HOUSTON, April 5, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Jobing.com, LLC, the nation's largest locally focused employment website, announced today the finalization of its acquisition of Houston, Texas-based HoustonEmployment.com, the leading local employment site in the Houston metropolitan area. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition and integration of HoustonEmployment.com into the Jobing.com family is the first of several planned expansions for the local job board into major cities throughout the State of Texas.
"We are delighted to welcome HoustonEmployment.com to the Jobing.com family," said Aaron Matos, PHR, CEO and founder of Jobing.com, LLC. "The people of HoustonEmployment share our vision, values and our dedication to providing local job seekers and local employers with a job board that takes their needs seriously while delivering a product that exceeds their expectations. Together we will continue to provide better resources, increased functionality and innovative tools to connect great candidates with real employers right here in the Houston area."
Jerry Kowalchik, founder and CEO of Employocity, Ltd, (parent company of HoustonEmployment.com), commented, "everyone at HoustonEmployment.com is excited to join the Jobing.com family. The resources Jobing.com brings to the Houston marketplace will enable us to increase functionality for our end-users, increase staff, and improve our marketing efforts, starting with a major billboard campaign in April. Ultimately, we will quickly become Houston's largest and most trusted job board -- when people are looking for jobs or looking for great local people, they're going to look on Jobing.com!"
The HoustonEmployment.com website will be redesigned over the course of the next several weeks to include functional product enhancements and upgrades serving both employers and job seekers. A formal announcement regarding product transitions will be announced in the coming weeks.
About Jobing.com
Jobing.com is the nation's leading, locally focused employment media. Currently serving the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Texas, Jobing.com provides online solutions for local employers for recruitment (online job postings and resume database searching) and provides additional services including resume services, Career Expos (public job fairs), Video Job Postings and Company Profiles, HR Websites (corporate career center hosting and applicant tracking system), and JobingTV (a locally focused employment television show) among others. For more information about Jobing.com, visit http://www.jobing.com.
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About HoustonEmployment.com
HoustonEmployment.com is owned and operated by Employocity, Ltd., a Texas Limited Partnership, which offers LOCAL employment advertising via the Internet in Houston, Texas.