TugLink job referral network

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From a part-time number cruncher to an advertising executive to another warm body with janitorial experience to work on the plant floor, success in recruiting a qualified applicant can be a real pain. HR departments have limited resources in these tough economic times. It can be especially tough in the technology industry. Locating a social networking specialist qualified to handle the delicate art of juggling both advertisers and publishers - well, let’s just say it can’t be easy. If HR takes their chances on the wrong individual you could wind up with someone who selectively enforces the rules or bends them to suit their needs. That can make for some unhappy employees!

This is the delima growing companies face with explosive growth. How have they attracted qualified candidates? Blindly advertising in newspapers, online advertisements or word of mouth? Plenty of busy work is generated by HR “professionals” to justify their positions, BUT….is it necessary in the day and age of the internet?

There is an alternative path for employee referrals for qualified candidates. Why not let the internet do the work for you? Providing bonuses in the form financial incentives is certainly an attractive option and this is where TugLink.com surfaces, helping organizations expand recruitment teams with only a computer and an internet connection needed.

Press Release:

TugLink.com kicks off another year of helping people start a new career by increasing their chances of landing job interviews this New Year. As its name implies, the web site ‘links’ job-hunters with company insiders who provide a ‘tug’, or a helping hand, by referring the right candidates to their employers. Many resources exist today to inform job-seekers about open positions and teach them how to ace the interview process. Getting invited to that coveted job interview, however, remains a key challenge for many candidates.

TugLink is not yet another job board. It is not a traditional social network either. TugLink.com is a job referral network which works as a virtual job wish list whose main and only goal is to connect job candidates with company insiders. These days, information on thousands of vacancies can be easily found on the Internet. As a result, employers are flooded with resumes and even qualified candidates have trouble trying to stand out from the crowd.

TugLink’s goal is exactly to reduce this disconnect and provide the missing link to job-seekers. After a quick, no-cost registration on the web site, members set up a Candidate Profile and create their Job Wish List. Here, job-seekers indicate what kind of employment they are looking for in general. For example, ‘a full-time Marketing position with a financial services company in the Chicago area’.

Also, job-seekers can post specific jobs that they are interested in. Say, one wants a better job and finds a great career opportunity on a job board like Monster.com or on an admired employer’s web site. It can be, for instance, ‘a Product Manager at Citibank in New York City’ or ‘a Software Engineer at Google in Mountain View, California’. TugLink members include description of desired jobs in their Wish List and may get contacted by the target companies’ employees registered on TugLink.com. If they see a good match, Insiders refer the right candidate to their company which in most cases results in a job interview.

TugLink.com helps job-seekers get a shot at their dream job; the rest is up to the candidates.

About TugLink Inc.
Launched in late 2007, TugLink was started with the goal of making job search and recruitment a much more effective, satisfying and less costly process both for job hunters and employers. TugLink.com is the first job referral network which connects businesses with potential new hires leveraging the effectiveness of employee referrals. For more information, visit http://www.TugLink.com and watch a short video at http://www.YouTube.com/TugLink

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