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Fast Company Launches Online Career Guide.


BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 1998--

`Working Progress' Taps The Monster Board To Help

Job Seekers job seeker also job·seek·er
n.
One who seeks employment.
 And Employers Find A Better Fit

Fast Company magazine, the handbook for the new economy, today announced the launch of Working Progress, its online career guide. Working Progress (www.fastcompany.com/career) is a career site where people can come to look for new jobs, learn new strategies for personal career management, and find new solutions to universal workplace dilemmas. Through a strategic alliance with TMP TMP (thymidine monophosphate): see thymine.  Worldwide's The Monster Board, the company that operates the careers site www.monster.com, Working Progress offers an entirely new category of job listings--"fast company" jobs for "fast company" employees.

"We often hear this feedback from readers after an issue hits the newsstands: 'I wish I could work for a fast company'," said Cheryl Dahle, Web Editor, Fast Company. "Working Progress will help job seekers and employers do just that--find a job that is more than just work, but a match of common values, ideals, and goals."

"Fast Company has the pulse on the new employee of today's world and The Monster Board has the pulse on the career tools they need," said Jeff Taylor For the U.S. Attorney, see .

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Jeff Taylor is a founder of the online jobs site Monster.com. He attended UMass Amherst and joined the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. He worked as a DJ before working on the startup in the mid 90s.
, 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 TMP Interactive and founder of The Monster Board. "The alliance with Fast Company is consistent with our efforts to expand The Monster Board's content and reach to new communities of job seekers."

Working Progress is organized into six sections that take job seekers and employers step by step through every aspect of the job hunt, they are:

-- Find your calling -- Is your job your calling? Do you have a

career that builds meaning for you? Is it time to leave your job?

Working Progress shares stories and tools to help you find the

answers to those questions--and a more fulfilling career.

-- Search for a job -- You've decided. For whatever reason, it's

time for You to leave. Here's the help you need to find work at a

fast company, including unique job listings from companies

looking for Looking for

In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with.
 people like you and help packaging brand YOU.

-- Make a choice -- Time to decide. You've got an offer, or more

than one. Should you take it? How should you negotiate? What's

the best way to leave gracefully grace·ful  
adj.
Showing grace of movement, form, or proportion: "Capoeira is a graceful ballet of power and control, artists kicking and jumping in synchronized movement" Alisa Valdes.
? Stories and advice on how to

handle making the big leap. Build brand YOU -- Even if you love

your job, there's always work to do on improving the brand called

YOU. Working Progress will help you build more than a

resume--we'll help you build a brand.

-- Go free agent -- Declaring your independence? If you've decided

to strike out on your own, this is the place to go. You'll find

our toolkit to help you wrestle with everything that comes with

free agency and entrepreneurialism.

-- Move on -- You've got to relocate for that great new job. Working

Progress has everything you need to know about how to get

yourself, and all your stuff, where it needs to go.

This new section on the Fast Company Web site (www.fastcompany.com) also offers Fast Company articles on personal career management, including such landmark stories as "Free Agent Nation," which defined the self-employment movement, and "The Brand Called YOU," in which marketing genius Tom Peters urged readers to redefine Verb 1. redefine - give a new or different definition to; "She redefined his duties"
define, delimit, delimitate, delineate, specify - determine the essential quality of

2.
 the way they market themselves to potential employers. Archives also include down-and-dirty practical guides such as "Your First 60 Days" and "35 Ways to Find a Job Online."

Fast Company is a magazine that takes you inside companies to meet people who are inventing better ways of doing business. The magazine showcases real people, real solutions, and innovative ideas. Founded by two former Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Review is a general management magazine published since 1922 by Harvard Business School Publishing, owned by the Harvard Business School. A monthly research-based magazine written for business practitioners, it claims a high ranking business readership and  editors, William Taylor William Taylor is the name of: Political figures
  • William Robert Taylor (1820–1909), governor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin
  • William Sylvester Taylor (1853–1928), Kentucky attorney general, indicted for conspiracy to assassinate governor
 and Alan Webber, Fast Company is published by U.S.News & World Report, which is owned by Mortimer Zuckerman Mortimer Benjamin "Mort" Zuckerman (born 1937, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Jewish American magazine editor, publisher, and real estate billionaire.

He co-founded Boston Properties, Inc. in 1970. He is chairman of the board, and director.
. To receive a complementary issue please call 212.916.3807. Fast Company content, archive material, and interactive community features can be found on the award-winning Web site, http://www.fastcompany.com.

The Monster Board (www.monster.com) is the most successful career center on the World Wide Web, connecting top employers with job seekers online. The site receives more than 2 million visits per month by people accessing the site to look for job opportunities and gather information on furthering their careers, and by hiring managers seeking qualified candidates. With positions ranging from intern intern /in·tern/ (in´tern) a medical graduate serving in a hospital preparatory to being licensed to practice medicine.

in·tern or in·terne
n.
 to CEO, The Monster Board aims to be the "career site for life," helping people manage their career progression. Media Metrix/PC Meter's July ratings reported that The Monster Board continues to remain the Web's top ranked career site.

The Monster Board is the flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation.  of the Interactive Division of TMP Worldwide (NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on
: "TMPW"), the most comprehensive provider of traditional and online career solutions and the world's largest yellow page advertising agency. More information about The Monster Board is available at www.monster.com or by calling 1-800-MONSTER.
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