CareerEngine, Inc. Partners With click2learn.com to Provide Continuing Education Career Services.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2000 Computer-Based Career Courses Available on Leading E-Recruiting Network CareerEngine, Inc. (a subsidiary of Helmstar Group, Inc., AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange : HLM HLM Habitation à Loyer Modéré (France) HLM Houston Lake Mining, Inc (Val Caron, ON, Canada) HLM Heart-Lung Machine HLM Hierarchical Linear Modelling HLM Holland, Michigan ) today announced that it has partnered with click2learn.com (www.click2learn.com) to provide industry specific career development services through CareerEngine's network of 23 targeted career websites. Services to be offered through CareerEngine's Online Learning Center will include web-based and classroom training and certifications, as well as targeted books and computer-based training See CBT. (application) Computer-Based Training - (CBT) Training (of humans) done by interaction with a computer. The programs and data used in CBT are known as "courseware." media. The partnership will enable CareerEngine to offer employees continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). and certification coursework coursework Noun work done by a student and assessed as part of an educational course Noun 1. coursework - work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's in business areas such as computer programming, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , and sales and marketing. Additionally, online courses created by CareerEngine via click2learn.com's click2learn.publisher will be available at the Online Learning Center and through click2learn.com's network. These and other educational services from click2learn.com, a leading international provider of computer-based professional training and skill development coaching, help employees to advance in their careers, as well as to better market themselves to prospective employers. In expanding its professional development services, CareerEngine also benefits employers by providing courses in human resources designed to improve recruitment efforts and boost employee retention. "click2learn.com's educational services enable CareerEngine to provide another value-added dimension to our career sites for both job candidates and employers," said Tom Ferrara, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CareerEngine. "Visitors to our network of category specific sites will be impressed with the diversity of career development resources that we provide at the click of a mouse." "Like our partnerships with Go2Net and VerticalNet, we are constantly looking to partner with leading websites to offer their communities access to leading online courseware. In addition to providing additional revenue, e-Learning also increases the value of a website by increasing a site's stickiness," said Kevin Oakes, President of click2learn.com, inc. "We are excited to partner with CareerEngine to provide click2learn.com's e-Learning services to the CareerEngine community." About CareerEngine, Inc. CareerEngine (http://www.careerengine.com) is the leading network of category specific career destination sites, including its flagship sites: ITClassifieds.com, SalesClassifieds.com and AccountingClassifieds.com. CareerEngine job counselors and recruiters help prospective candidates define, locate and secure career opportunities and/or consulting assignments. The network's 23 individual sites are interactive "virtual communities" that offer a personal approach to online career search. Headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , CareerEngine offers e-recruiting services to Fortune 1000 companies. The company has distribution partnerships with leading recruiting firms, which sell the services of CareerEngine's sites. The company is a subsidiary of Helmstar Group, Inc., a publicly traded merchant bank with a 25-year history. About click2learn.com click2learn.com is designed to be the lifelong learning Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organisations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviors. partner to the business professional by providing professional education and training on a variety of topics. Using the Internet to remove economic and logistical barriers to critical learning, click2learn.com allows larger organizations to access the site using an Application Service Provider (ASP) model, by integrating a customer configurable version of click2learn.com with their organization's intranets, complete with sophisticated learning management features and functionality. click2learn.com also allows individuals and small- to medium-sized businesses to access formal training online directly through www.click2learn.com in an engaging and highly interactive format with a standard web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . Certain statements in this press release constitute "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Such forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. are based on current expectations and information available to management at this time. They may involve known risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. |
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