Penton’s Food Group Launches Food JobZone, New Online Career Center for Food Industry
6/24/2008
NEW YORK (June 24, 2008) - 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.
"Food JobZone offers companies the ability to target and recruit top food industry professionals, while eliminating the need for jobseekers to search through thousands of irrelevant listings on other job sites," said Dan Bagan, Penton senior vice president.
For additional information, contact Greg Catanio at (212) 204-4351 or e-mail Greg.Catanio@penton.com.
Penton Media, Inc. is the largest independent business-to-business media company in the U.S., serving more than six million business professionals every month. The company's market-leading brands are focused on 30 industries and include 113 trade magazines, 145 Web sites, 150 industry trade shows and conferences, and more than 500 information data products. Headquartered in New York City, the privately held company is owned by MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP, and its co-investors. For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.penton.com.
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