WESTBROOK, Maine, March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- JobsInTheUS.com, one of the largest Internet recruiting companies in the Northeast, recently received $34,500 in grant money specifically earmarked for training purposes of 23 new employees. The grant money is awarded by the Maine Quality Centers Program, an economic development initiative of the Maine Community College system. JobsInTheUS.com is owned by Journal Register Company , and operates 18 local job internet sites including JobsInME.com (Maine), JobsInNH.com (New Hampshire), JobsInVT.com (Vermont) and JobsInRI.com (Rhode Island) and others.

The Maine Quality Centers Program works with new and expanding businesses in Maine to help with workforce education and training, while providing new employment and career advancement opportunities for Maine people. JobsInTheUS.com will be working with Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) to facilitate the training programs. The programs will include instruction in IT, Sales, Time Management and Leadership skills.

"The Maine Quality Centers is truly an amazing program," said Lynsey Wood, Recruitment and Training Coordinator for JobsInTheUS.com. "JobsInTheUS.com has experienced so much growth throughout the past year that this grant comes at a perfect time as we continue to hire. It has been a pleasure to work with SMCC and the Business & Community Partnerships Division at SMCC. Their flexibility in meeting our company's specific training needs is remarkable. We anticipate that quality training on this level will be of great benefit to our employees, to the company as a whole and to the communities we serve."

Julie Chase, Training Coordinator of the Business & Community Partnership Division at SMCC, added, "Our goal is to meet the needs of our partner, JobsInTheUS.com, with high quality training and instruction. We believe that companies such as JobsInTheUS.com, who continue to grow on a regular basis, will see great benefits from this program."

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, JobsInNewYork.com, JobsInPA.com, JobsInNJ.com, JobsInMS.com, JobsInLouisiana.com, JobsInAL.com, JobsInKS.com, JobsInMD.com, JobsInVA.com, JobsInWV.com, JobsInDE.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, for
JobsInTheUS.com

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