March 2001
Reach for the top with ireland.com/jobs

The Irish Times has always been first for top class recruitment. Now, with its new look and highly interactive jobs site, www.ireland.com/jobs, we are providing job seekers with the opportunity to find world class jobs and career news and advice. The site is aimed at all those seeking a new challenge or who want to keep up to date with this fast changing market. For the job seeker, it takes the work out of changing jobs and building a career with a comprehensive job search facility listing all the top jobs in Ireland. Leading industry experts provide career advice and tips on interview skills, writing CVs and cover letters. Job alerts with relevant positions are emailed to users on request.

The partnership of print and new media to provide a new approach to jobseeking is seen as a blueprint to how traditional and new media can work together in harmony. Online recruitment has tapped into the demand of a sophisticated, mobile labour market for timely information from a reputable source. No other newspaper group in Ireland has managed this symbiotic relationship between the Web and newspaper journalism as well as The Irish Times.

Users can access the IMI's annual survey of executive salaries which is the most extensive of its kind in Ireland. The site also carries the first online version of the Irish Recruitment Directory, a full listing of Irish recruitment agencies. The 'Coming to Ireland' section of ireland.com/jobs offers a practical guide to living in Ireland for overseas workers settling in Ireland.

It's also the perfect medium for recruiters to capture the eyeballs of world class job seekers. Contributing recruitment agencies can expect greater exposure to the growing online audience of world class candidates and contacts which brings the world to their desktops by posting their company profile on the site. From Dublin to Darwin, from Belfast to Boston recruiters will find the experienced, highly qualified people they need.

While it would be easy to be complacent in a time of unprecedented job creation, the long term strength of the linkage between traditional and new media will be proven as the online market matures and users require more than just a browse through the jobs section.

About ireland.com:
Originally launched by The Irish Times New Media Division in 1994, ireland.com is Ireland's leading website with 17.8 million page impressions per month and over 1.3 million unique users, with 34 per cent of traffic originating in Ireland (source: ABC//ELECTRONIC audit October 2000). It is the definitive brand of quality information and services for Ireland aimed at Irish Internet users and the rapidly expanding 'Irish interest' market. ireland.com incorporates the online edition of The Irish Times, and more than 20 stand-alone sites covering breaking news, business, jobs, technology, sports, tourist information, entertainment listings, weather, the peace process, a Dublin city guide and summer festivals. The site also provides a range of services including free Web-based email with addresses @ ireland.com, personalised TV listings, an Irish Ancestors site, Web broadcasts, and community initiatives. ireland.com's content and services are delivered on a variety of distribution platforms including Web, WAP and SMS.