JobStreet.com Powers SM CHOICE

JobStreet.com powers SM CHOICE (Challenging Opportunities in an Industry Committed to Excellence), SM Department Store's annual search for top level management to help the retail giant boost its roster of company leaders. The first of three such upscale events scheduled for the year will be held at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex on March 14-15, 2008.

Senior managers with three to five years of extensive experience in management, marketing, retail merchandising, finance or information technology were pre-selected from JobStreet.com's database of over 1.5 million registered jobseekers. These candidates were then invited to apply online through the event’s microsite, accessible at www.jobstreet.com. In the site, applicants are asked to answer a short questionnaire which will facilitate the assessment of their qualifications for the position they are applying for.

Using JobStreet.com's SiVA online resume management facility to automatically sort, screen and rank the online applications, SM's Recruitment Department will contact the top-ranked candidates to attend the event proper for a series of interviews to further assess the applicants' suitability for the positions.

"With this partnership, JobStreet.com and SM CHOICE are innovating on how leadership recruitment is done," says Ritchie Ramos, JobStreet.com's marketing manager. "Employers now have the option to stage upscale hiring activities for prime positions while pinpointing the right people to invite."