CHICAGO, June 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Founded in 1995
as a free online scholarship search, Fastweb today celebrates 20
years of helping students find ways to pay for school. Fastweb
(www.fastweb.com), the leading website for scholarship and
financial aid information, is a member of the Monster network.
In the first year of the existence, the site that started with
270 scholarship searches on the first day had built a database of
more than 180,000 scholarship, grant, loan, and fellowship
listings. The free scholarship search site was then renamed
Fastweb, which stands for (F)inancial (A)id
(S)earch (T)hrough the (W)eb.
On July 12, 2001, Monster
Worldwide, a global leader in connecting people to jobs, acquired
Fastweb. By June 2004, Fastweb grew
to more than 25 million registered users and the awards database
grew to more than 600,000 awards.
Today, Fastweb has a database of over 1.5 million
scholarships worth over $3.4
billion. The company continues to be the leader
in scholarship matching with unique scholarships for students
across numerous majors, grade levels and interests such as the
$100k Siemens Competition, $50k Imagine Cup Games Competition, $20k
Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest, $10k "From Failure to Promise" Essay
Contest and the $5k Girls Impact the World Film Festival
Scholarship.
"I am proud to say that Fastweb's objective remains the same it
was 20 years ago, connecting students and their families with
opportunities to help pay for college," said Mark Nelson, Managing Director of Fastweb.
"Fastweb continues to guide students through the college process,
give practical advice on financial aid, student life, career advice
and, of course, match students to scholarships and, today,
internships. In fact, 1-in-3 college-bound seniors use Fastweb as a
resource, a figure they are extremely honored to share."
Fastweb has added valuable site features, such as Featured
Scholarships, Sweeps and Promos, a Student Lending Center and
Featured Internships, all of which are additional opportunities for
students to find ways to pay for school.
About Fastweb:
Fastweb, a top site in the Monster
Worldwide (NYSE: MWW) network, is the nation's recognized leader in
helping students pay for school, by providing scholarship and
financial aid information, as well as information on jobs and
internships. One out of three college-bound seniors use the site,
and more than 50 million users have benefitted from Fastweb's
information and services. Fastweb lets students create personalized
profiles that can be matched against its expansive databases of
colleges and scholarships. As the oldest and most popular free
online scholarship matching service, the database has more than 1.5
million scholarships totaling over $3.4
billion. To learn more about Fastweb, visit www.fastweb.com
and follow Fastweb on social media for the latest on paying for
school all year long: Twitter (at @PayingForSchool); Facebook;
Pinterest; Google+.
About Monster Worldwide:
Monster Worldwide, Inc.
(NYSE: MWW) is a global leader in connecting people to jobs,
wherever they are. For more than 20 years, Monster has helped
people improve their lives with better jobs, and employers find the
best talent. Today, the company offers services in more than 40
countries, providing some of the broadest, most sophisticated
job seeking, career management, recruitment and talent management
capabilities. Monster continues its pioneering work of transforming
the recruiting industry with advanced technology using intelligent
digital, social and mobile solutions, including our flagship
website monster.com® and a vast array of products and
services. For more information visit monster.com/about.
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