CareerBuilder Founder Unveils mkt10, the Top Performers' Job Market
McLean, Va.--July 26, 2005--Unveiled today is mkt10 (market10), the Top Performer's job market that provides a place for the
best candidates to be matched with the best jobs at leading companies. mkt10 matches a Top Performer's exceptional experience,
skills, knowledge and career goals with targeted job opportunities. Mkt10 is the brainchild of Rob McGovern, the founder and former
CEO of CareerBuilder, and a talented team of former CareerBuilder technology professionals. It addresses the gross inefficiencies
associated with today's online job sites, the lack of attention paid to high performing professionals, and the non-existent means
for top companies to expeditiously gain access to Top Performers they want to hire.
"Yesterday's job boards are about as efficient as a super market bulletin board," said Rob McGovern, the founder and CEO of mkt10.
"It's no wonder so many people are frustrated with these sites; they're still using an early 1990's technology approach to 2005
problem." McGovern added, "In 2004, I started calling old members of the CareerBuilder band back together to once again take the
market to a whole new level. We're rested, we're jazzed, and we're ready to do what we do best: take on the status quo. Our mission
is clear: to create an entirely new job market that gives candidates and employers an awesome experience as they achieve their
goals."
In much the same way that Google overhauled search, mkt10 signifies a new era in online jobs. It's a second- generation approach in
an industry desperate for a better solution. The mkt10 site is presently being beta tested in Washington, D.C. and will shortly
begin a national rollout.
"When we were first briefed on the mkt10 business plan we were blown away by the concept," said Stephen A. Sasser, president and CEO
of Peopleclick. "We believe mkt10 represents one of those rare, tectonic shifts that happen every ten years in the marketplace.
Given that, we've entered into a partnership to deliver mkt10 to our Fortune 1000 customers to accelerate the formation of this new
job market." Sasser added, "Collectively, our customers have over 300,000 professional job openings, and we're excited to provide
them with the chance to fill these positions in the new marketplace forged by mkt10."
What's Different about mkt10?
Precise matching- unlike yesterday's search oriented job site, mkt10 works on the principle of intelligent matching. Once a
candidate fills out a profile, mkt10 matches him or her to the precise, best jobs that meet their unique strengths, experiences,
interests and education. Rather than forcing the Top Performer to search through thousands of similar sounding job ads, mkt10
instantly presents the candidate with a ranked list of the best opportunities for career advancement. It's like a personal career
coach and a headhunter that works for the Top Performer 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
Intelligent feedback- With mkt10, the Top Performer always knows where he or she stands vs. wondering about the status of
their resume in the "black hole" associated with bulletin board style job boards. Today they send out hundreds of resumes via the
old-style job boards, and nothing happens. mkt10 believes Top Performers deserve to know where they stand at all times. It ranks
jobs from best to worst, it keeps them abreast of employer interest in their candidacy, it tells them how they compare to other
candidates in the market with similar skills, and whether or not their salary requirements are reasonable for the market. Best of
all, candidates can receive feedback on their own terms such as the mkt10 website, their email inbox, or as a text message on their
cell phone.
Complete confidentiality- yesterday's bulletin board-style job site asks the Top Performer to commit an unreasonable act of
submitting his or her resume to a public resume database where they might be discovered by their present employer, headhunters, or
unscrupulous individuals. mkt10 offers a breakthrough in candidate confidentiality protections. The Top Performing candidate decides
which information to protect, including name and present job. They can then decide whether to divulge this information on a
request-only basis and only when the candidate has been assured this information is being requested from an employer of interest.
Marketplace analytics- mkt10 also offers a market analyzer that allows a Top Performer or an employer to discover where they
fit in the overall job market to compliment its intelligent matching concept. It answers such questions as: "What's the job market
like for someone of my skills?" "What's the market rate salary for this position?" "How many people are there in my local market
with these skills and this education?"
Pricing- mkt10 is free to all job candidates. Employers pay only $2,000 U.S. per hire, a model that reflects the complete
confidence mkt10 has in its offering. It's the first and only career site that offers a pay for success model.
About mkt10
mkt10 is the new job market for Top Performers, based in the Washington, D.C.-area. Founded in 2005 by Rob McGovern, who also
founded CareerBuilder in the late 90s, mkt10 is the Top Performers' Job Market that provides the best place to go to find the next
job opportunity, getting them another step closer to achieving their career goals. For employers, mkt10 provides access to these
Top Performers they want to hire and eliminates online recruiting inefficiencies. For more information about finding the best job
or how to hire a Top Performer please visit www.mkt10.com.
Media Contact:
Krista Milne, Principal
MOJO Marketing Communications
kmilne@mojomarcom.com
(617) 480-1042
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