Toronto, ON (October 3, 2006) - Workopolis, Canada's leading provider of
Internet recruiting, career and job search solutions, today announced it
has been selected as the exclusive Official Supplier of Online
Recruitment for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
(VANOC).
VANOC's team is growing quickly and over the next three years all
postings for 1,200 full-time, 3,500 temporary and 25,000 volunteer
positions will appear on workopolis.com. Officials from Workopolis and
VANOC unveiled the exclusive integration of VANOC jobs on the site today
in Toronto.
"We're searching for Canada's best 'corporate athletes' who are looking
for an experience of a lifetime," said VANOC CEO John Furlong. "The 2010
Winter Games are Canada's Games and Workopolis' unparalleled national
reach will help us recruit professionals who, like our Canadians
athletes, are talented and passionate and will help us prepare to host
the world in 2010."
"VANOC is building a huge enterprise, expanding its team from the 275
employees to more than 30,000 paid and volunteer positions in the space
of just over three years. That's a unique and demanding recruitment
challenge, one which we're excited and honoured to tackle," commented
Patrick Sullivan, President of Workopolis. "As the number one online
career and job search resource in Canada, we can provide VANOC with
unsurpassed reach to potential candidates in every region of the
country. Plus, they can access our extensive database of more than one
million searchable resumes and search directly for qualified
candidates."
Working or volunteering for the Games offers a unique career
opportunity. As a one-stop site for all Games-related work
opportunities, visitors to workopolis.com are encouraged to apply online
for all available positions, and to take advantage of the site's job
search tools including online resume posting and CareerAlerts, which
provide email notification of relevant positions as they are posted.
Paid positions at VANOC will range from entry-level to senior management
and will be filled across eight divisions: CEO's Office; Sport,
Paralympic Games, Venue Management and Technology & Systems; Games
Services Operations & Ceremonies; Venue Development; Revenue, Marketing
and Communications; Human Resources and Sustainability; Finance and
Legal.
"There will be many exciting opportunities to be part of the Vancouver
2010 team," continued Furlong. "Be it a transport systems manager, an
accountant, a medal ceremonies assistant, a food services manager or a
venue construction inspector, partnering with Workopolis will ensure we
have access to the very best candidates from across the country."
About Workopolis
Workopolis is Canada's leading provider of Internet recruiting and job
search solutions offering a fully bilingual suite of award-winning
applications, products and services to both large and small Canadian
companies:
- workopolis.com(tm), Canada's biggest job site-with the most jobs,
visitors and employers of any Canadian job site
- workopolisCampus.com, Canada's biggest job site for students and
recent graduates
- CorporateWorks(tm), Canada's most implemented recruitment management
solution using the tools that power workopolis.com to power corporate
career sites
Workopolis is a unique and complementary partnership of three Canadian
media companies, The Globe and Mail division of Bell Globemedia, Toronto
Star Newspapers Ltd. and Gesca Ltd., the newspaper publishing subsidiary
of Power Corporation of Canada. Workopolis has offices in Vancouver,
Calgary, Guelph, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.
About VANOC
VANOC is responsible for the planning, organizing, financing and staging
of the XXI Olympic Winter Games and the X Paralympic Winter Games in
2010. The 2010 Olympic Winter Games will be staged in Vancouver and
Whistler from February 12 to 28, 2010. Vancouver and Whistler will host
the Paralympic Winter Games from March 12 to 21, 2010.
VANOC's marketing program is focused on securing mutually rewarding
partnerships with shared values to generate sufficient revenue to host
successful Winter Games in 2010 and to leave a financial legacy for
sport. In addition to International Partners; Coke, Atos Origin, GE,
McDonalds's Omega and Visa, VANOC's National Partners are Bell Canada,
RBC Financial Group, Hbc, RONA, Petro Canada and GM Canada. VANOC's
Official Supporters include the British Columbia Lottery Corporation and
the Royal Canadian Mint and VANOC's Official Suppliers include Haworth
Canada and Workopolis.
2010
For more information:
Olivia Yu
Environics Communications
416-969-2718
oyu[at]environicspr.com
For VANOC:
Chris Brumwell
Vancouver 2010 Communications
778-328-6269
chris_brumwell[at]vancouver2010.com