WESTBROOK, Maine, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- JobsInLouisiana.com has announced a period of rapid growth, with more than a thousand jobs posted on the site in less than a six week period. The web site, which launched in January, is operated by JobsInTheUS.com, one of the largest Internet recruiting companies in the Northeast with nearly two million unique visits in the month of January 2007. JobsInTheUS.com is owned by Journal Register Company and operates 18 local job internet sites including JobsInMS.com (Mississippi), JobsInAL.com (Alabama), JobsInME.com (Maine), JobsInNH.com (New Hampshire), JobsInVT.com (Vermont) and JobsInRI.com (Rhode Island) and others.

"Our rapid growth is a direct result of a successful local model we have used since the beginning," said Matt Hoffner, President of JobsInTheUS.com. "We have proven that the employment transaction is a local in nature, and our web sites are an excellent tool that brings qualified candidates and employers together in an efficient and cost-effective way on a local level within in each state."

"Our mission goes beyond just a web site where you can post jobs," added Hoffner. "We believe in arming our customers, both job seekers and employers, with information and tools that allow them to grow on a professional level."

JobsInLouisiana.com includes JiUS (JobsInTheUS.com) University, providing HR professionals and recruiters with free or low cost educational seminars to help them hone their recruiting skills. Held bimonthly, JiUS University seminars are conducted at various locations throughout Louisiana. The courses include Internet Recruiting 101: Introduction to Online Recruiting; Internet Recruiting 200: Writing Effective Job Postings to Attract Passive Job Seekers; and many more. By attending these courses, PHR and SPHR certified professionals earn 2 credit hours towards recertification.

Karie Mire from Borden Milk Products says, "JobsInLouisiana.com has been a fantastic recruiting tool for us. I just started using the web site and posted several jobs, and within hours of posting the jobs I received more than 25 resumes from qualified candidates." Mire added, "The customer service and the tools on the web site have been superb, and as a recruiting tool I have found nothing better than JobsInLouisiana.com."

Since the creation of its first site, JobsInME.com, JobsInTheUS.com has seen rapid growth. With over 40,000 job openings posted in the 4th quarter of 2006, and now nearly 2,000,000 unique visits in January 2007, JobsInTheUS.com is one of the largest Internet job sites in the northeast United States and serves more than 20,000 employers.

About JobsInTheUS

Founded in 1999, JobsInTheUS is one of the fastest-growing local job Internet sites -- both in terms of unique visits to the Web sites and jobs posted. Headquartered in Westbrook, Maine, the company specializes in state- specific job Internet sites where qualified candidates who want to work in a particular state find a match with local employers at a lower cost for employers than other recruiting methods. JobsInTheUS operates JobsInME.com, JobsInNH.com, JobsInVT.com, JobsInRI.com, JobsInMA.com, JobsInCT.com,

JobsInDE.com, JobsInAL.com, JobsInLouisiana.com, JobsInMS.com, JobsInKS.com, JobsInMD.com, JobsInDC.com, JobsInVA.com, JobsInWV.com, and JobsInAK.com.

About Journal Register Company

Journal Register Company is a leading U.S. media company. Journal Register Company owns 22 daily newspapers and 344 non-daily publications. Journal Register Company currently operates 222 individual Web sites that are affiliated with the Company's daily newspapers, non-daily publications and its network of employment Web sites. These Web sites can be accessed at http://www.journalregister.com/. All of the Company's operations are strategically clustered in six geographic areas: Greater Philadelphia; Michigan; Connecticut; Greater Cleveland; and the Capital-Saratoga and Mid-Hudson regions of New York. The Company owns JobsInTheUS, a network of 19 premier employment Web sites.

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CONTACT: Angie Helton, +1-207-653-0365, nema@maine.rr.com

Web site: http://www.jobsintheus.com/