TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 align=right border=0>TBODY>TR>TD>TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=150 border=0>TBODY>TR>TD colSpan=2>IMG src="/_images/articles/OldStories/vancouver2010logo.gif">/TD>/TR>TR>TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; PADDING-TOP: 5px">SPAN class=caption>B>/B>/SPAN>/TD>TD width=12> /TD>/TR>/TBODY>/TABLE>/TD>/TR>/TBODY>/TABLE>B>National Recruitment for the Vancouver 2010BR>BR>Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games kicks-off at workopolis.comBR>BR>"Corporate athletes" wanted for 1,200 full-time, 3,500 temporary and 25,000 volunteer Games positions /B>BR>BR>Toronto, ON (October 3, 2006) - Workopolis, Canada's leading provider of Internet recruiting, career and job search solutions, today announced it has been selected as the exclusive Official Supplier of Online Recruitment for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC). BR>BR>VANOC's team is growing quickly and over the next three years all postings for 1,200 full-time, 3,500 temporary and 25,000 volunteer positions will appear on workopolis.com. Officials from Workopolis and VANOC unveiled the exclusive integration of VANOC jobs on the site today in Toronto. BR>BR>"We're searching for Canada's best 'corporate athletes' who are looking for an experience of a lifetime," said VANOC CEO John Furlong. "The 2010 Winter Games are Canada's Games and Workopolis' unparalleled national reach will help us recruit professionals who, like our Canadians athletes, are talented and passionate and will help us prepare to host the world in 2010."BR>BR>"VANOC is building a huge enterprise, expanding its team from the 275 employees to more than 30,000 paid and volunteer positions in the space of just over three years. That's a unique and demanding recruitment challenge, one which we're excited and honoured to tackle," commented Patrick Sullivan, President of Workopolis. "As the number one online career and job search resource in Canada, we can provide VANOC with unsurpassed reach to potential candidates in every region of the country. Plus, they can access our extensive database of more than one million searchable resumes and search directly for qualified candidates." BR>BR>Working or volunteering for the Games offers a unique career opportunity. As a one-stop site for all Games-related work opportunities, visitors to workopolis.com are encouraged to apply online for all available positions, and to take advantage of the site's job search tools including online resume posting and CareerAlerts, which provide email notification of relevant positions as they are posted.BR>BR>Paid positions at VANOC will range from entry-level to senior management and will be filled across eight divisions: CEO's Office; Sport, Paralympic Games, Venue Management and Technology & Systems; Games Services Operations & Ceremonies; Venue Development; Revenue, Marketing and Communications; Human Resources and Sustainability; Finance and Legal. BR>BR>"There will be many exciting opportunities to be part of the Vancouver 2010 team," continued Furlong. "Be it a transport systems manager, an accountant, a medal ceremonies assistant, a food services manager or a venue construction inspector, partnering with Workopolis will ensure we have access to the very best candidates from across the country."BR>BR>Workopolis was selected because of its wide reach to Canadians in both official languages, and sophisticated recruitment expertise. As the official online recruitment supplier, Workopolis will be providing, as of today, online job posting services on workopolis.com. Workopolis will integrate with VANOC's existing HR management software and will provide enhanced branding including a dedicated VANOC FastTrack area on the site and prominent on-site banner advertising. This new partnership will give VANOC the ability to search the large database of quality Canadian resumes in the workopolis.com and workopoliscampus.com databases.BR>BR>B>I>As a service to our readers, Around the Rings will provide verbatim texts of selected press releases issued by Olympic-related organizations, federations, businesses and sponsors.BR>BR>These press releases appear as sent to Around the Rings and are not edited for spelling, grammar or punctuation./B>/I>BR>BR>B>Your complete source of news about the Olympics is www.aroundtherings.com, for subscribers only./B>BR>
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