MUMBAI, India, Feb. 23, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones & Company and Naukri.com, India's No. 1 job site, today announced an exclusive agreement that will power The Wall Street Journal's India Web site (http://india.wsj.com/">http://india.wsj.com) to feature premium job listings from Naukri.com. This new job section featured on the site will enable users to browse and search for jobs across industries offering CTC in the range of Rs 15 Lakh and above (USD $30,000.00+). The job listings will also be available on a new mobile application to be launched soon in India.
In addition, The Wall Street Journal will offer comprehensive content from WSJ.com to be used in a co-branded newsletter for job-seekers and recruiters within the Naukri.com resume database and to be integrated with the relevant sections of Naukri.com.
Naukri.com will provide job-related content to a new mobile application in India, set to be launched in the coming weeks. The mobile integration will extend to the 15+ lakh CTC job listings and job search function to mobile users.
"Working with Naukri.com is the latest example of our commitment to India and the region to provide readers and users with the most regionally relevant experience possible," said Mitya New, managing director, Dow Jones India. "Our readers rely on the Journal for news and information to make business and personal decisions every day, and the new job listings and related content will enhance that experience and allow us to serve our readers even better."
Sanjeev Bikhchandani, founder and CEO, Naukri.com, said, "Joining forces with The Wall Street Journal will enable high quality global content from the Journal to reach our job seekers and recruiters. Given the journal's marquee positioning it provides an ideal platform for our premium job segment to reach the relevant target audience. This is an exciting move for us at Naukri, which we are certain will prove beneficial for recruiters and senior candidates."
About The Wall Street Journal
Founded in 1889, The Wall Street Journal is the world's leading business publication. Boasting more than two million subscribers, the Journal is the largest newspaper by total paid circulation and has the largest individually paid circulation of the top 25 U.S. newspapers. The Wall Street Journal franchise, with a global audience of 3.8 million, also comprises The Wall Street Journal Asia, The Wall Street Journal Europe and The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com, the leading provider of business and financial news and analysis on the Web with more than one million subscribers and 26 million users per month. WSJ.com is the flagship site of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, which also includes MarketWatch.com, Barrons.com and AllThingsD.com. The Wall Street Journal Radio Network services news and information to more than 375 radio stations in the U.S. The Journal holds 33 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism, and, in 2009, was ranked No. 1 in BtoB's Media Power 50 for the 10th consecutive year.
About Naukri.com
Naukri.com, India's No. 1 job site and the flagship brand of Info Edge, revolutionized the concept of recruitment in India. Since its inception in 1997, Naukri.com has seen sustained growth. Info Edge completed a successful IPO in November 2006 and remains the only listed Internet Company in India.
Naukri.com is a recruitment platform that provides hiring-related services to corporates/recruiters, placement agencies and to job seekers in India and overseas. It offers multiple products like Resume Database Access, and Response Management tools and its services include Job Postings, and branding solutions on the site. Naukri.com serviced over 34,000 corporate clients in 2008-2009.
The company has over 1400 people operating through 54 offices in 37 cities in India and overseas offices in Dubai, Riyadh and Bahrain.