The Washington Post and Simply Hired Announce Partnership

WASHINGTON & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Washington Post and Simply Hired, the largest job search engine and recruitment advertising network, announced today a partnership that provides washingtonpost.com national users access to Simply Hired’s comprehensive database of 3 million national job listings.

Simply Hired’s job search and classification technology will provide national users with relevant job listings through targeted job widgets on news pages. In addition, Simply Hired will supplement The Washington Post’s extensive job listings in the Washington D.C. Metro area with a National Jobs channel, which can be found at http://nationaljobs.washingtonpost.com.

“The Washington Post has long been a top destination for jobseekers in the D.C. area and we’ve found that many of our national visitors desire that same service,” said Goli Sheikholeslami, General Manager of Washington Post Digital. “Now anyone who comes to washingtonpost.com will be able to search for jobs in their area, and be delivered relevant job listings alongside the news they are already reading.”

“During these hard economic times, the Washington Post is providing its online readers a great resource for finding employment,” said Gautam Godhwani, the Co-founder and CEO of Simply Hired. “In addition, anyone looking to fill open jobs will have the opportunity to tap into this intelligent and informed audience of active and passive job seekers.”

To view national jobs on washingtonpost.com, go to: http://nationaljobs.washingtonpost.com.

About Simply Hired

With more than 5 million job listings worldwide and over 5,000 job search partners, Simply Hired (www.SimplyHired.com) is the largest job search engine and recruitment advertising network. The company has exclusive partnerships with MySpace and LinkedIn as well as the largest set of professional applications on Facebook. The company has international sites in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and India. Simply Hired has been lauded as one of the "50 Coolest Websites" by Time Magazine and declared "Best of the Web" by Business Week. Simply Hired has raised $17.7M in funding from News Corporation's Fox Interactive Media, Foundation Capital, Garage Technology Ventures and individual investors. The company is privately held and is based in Mountain View, California.

About The Washington Post

The Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com) provides award-winning news and understanding about the politics, policies, personalities and institutions that make Washington, D.C. the world’s seat of power, and is a critical tool and information source for those who call Washington, D.C. home. In digital form, The Washington Post combines its world-class journalism with the latest technology and tools, and encourages participation and customization across all platforms so readers can engage with The Washington Post anytime, anywhere. The Washington Post is owned by The Washington Post Company (NYSE:WPO), a diversified education and media company.