ELearners. com and onTargetjobs Forge Alliance to Help Job Seekers Find Online Learning Opportunities
ELearners. com, the leading resource for connecting students with online education, announced today it has forged an alliance with onTargetjobs, the leading niche Internet job board company, to power its online education directory. eLearners. com will provide onTargetjobs' business unit websites a comprehensive database of information on distance learning opportunities, including online courses, online degrees and online certificate programs, as well as a wealth of resources on the subject of online education.
Hoboken, NJ (PRWEB) January 16, 2007
eLearners. com, the leading resource for connecting students with online education, announced today it has forged an alliance with onTargetjobs, the leading niche Internet job board company, to power its online education directory. eLearners. com will provide onTargetjobs' business unit websites a comprehensive database of information on distance learning opportunities, including online courses, online degrees and online certificate programs, as well as a wealth of resources on the subject of online education.
"Consumer demand for online education has been accelerating over recent years, particularly among those in career transition," said Allen Paschal, CEO of onTargetjobs, Inc. "Operating some of the premier job sites in the country, it is important that we provide our visitors access to one of the most comprehensive databases of online learning opportunities."
The new online education directory will be incorporated into onTargetjobs' business unit sites, including BioSpace. com, CareerBank. com, Hcareers. com, MedHunters. com and HEALTHeCAREERS. com, as well as the 42 local career centers exclusively powered by onTargetJobs which appear across bizjournals. com, the online media division of American City Business Journals, the nation's largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers. Visitors to these sites will be able to search eLearners. com's extensive database of over 6,000 online courses and 1,700 online degree and certificate programs by a variety of criteria, including curriculum, degree level, course level and more, and in turn receive rich, transparent and objective information about distance learning opportunities. Additionally, the online education directory will feature the eLearners Advisor® (http://www. elearners. com/advisor/index. asp (http://www. elearners. com/advisor/index. asp)), a unique assessment tool that helps prospective students determine if online learning is right for them.
"Now, consumers will have a comprehensive one stop shop for both the jobs they want and the education they need," said Andrew Gansler, CEO of eLearners. com. "At the same time, this alliance establishes a powerful opportunity for online education providers, such as colleges and universities, to tap into a base of highly qualified prospective students through their relationship with eLearners."
About eLearners. com Inc.
Since 1999, eLearners. com® -- Where Learning Begins -- has been successfully connecting learners to education, including degree and certificate programs, specialized training and a variety of courses. For prospective students, eLearners® provides a powerful search engine of online offerings as well as extensive educational resources, available at no cost. For colleges and universities, eLearners® performance-based marketing services offer a low-cost, high quality method to increase enrollment and exposure to their learning programs. For more information on eLearners. com Inc., visit http://www. elearners. com (http://www. elearners. com).
About onTargetjobs
OnTargetjobs is the parent company of Applied Recruitment Technologies (HEALTHeCAREERS. com), Hcareers. com, CareerBank. com, BioSpace. com and MedHunters. com, providing online career services to the accounting, biotech, finance, insurance, healthcare, pharmaceutical, hospitality and restaurant markets. onTargetjobs invests in leading niche internet job sites, serving a defined vertical industry or job function. Our operating philosophy is to invest in strong management teams who continue to operate the acquired company, with onTargetjobs assisting through capital, consultative and other resources to enable accelerated company growth. For more information on onTargetjobs, its operating business units or partnership opportunities visit http://www. ontargetjobs. com (http://www. ontargetjobs. com) or contact Jeff Sauls, onTargetjobs, Inc. at 817-717-1407.
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