European Career Portal Claims a Million Users

[London, ENGLAND] European career portal jobpilot AG
claimed Tuesday that it has topped the million-user
mark, the first of its kind in Europe to do so.

The figures given by jobpilot include Web access
statistics audited by ABC Interactive that show
a jump in page impressions from 27 million in December
2000 to 41 million in January 2001.

However, before anyone starts to believe that all
this traffic signals an upturn for the dot-com
sector, it should be remembered that recruitment
sites are fueled by lay-offs in the industry.

Currently, jobpilot offers over 125,000 CVs, none
of which is older than three months.

“Because jobpilot offers comprehensive and up-to-date
information, our users are interested in our career
portal on a long-lasting basis,” said Dr. Roland Metzger,
chief executive of jobpilot AG.

In the U.K., jobpilot established a recruitment site
in November 1999, publishing job vacancies and offering
many other services including pre-selection, WAP-enabled
job searches and advice for job seekers.

The parent company, jobpilot AG, was founded by Jobs &
Adverts AG, one of Europe’s largest online recruiters
that has operated in the sector since 1995.

Jobpilot’s acquisition of Virtual Village Ltd. has
positioned it as a key operator in another sector:
that of recruitment workflow management. It offers
ASP solutions for posting online job advertisements,
together with services such as the filtering of applications
and organizing CVs for employers and staffing agencies.