Penton Media's Food Group today announced the launch of its new targeted online career center, Food JobZone, at www.foodjobzone.com. The site offers industry employers a growing, qualified audience of food industry professionals in the supermarket, baking, restaurant and food service sectors, while providing industry jobseekers with food industry-specific, categorized job listings.

Food JobZone is a joint effort of Penton's leading Food Group brands including Supermarket News®, Restaurant Hospitality®, Food Management®, Modern Baking® and Baking Management® and will be promoted across all of these branded print and online outlets.

Employers can post job listings that will reach a highly-targeted audience of qualified food industry professionals. The site's Anonymous Resume Bank enables both active and passive jobseekers to list their experience and qualifications in a protected environment, allowing them to stay connected to the employment market while maintaining full control of their confidential information.

Candidate sourcing just got smarter. TheLadders.com, the world’s leading online platform for $100k+ jobs, has unveiled two new applications on its RecruitLadder service; an enterprise-level recruiting solution designed exclusively for human resources professionals. ResumeViewer and SmartMatch have been created to further aid recruiters in their search processes, enabling them to quickly scan and review candidate resumes and automate the candidate match process based on the unique attributes of each job posting.

ResumeViewer is a breakthrough new visual resume scanning application that allows recruiters to quickly view all candidates in TheLadders.com job seeker database that fit specific search criteria. Using a simple keyword search, recruiters are able to instantly source qualified candidates and view only those resumes which meet their predetermined specifications.

SmartMatch is an automated system that pre-filters candidates based on specific criteria – such as job post keywords and years of experience – to cut down on searching and sorting time. With the new functionality, as job seekers post resumes, recruiters are immediately alerted to any prospect matches.

Monster® today announced at the 60th Annual Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Conference & Exposition it is inviting attendees to visit the Monster booth to participate in donating one million dollars to several charitable organizations. Monster is the leading global online careers and recruitment resource and flagship brand of Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNST).

In Monster’s “Doing Well By Doing Good: Put Our Money Where Your Heart is” initiative, Monster will be giving SHRM attendees throughout the conference donation cards in denominations ranging from $25 to $10,000; attendees may then choose one of 23 charitable organizations to support, including those focused on: education and literacy, career development, health care, human services, military support, international economic development and environmental conservation. In executing this initiative, Monster is aligning with JustGive.org, a non-profit resource dedicated to connecting people with the charities and causes they care most about.

Yahoo! HotJobs (http://hotjobs.yahoo.com), a leading online recruitment destination, today introduced two innovative advertising solutions that help recruitment advertisers meet their hiring and branding objectives by delivering more relevant job listings to candidates. The first, Yahoo! HotJobs Smart Ads, is a platform that transforms job listings into highly relevant display ads that are tailored to active and passive job seekers across the Yahoo! Network, and the second, Premium Company Profiles, showcases company employment brands using rich media and company-specific content from the Yahoo! Network.

Both products were introduced today at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Annual Conference being held in Chicago, June 22-25.

“For employers to remain cost effective and competitive in the evolving recruitment marketplace, they need solutions that leverage technology to efficiently connect them with the most relevant candidates,” said Jeff Kinder, senior vice president and general manager, Yahoo! HotJobs. “Like the groundbreaking R.E.A.L. search algorithm launched in February, the solutions unveiled today are more examples of Yahoo! innovation and research applied to the recruitment industry.”

Building on the momentum generated from the launch of Yahoo! Smart Ads last year, Yahoo! HotJobs is rolling out a pilot program specifically developed for the careers category. Yahoo! HotJobs Smart Ads deliver specific job listings to users based on their unique career interests.

As the class of 2008 begins its post-collegiate journey into the workforce, the expectations these millennials' have of their “ideal” employers and their view of the current job market are being heard thanks to a survey from leading financial services company, Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF).

The majority (51.5 percent) of the new graduates’ surveyed plan to begin looking for jobs and start their careers right away, while 31 percent plan to go immediately on to grad school. For the career minded, strong benefits packages top the employment wish list with two-thirds (66 percent) of recent college grads ranking comprehensive benefits packages (including, for example, healthcare, 401k program, childcare, and domestic partnership benefits) as the most important factor in their search for employment. Starting salary ranks a close second at 64 percent and job location rounded out the top three job considerations for the graduates surveyed with 60 percent saying it was it important. Today’s graduates also want to be rewarded or compensated (for example, through comp time or matching donations) for their volunteer and philanthropic activities.

“Benefits and financial rewards have always been an important factor for job seekers. Our associates and new recruits have also told us that they want an intellectually challenging environment and really value work-life balance,” said Matt Schuyler, Chief Human Resources Officer of Capital One. “At Capital One, we take a holistic view of life at work to create a productive and rewarding environment. We focus on providing our people with the right tools and technologies to allow them to work when and where it’s most effective. It’s what we call the Future of Work – an open and flexible environment that gives associates the freedom to balance their professional and personal lives.”

Capital One’s Future of Work program is designed to appeal to all generations of workers; from millennials to baby boomers. It integrates technology and an open-air office concept to provide a more flexible and efficient work environment. For example, college grads receive an iPod when they accept an offer to work with the company preloaded with books like The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell and How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, by Michael J. Gelb. This enables associates to learn remotely, conveniently and at their own pace, as compared to a more regimented classroom environment. The flexibility of Capital One’s Future of Work environment also enables associate mobility through technology, including laptops, BlackBerry devices, instant messaging, and a voice-over Internet (“VoIP”) phone system that allows users to activate their phone number at any workstation they select. Capital One believes that work is what you do, not where you do it.

According to a new survey by Vault.com, the source for insider career information, students are concerned about finding work in the current economic environment. Of those graduating this year that do not yet have a job offer, 44% say they’re very worried about finding employment after graduation, while 42% say they are somewhat worried about getting jobs. Only 14% say they are not worried at all.

One business student said, “Everybody is worried, especially since we invested so much in getting an MBA and now jobs are scarce, especially in finance and consulting.” According to another student, “It's tough even getting a response, let alone an interview. I worry daily about finding employment.”

Vault’s Job Market for New Grads Survey was conducted from May 2 through May 8, 2008 and consists of responses from 298 students (undergrad, law, MBA and other grad students) across the United States.

The weak economy is resulting in few job offers for new grads; only 50% of those graduating this year say they have received one or more offers; 37% have accepted an offer. One small bright spot: those that do have offers do not seem to be losing them, as just 8% of survey respondents say their offers have been rescinded.

Salary.com, Inc., a leading provider of on-demand compensation and talent management solutions, recently announced its new marketing and sales initiatives designed to accelerate growth and expand the company’s leadership position in the compensation and employee performance management markets. Over the next two years, the company plans to re-invest up to $10 million in marketing and hire up to 100 sales people to support new product offerings. The company is launching a wave of next generation products this year that will enable companies of all sizes to effectively and efficiently attract, retain and reward employees.

”We see a tremendous opportunity to acquire customers and build market share in the compensation, competency and performance management segments of the human resources software-as-a-service market. Our growth strategies have been working, our product pipeline is full and we offer a unique value proposition to the market. We continue to dominate the compensation category and plan to extend our share by expanding into new geographic markets and adding sales coverage for smaller businesses,” said Kent Plunkett, chief executive officer of Salary.com.

Salary.com ended fiscal 2008 with its 28th consecutive quarter of revenue growth, posted 50% annual revenue growth, generated a free cash flow margin of 23% and had $38 million in cash as of March 31, 2008. The company believes that its investments in sales and marketing will drive increased growth over the next two years, and it plans to fund these initiatives with its operating cash flow.

Salary.com plans to incrementally hire up to 100 sales people to build out its competency, international, small business and strategic sales teams to penetrate new buying groups and new geographic markets over the next two years. Over this same time period, Salary.com plans to incrementally invest up to $10 million in marketing to extend its compensation brand globally and build awareness among a new set of buyers in organizational and leadership development. New products that Salary.com has recently made available or that will come to market in the future include expanded capabilities in compensation, performance management and competency services:

Enhanced CompAnalyst® and IPAS® compensation platforms with the latest .net and ajax technologies, extending the company’s leadership position in compensation management.
Expanded geographic reach with new international market pricing data sets covering individual countries starting with Canada.
Increased CompAnalyst Executive® data processing capability that makes our database the most accurate and comprehensive data set available for named executives at all U.S. public companies.
Newly re-architected performance management suite (TalentManager®) including our new Succession Planning Module
A small business version of our performance management and pay products for companies with fewer than 500 employees.
A first of its kind competency management application to complement our new data libraries and competency consulting practice.

Salary.com will be exhibiting at upcoming trade shows and demonstrating new product offerings at the WorldatWork conference in Philadelphia on May 20th, American Society of Training and Development conference in San Diego on June 1st and Society of Human Resource Management in Chicago on June 23, 2008.

ChosenList.com™ launches the first safe, engaging online site where people can place video classifieds for free, find a new job, post a video resume, and even share cool ideas and videos with other community members while surfing channels of similar interests.

ChosenList.com uses advanced web 2.0 technologies to provide an intuitive, visually-rich web site that promotes quality people and quality content in a protected, user-friendly way. Advancing the interactive functionality similar to sites like YouTube, CareerBuilder, and Craigslist, ChosenList.com has exclusively constructed an online service that aggregates all the benefits of these types of online resources with the pledge to keep the content clean and viewable for all ages.

There are five main highways at ChosenList.com. These highways are Classifieds, Jobs, Community, Employers and the C-VN (ChosenList Videographer Network). Classifieds offer easy navigation and listing services to help buyers and sellers connect through free online video ads for stuff, gigs, housing, services and more. The Community offers a long list of social networking channels for sharing videos and exploring interests in a safe environment. The C-VN brings together video enthusiasts and promotes certification of videographers. C-VN members learn how to turn videos into extra income by helping people create video classifieds, job ads and online resumes to post at ChosenList.com.

James Moore, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services and for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics and Member of Parliament for Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, on behalf of the Honorable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today announced more than $1 million in funding for Douglas College to help Ridge Meadows and Tri-City residents gain the skills they need to find jobs.

Douglas College will receive $1,004,453 in funding from Service Canada's Employment Assistance Services program to support their Career Builders Plus programs. The Career Builders Plus programs in the Ridge Meadows and Tri-City areas will help individuals re-enter the work force by offering career assistance, through either a series of classroom-based sessions on such topics as skills assessments and goal setting, or through individualized programs tailored to meet each participant's employment-assistance needs.

These projects reflect the Government of Canada's commitment to strengthening the economy for all Canadians. Through its Advantage Canada plan, the Government is building on Canada's strengths and gaining a global competitive advantage by creating the best educated, most skilled, and most flexible work force in the world, reducing taxes for all Canadians, increasing competition in the marketplace, and building modern infrastructure.

The Honorable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today announced new funding under the Workplace Skills Initiative for the Work in Nova Scotia (WINS): Workplace Skills Enhancement project.

The Government of Canada is investing over $560,000 through the Workplace Skills Initiative to help integrate newcomers into the workplace and provide them with the skills they need to reach their employment goals. It is estimated that approximately 350 individuals and 250 small- and medium-sized enterprises will benefit from this project. WINS is managed by the Metropolitan Immigrant Settlement Association and was launched as a bridging program to help newcomers in Nova Scotia achieve their employment goals.