Recruitment Videos On The Rise As Critical Recruitment Tools For Employers

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 8, 2008 -- CareerTV, with the nation?s largest collection of recruitment videos online (http://www.careertv.com/index.asp?RefID=200), continues to attract job seekers and employers. January was the best month for traffic yet with over 300,000 unique visitors! Over the last two months, the website has undergone a major re-design and the addition of new features, functionality and career videos. A wide range of user optimization tools have been added and as a result traffic has soared.

The market has embraced the use of recruitment videos and this has created a buzz in the industry?, says Jim Buttimer, CEO of CareerTV.

CareerTV addresses job seekers? demand for career information (http://www.careertv.com/index.asp?RefID=200) through video, as well as the employers? demand for a professional platform to communicate their brands. The company signed a number of successful partnerships last year with other leading sites targeting young professionals, including; Yahoo!HotJobs, CollegeRecruiter, AfterCollege, CareerBuilder, WetFeet, and InternshipPrograms. ?There is a tremendous opportunity out there. With the overall number of online video views steadily on the rise, video is still growing very rapidly as a recruiting tool?, concludes Buttimer.

Starting in March, CareerTV will also begin producing a monthly 30-minute show highlighting different topics and industries - revealing the top-ranked employer (http://www.careertv.com/index.asp?RefID=200). ?This is a way to solidify our position as the #1 site for recruitment videos. The monthly show will air online and through other media distribution channels reaching a potential audience of 6 million viewers?, explains Sean O?Grady, Executive Producer for CareerTV.

About CareerTV

CareerTV is the nation?s leading career video website and has the largest collection of recruitment videos online. We help students and young professionals learn more about careers at companies across all industries. Our online employer video library includes inside perspectives to corporate culture and career opportunities at some of America?s top employers such as Google, L?Oreal, JP Morgan, and Walt Disney. In addition CareerTV works to promote employer brands with media companies such as WetFeet, Jungle Media, and hundreds of colleges and universities across the country. CareerTV is a sister company to Universum ? the world?s leader in student surveys, and whose independent research is cited by CNN, Fortune Magazine, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal.

Media Contact:

Helen Luttemo, Director of Public Relations, CareerTV.

+1-415-244-4414

This press release was distributed through eMediawire by Human Resources Marketer (HR Marketer: www.HRmarketer.com) on behalf of the company listed above.

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