Confabb Plays Matchmaker for Meetings Industry Resources and Jobs
New York, NY (PRWEB) March 10, 2008 -- confabb.com (http://confabb.com), the web's largest resource of conferences, conventions, trade shows and meetings in the world, today announced the launch of two new offerings: Confabb Resources (http://confabb.com/resources) and Confabb Jobs (http://jobs.confabb.com/). Confabb's new resources and careers pages connect event organizers with comprehensive lists of vendor resources, and helps employers find qualified professionals, all in one destination location created specifically for the meetings industry community.
Confabb.com is the largest searchable, socially-networked resource on the web for the conferences, conventions, tradeshows and meetings marketplace. It's the first stop for anyone researching events they're interested in attending and services more than 65,000 events over 400 distinct verticals, with more being added every day. The addition of Confabb Resources and Jobs comes at a dynamic time in the events space; according to Meeting Professionals International (MPI), the Conference, Exhibition, Meetings and Incentive Travel industry represents a $122 billion opportunity in North America alone--one of the most dynamic growth industries anywhere. The Resources and Jobs pages on Confabb provide valuable listings of product and services vendors to the meetings industry and a super-targeted pool of career candidates.
Confabb Resources provide:
? A comprehensive, searchable listing of categories for vendors to showcase their offerings, including:
o Online registration
o Booths, displays, exhibits
o Promotional items
o Industry blogs, lists and newsletters
o Speakers bureaus
o Associations
Confabb Jobs provides an easily searchable database of openings
? Employers can:
o Quickly and easily post positions to target an audience comprised of relevant, high-value candidates
? Job seekers can:
o Search all of Confabb's listings by type of job and/or by geographical location
o Get email alerts when new jobs of interest are posted
o Subscribe to Confabb Jobs via RSS to receive instant alerts when applicable job openings are posted
"This is a fast-growing industry and from the first day we launched we've been asked when Confabb would provide a marketplace function for vendors to connect with event organizers, and a jobs resource," said Jon Mandell, COO, Confabb. "We've always intended to add new functionality to Confabb and these are two very natural starting points. Our position as the largest resource in the meetings space makes us a natural first stop for organizers looking for vendors and professionals in the meetings industry to network with each other and be exposed to employers with career openings. We're excited about the launch of these two products and expect the reception for them to be very warm."
Advertise on Confabb Now
To inquire about listing a business on our Resources page email sales (at) confab.com. To post a job opening go to the Jobs page and click the "Post a Job (http://jobs.confabb.com/post)" button at the top. Confabb is now accepting applications for preferred vendors who will enjoy added visibility, and the job boards are already filling up with fantastic, targeted jobs. Speakers are growing their audiences via Confabb, while organizers are using the free tools to market their events. Attendees are staying on top of their industry happenings and using Confabb to network with peers. And as always, registration for anyone to use the site is free. Join the conference community.
About Confabb.com
Confabb www.confabb.com combines an aggregate database of major conferences, conventions, and trade shows and meetings sorted by industry with social networking tools designed to empower conference audiences to improve their overall live event experience through the Web. Built into the site are resources for vendors to the meetings industry, a high-value jobs hub linking employers and savvy meetings professionals, and a reputation management system to be used by conference attendees, speakers, sponsors, organizers and administrators allowing people to plan for and attend conferences, and critique and review those they have attended and want to share with colleagues. No other resource contains such a comprehensive listing of events or as robust a tool set for maximizing the conference experience via the live Web. Conferences are opportunities, don't miss yours.
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