets
York Region – one of Ontario’s fastest growing communities – now
has its own local job search engine. It is called Fairy Lake
Jobs (http://www.FairyLakeJobs.net)
and gives job applicants a single point of access to local job openings posted
on numerous web sites. It also publishes postings for local job openings for
free.
Newmarket, Ontario,
October 23rd, 2006 – Fairy
Lake Jobs – a search engine for job
openings in Ontario’s York
region – was introduced today by IT-Challenger Consulting Group, an Internet
search technologies integrator based in Newmarket,
Ontario. Fairy Lake
Jobs combines search engine and traditional job board technologies, and it
already has central York Region’s largest online database of job openings. Some
of the postings available through Fairy Lake Jobs are submitted by local
employers, while others are links to job announcements posted on corporate web
sites and job boards that Fairy Lake Jobs monitors daily.
In today’s time of soaring gas prices, long commutes, and
increasing environmental concerns, Fairy Lake Jobs is focused on helping local
residents reduce the time that they spend commuting. Its services are free for
both employers and job seekers, and it has attracted a growing number of
visitors every day since its test release on September 18th, 2006.
“Fairy Lake Jobs was built with the needs of York region’s community in mind”,
says Strac Ivanov, president of IT-Challenger Consulting Group, “Many people in
the community will avoid the 3-hours daily commute to downtown Toronto and back
if they have an alternative. Fairy Lake Jobs helps York’s
residents to find such alternatives.”
Fairy
Lake Jobs also gives
local employers an incentive to recruit locally. By offering a hassle-free,
effective, and easy way of advertising job openings, Fairy Lake Jobs attracts
postings that employers would not advertise otherwise. Diana Cerepnalkovic, a manager at York Region Neighbourhood
Services – a local social services organization that already posts jobs on
Fairy Lake Jobs – welcomes the initiative: “We are a non profit charitable
organization,” she says.” A $140 charge each time for a job posting can become
strenuous on a tight budget.”. Kurt Kiser, controller of Newmarket-based
Spectrum Educational Supplies (a national distributor of educational supplies),
adds: “Fairy Lake Jobs makes the recruiting process more efficient by making it
easier for employers to announce job openings to the local community.”
Unlike national employment web sites, Fairy Lake Jobs is a
community web site with a strong regional focus. It only publishes postings for
jobs located within a short driving distance from Aurora
and Newmarket.
IT-Challenger plans to expand the database in early 2007 to include more
postings from the rest of York Region, but no further expansions are planned.
Strac Ivanov hopes that the initiative will be embraced by local employment
services organizations and institutions. “York
region has a tremendous potential, thanks to its progressive business community
and diverse work force”, he says. “Our hope is that Fairy Lake Jobs will help
make the local community stronger.”
About IT- Challenger Consulting Group
IT-Challenger Consulting Group
specializes in development and integration of specialized search engine
technology solutions. The company has built its own information retrieval
software platform that gathers and classifies into categories information from
web-based resources. IT-Challenger is based in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
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For more information, visit http://www.FairyLakeJobs.net or http://www.IT-Challenger.com , or
contact IT-Challenger Consulting Group at pr@it-challenger.com