Released on = July 24, 2007, 2:50 pm

Press Release Author = Juriscape

Industry = Human Resources

Press Release Summary = Hound.com delivers its users even more jobs than commercial
job boards and recruiting firms because it electronically monitors only employer
websites.



Press Release Body = Pasadena, CA, July 24, 2007- Hound.com Founder A. Harrison
Barnes thinks the best way for all but the highest paid and most qualified job
seekers to get jobs is by applying directly to jobs found on employer websites.
Barnes believes that because most employers do not use recruiting firms and most
jobs are now advertised on employer websites (and not niche or major commercial job
boards) that all but the most highly-qualified employees should seek out the jobs on
employer websites before using a commercial job board.

"There are so many companies out there you would not believe it," says Barnes. "The
number of positions on employer websites is staggering and dwarfs every major job
board out there in volume. This is where all the jobs are. Most employers are not
going to pay $500 to post a job on a major job board, place an ad in a newspaper, or
use a recruiter," says Barnes. "Therefore, on behalf of every job seeker in America
I am going to go to their career pages and show people all the jobs out there I can
find. I think this is going to change the way the world gets jobs."

To that end Barnes has set out to electronically monitor every single employer
website in the world through his new search engine Hound.com. He is on track to have
over 1,000,000 American employer websites added to Hound.com by the end of 2009.
Hound.com has an editorial review board that reviews employer websites carefully
before adding them to the search engine. Employers who do not regularly update
their job listings, or who seem to be 'fishing' for resumes rather than having
actual jobs are banned from the search engine and then reviewed again after 90 days.
Hound displays no recruiter ads or jobs from other job boards.

According to Barnes, there are seven reasons most job seekers are better off
searching employer career pages through Hound.

1. It is free for employers to post jobs on their websites and there are over
1,000,000 employer career pages in America alone. Some of these sites have over
4,000 jobs on them. Conversely, most major job boards charge up to $500 for a
single posting. Most employers will post on their own website before they contact
post their position on a job board.
2. There are vastly, vastly more positions on employer websites than there are
anywhere else.
3. Employers are more likely to update their job listings on their own websites
than they are a job board. Accordingly, the job openings on an employer job board
are 'fresher'.
4. It costs employers up to 40% of a candidate's annual salary if they use a
recruiter and costs them nothing to post a job on their own website. Most employers
will post on their own website before they contact a recruiter.
5. Many job boards are a jungle of recruiter ads and opportunities which more
often are posted for the purpose of 'resume mining' than actual jobs-virtually
everyone knows of someone who has been scammed by a 'fake' employer ad on a job
board.
6. When you apply directly to an employer there is no middleman involved.
7. When you apply directly to an employer through their website the employer
feels like you have come there, investigated them and really want to work there.
Your application is taken more seriously. When you apply to a position through a
public job board you are generally one of hundreds of applications you have to sift
through.

Hound currently accepts no advertising and is being funded 100% by Barnes.

"I get criticized almost daily for not accepting money on this project, or
advertising," says Barnes. "I want to change the way the world gets jobs by doing
it better, faster and cheaper. I do not think a lot of people realize how powerful
this search engine is and how much better both employers and job seekers will be
served by it. This thing is going to change the world."

Hound uses a complex algorhytm to display the most relevant employer webpage results
for job seekers. In addition, the site shows no positions from other job boards, no
sponsored results and no recruiter jobs. According to Barnes, his objective is to
give users the most pure results possible when they are searching for positions.

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Contact:
Mary Waldron
Hound.com
626-243-1821
maryw@lawcrossing.com

About Hound.com:

Hound.com is a Juriscape company. Juriscape has been helping job seekers find
employment for more than seven years. Juriscape was founded in January 2000 with
the launch of its flagship legal-recruiting firm, BCG Attorney Search. Today,
Juriscape has grown into an international, multimillion-dollar affiliation of more
than 15 profitable companies and 500 enthusiastic employees.



Web Site = http://www.Hound.com

Contact Details = Contact:
Mary Waldron
Hound.com
626-243-1821
maryw@lawcrossing.com