RESTON, Va., March 27, 2006 For the third consecutive year, TrueCareers has been named a User's Choice Award winner by WEDDLE's, a specialty publisher known as the "Zagat of the online employment industry." WEDDLE's User Choice Awards are the only awards where actual users not pundits pick the winners. The awards have been presented annually since 2001.
"We are thrilled to be honored with this award for the third-straight year. It confirms that job seekers and recruiters recognize the quality we deliver," said Cecelia Dwyer, president, TrueCareers. "TrueCareers is committed to providing employment opportunities from leading organizations while offering recruiters the highest quality candidates and this third WEDDLE's award recognizes our goal of delivering real results to both sides of the recruiting process."
TrueCareers is the leading online job board for finding educated and diverse candidates quickly and easily. Launched in 2001, TrueCareers has more than 1 million job candidates. TrueCareers has been featured in WEDDLE's Guide to Employment Web Sites since 2002 as an effective online tool for connecting prospective employees and employers.
Voting for the User's Choice Awards takes place each year at the WEDDLE's Web site. Job seekers and recruiters may cast a ballot for any job board or career portal operating on the Internet and for as many or as few sites as they desire. WEDDLE's User Choice Awards are presented to the 30 sites that receive the most votes during the calendar year. This year, over 30,000 unique ballots were cast. For a complete list of the 2006 winners of WEDDLE's User's Choice Awards, visit the Awards area of its Web site, www.weddles.com.
For more information about TrueCareers, visit www.TrueCareers.com.
About TrueCareers
TrueCareers is the leading online job board for finding educated, diverse candidates quickly and easily. As a division of Sallie Mae ®, the nation's leading provider of education fundingSM, TrueCareers is uniquely positioned to source the Sallie Mae database of loan borrowers and offer these highly desirable candidates to leading employers. TrueCareers received a 2004 and 2005 WEDDLE's User's Choice Award and was named to CAREERXROADS's most recent 50 Best of the Best List. TrueCareers follows Sallie Mae's privacy policy and does not disclose personal information to third parties. For more information, visit www.TrueCareers.com or call 1-800-441-4062. SLM Corporation and its subsidiaries are not sponsored by or agencies of the United States.
Erica Eriksdotter
Media Specialist, Corporate Communications
Sallie Mae
12061 Bluemont Way
Reston, VA 20190
T: 703-984-5628
Erica.Eriksdotter[at]SallieMae.com