The biggest choice of the best jobs in technology
New strategic partnership between CNET Networks UK and www.theitjobboard.com- Provides industry-first jobs channel for silicon.com and ZDNet UK – www.theitjobboard.com sales teams to sell silicon.com and ZDNet UK ad inventory
www.silicon.com – www.zdnet.co.uk – The IT Job Board
CNET Networks UK, the UK's largest online-only publisher*, has signed a deal with The IT Job Board that will see the online IT recruitment specialist provide a unique new jobs channel to the three million unique users of business technology websites silicon.com and ZDNet.co.uk. In a move designed to ensure the content of the websites continues to provide relevant, valuable and high-quality information, readers will now have access to a live database of more than 45,000 vacant IT positions.
The IT Job Board's extensive job search engine will also enable users of silicon.com, the UK's award-winning online source for senior IT and business decision makers, and ZDNet.co.uk, the most comprehensive content and community website for IT professionals, to sign up and receive regular emails notifying them of relevant job vacancies.
In a first in the online recruitment arena, CNET Networks UK will leverage The IT Job Board's specialist recruitment sales teams, who will now sell ZDNet.co.uk and silicon.com's brand-building advertising inventory to recruitment businesses requiring a wide pool of candidates.
Suzie Daniels, head of business media at CNET Networks UK, comments: "IT and business professionals depend on silicon.com and ZDNet.co.uk to get the information they need to be more successful at work - both in their current jobs and their long term careers. We're continually developing our brands in line with the evolving needs of our audiences and, through our partnership with The IT Job Board, we can now bring them a jobs channel that has the greatest choice of the best positions in the most easily accessible format. The IT Job Board is experienced, innovative and highly regarded in its field, so the perfect match for CNET Networks UK sites."
Ray Duggins, managing director of The IT Job Board, says: "ZDNet.co.uk and silicon.com have long been regarded as leaders in their field, providing readers with authoritative, analytical and insightful comment on the technology industry. www.theitjobboard.com jobs channel adds value in its ability to provide IT professionals with access to the most up-to-date information on a wide variety of jobs, coupled with powerful search techniques that ensure they do not spend valuable time trawling through lists of irrelevant positions. Equally, recruiters are assured a pool of high-calibre candidates to meet their technology needs."
ABC Electronic figures for November 2006 reveal that the award-winning silicon.com has more than three quarters of a million unique users following a 42 percent year on year increase to 752,838. The high level of user engagement has led to a 74 percent increase in page impressions to an all time high of 4,073,521. ZDNet.co.uk has 2.1 million unique users generating 10.5 million page impressions.
* comScore MediaMetrix, January 2007
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About The IT Job BoardThe IT Job Board was set up in April 2002 in recognition that recruitment in the IT sector was increasingly dominated by the internet. It is now one of the leading IT specific job boards in the UK and Europe.
Online technology enables sophisticated targeting - for example by skill, region or experience - of The IT Job Board's database of 650,000 IT professionals. It also offers employers services such as branded job postings, a featured employer zone, targeted email campaigns and guidance on advertising copy. The IT Job Board's managed campaign service filters responses to provide companies with a shortlist of applicants most suitable for the advertised position.
The IT Job Board's clients include Accenture, Bloomberg, the British Council, Cap Gemini, Cisco Systems, Dell, IBM, Imperial College, LogicaCMG, Norwich Union, Notting Hill Housing Group, the Peabody Trust, Roche, Sage, T-Mobile and the University of Manchester.
About CNET Networks UK
CNET Networks UK is a part of CNET Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: CNET) a leading interactive publishing company headquartered in the US, with offices in 12 countries globally. The UK office was established in 2003. CNET Networks UK focuses on the business technology and consumer entertainment categories through five UK-focused websites: Builder UK , silicon.com , ZDNet.co.uk, CNET.co.uk and GameSpot UK . CNET Networks UK also delivers one-to-one services through its direct marketing arm CNET Direct; and events through the European Technology Forum.
