Naukri.com announces partnership with CareerBuilder.com

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New Delhi, Oct 10 (UNI) Naukri. com today announced partnership with CareerBuilder. com, the US's leading online job site with more than 23 million unique visitors and over 1.5 million jobs.

The exclusive agreement will allow both Naukri.com and CareerBuilder.com to post links to each other's sites, streamline the job posting process and offer centralized billing. The partnership will provide job seekers in both countries instant access to a multitude of new job opportunities in virtually every industry.

''About 482 million people work in India today, making it the second largest workforce in the world,'' said Head of International Sales of Naukri.com Senior VP Vineet Singh and ''Naukri.com and CareerBuilder.com's partnership will make it easier for both companies and job seekers to exchange information in a quick and effective manner.'' '' This is just another step forward in delivering in meeting the needs of our users which will widen the reach of both employers and users of both countries. Their experience and international network of offices will enable us to significantly expand the scope of our job opportunities in other countries'' said Mr Singh.

''Naukri.com and CareerBuilder.com are both the leading jobsites in their respective markets, making this partnership a natural fit,'' President of the International Group at CareerBuilder.com Farhan Yasin said.

''Through our alliance, employers will be exposed to a larger pool of qualified candidates, while job seekers from both countries will be able to search more jobs in virtually every industry.'' Studies show the online job market in India is valued at 33 million dollars for 2006. With a 60 per cent year-over-year growth rate, the online job market is expected to reach 53 million dollars in 2007.

Naukri.com has a database of more than 6.5 million registered users with job postings from over 20,000 corporations and 180 million page views per month.