American Escrow Association Announces Launch of Career Portal Powered By Escrowboard.com
March 31 2004 - 6:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
American Escrow Association Announces Launch of Career Portal
Powered By Escrowboard.com Alliance Combines Top Escrow Industry
Career Portal and Nation's Premier Escrow Industry Association
NOVATO, Calif., March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- OnStaff(R)'s
Internet Division, Escrowboard.com, the leading escrow industry
career Web site, announced today an important strategic partnership
with the American Escrow Association (AEA), creating an AEA career
portal. "We are excited to announce the union between the nation's
leading escrow career center, Escrowboard.com, and the American
Escrow Association. We look forward to building a great
relationship and to sharing future successes with the AEA," stated
Jeffrey Evans, Executive Vice President of Hall Kinion(R), the
parent company of OnStaff. This independently powered jobsite for
job seekers and employers is a first for any escrow association in
the United States. The AEA will use the technology and membership
of Escrowboard.com to power their career network on
http://www.a-e-a.org/. The new job board will allow AEA job seekers
to search extensive job postings, build and post resumes with
Escrowboard.com's technology. Employers may post jobs through the
network, giving themaccess to Escrowboard.com's extensive pool of
resumes and 1.25 million job seekers. "The AEA is demonstrating how
an association can offer a superior employment service that will
not only serve their current membership, but also expand their
reach across the nation. This new venture will further establish
AEA and Escrowboard.com as the benchmark for online employment in
the escrow industry," says Evans. "We are gearing up for every
escrow association in America to have a jobsite that incorporates
our extensive membership and job placement technology." AEA
President, Neal M. Takeuchi, adds, "Escrowboard.com brings added
value to our membership and we look forward to a successful
relationship together." About Escrowboard.com Escrowboard.com, one
of the premier Internet providers of employment information for job
seekers, employers and recruiters, is a career Web site
specializing in mortgage, title, escrow and banking.
Escrowboard.com, named one of the top 500 career sites by
CareerXroads.com, allows users to streamline, economize and manage
the recruiting and search component of the employment process.
Visit them online at http://www.escrowboard.com/. About AEA The
American Escrow Association promotes the highest standards of
professional and ethical, conduct, among which are expert
knowledge, accountability, fair dealing, and service to our clients
and our community. The Association provides education, legislative
and regulatory representation, and public relations for its
membership and the escrow industry, while serving as a forum for
the development of common business interests. Visit them online at
http://www.a-e-a.org/ About OnStaff OnStaff is a premier national
specialty staffing firm placing temporary and full-time
professionals in the Title, Escrow, Mortgage, Financial Services
and Healthcare industries. The Company operates industry-specific
recruiting and placement Web sites including:
http://www.titleboard.com/, http://www.escrowboard.com/,
http://www.bankingboard.com/and MediCenter.com. OnStaff's Web site
address is http://www.onstaff.com/. OnStaff is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Hall Kinion & Associates, Inc. About Hall Kinion
& Associates Hall, Kinion & Associates, Inc., The Talent
Source(R) for specialized professionals, delivers world-class
talent on a contract and full-time basis to high-demand sectors.
The Company finds, evaluates and places industry- specific
Technology and Corporate Professionals. Founded in 1991, Hall
Kinion completed its initial public offering in 1997. The Company
operates two divisions, both of which provide consultants and
direct-hire talent: The Technology Professional Division places
highly- skilled experts in positions ranging from software
engineering to CTO into technology, financial services, healthcare,
government and energy sectors. The Corporate Professional Services
Division (OnStaff) places specialists at all levels into real
estate, financial services and healthcare sectors. For the most
current corporate and financial information, visit the Company's
Web site at http://www.hallkinion.com/. The statements contained in
this release that are not purely historical are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding Hall Kinion's
expectations, beliefs, hopes, intentions, models or strategies
regarding the future. All forward-looking statements included in
this release are based upon information available to Hall Kinion as
of the date thereof, and Hall Kinion assumes no obligation to
update any such forward-looking statement. Actual results could
differ materially from Hall Kinion's current expectations. Factors
that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are
not limited to the rate of hiring and productivity of sales and
sales support personnel; the availability of qualified
professionals; changes in the relative mix between contract and
permanent placement services; changes in the pricing of Hall
Kinion's services; the timing and rate of entrance into or exit
from new geographic markets and the addition and closing of
offices; the structure and timing of acquisitions, changes in
demand for professionals; changes in the economic outlook for the
high technology industry and general economic factors. Please refer
to the discussion of risk factors and other factors included in
Hall Kinion's Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 29,
2002 and other filings made with the Securities & Exchange
Commission ("SEC"). This press release speaks only as of the date
it was issued and readers are cautioned that changes in general
economic, business or other conditions or in the business
condition, financial results or operations of Hall Kinion may have
occurred since such date. Hall Kinion undertakes no duty to update
the information appearing in the press release. Also, subsequent
press releases may have been issued, subsequent public conference
calls may have been held or documents containing later or
additional information may have been filed with the SEC or NASDAQ
or otherwise become available or come into existence. DATASOURCE:
Hall, Kinion & Associates, Inc.; American Escrow Association
CONTACT: Investors, Martin Kropelnicki, Vice President & CFO of
Hall, Kinion & Associates, Inc., +1-415-895-2200 Web site:
http://www.hallkinion.com/ http://www.a-e-a.org/
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