For over 10 years Employment Times has provided resources to job seekers and employers in Maine and New Hampshire through our weekly print publication and Web site. While the economy is playing a big factor in our every day lives, we saw an opportunity as a company to expand our services to those in need of employment information by merging with Sun Media Group, owners of the Lewiston Sun Journal and 11 other publications local to Maine.
We've always taken the stance that whether you are looking for a job or looking for employees you need to use more than one outlet, be it print, online, networking, word-of-mouth, etc. We launched MyJobWave.com in March 2009 exactly for that reason. People know us as the purple paper, but there is so much more to what we offer, but we didn't have the resources to share with our audience at its full capacity, until now.
We provide local job openings, career advice and HR/management articles, labor and employment news, listings of free and low-cost events for attendees such as networking and resume writing workshops, and job fairs. Our staff is involved with local Chambers of Commerce, career centers, Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) chapter affiliates in Maine and New Hampshire, Jobs for Maine Graduates, Best Companies Group and the Best Places to Work in Maine program, and we've partnered with several colleges and universities on job fairs and other events. We are, and have also been, board members for the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, Central Maine Human Resources Association, non-profit organizations and others. We also publish HRTimes, a quarterly human resources magazine, and we are heavily involved with the annual Maine HR Convention produced by Law Publishers.
In a nutshell, we have a lot of information to offer job seekers and employers. We are now launching a social networking campaign to provide what we learn to the public. Follow us on Twitter for news specific to Maine and/or New Hampshire, fan us on Facebook, join our Group on LinkedIn, and subscribe to our blog. We'll post jobs from our publication and MyJobWave.com, update with announcements and press releases from the Department of Labor and local employment news, blog about what we're hearing from job seekers and employers, and much more.
Our plan is simple: We are a hub for employment information. When we hear about it, so will you.
