2008-08-13 09:19:00
Onward Search and SEMPO to promote programs to expand career
opportunities in search marketing for job seekers nationwide.
WILTON, Conn., Aug. 13 /EMWNews/ -- Onward Search Inc.
(http://www.onwardsearch.com), a nationwide provider of search marketing
professionals, has announced a joint partnership with the Search Engine
Marketing Professionals Organization (SEMPO) to promote programs to
increase the pool of search marketing talent available to the industry.
Through this partnership, Onward Search and SEMPO will work together to
develop initiatives to introduce search marketing as a career choice for
new entrants to the industry as well as develop additional training and
education opportunities for those professionals already in the workforce.
Onward Search is the nation's leading staffing provider of search
marketing professionals and works with companies nationwide to supply the
top talent within SEO, SEM, social media, and related specialties on a
temporary, temp-to-perm, and permanent basis. Onward Search also offers its
clients information technology and creative services professionals to
supplement their internet marketing and search marketing initiatives.
"One of the biggest challenges facing the search marketing industry is
to rapidly grow the supply of qualified search marketing professionals in
order to meet its anticipated growth over the next decade," said Ken Clark,
executive vice president and co-founder of Onward Search. "We are excited
to partner with SEMPO to promote search marketing as an outstanding career
choice for job seekers across the country."
As part of the agreement Onward Search will provide its employees,
after one-year of full-time employment, with $1200 in tuition reimbursement
towards courses offered by the SEMPO Institute, as well as full
reimbursement for Individual SEMPO membership. Additionally, Onward Search
and SEMPO will partner to develop content modules, training programs, and
other offerings around search marketing career development for new and
experienced search marketers alike.
"We see this partnership as an opportunity to help grow the talent pool
in the search marketing industry," said Jeffrey Pruitt, president of SEMPO.
"As the demand for search marketing professionals continues to grow, it is
important the industry develops training, education, and career development
options so we can encourage new entrants into the industry."
Mr. Clark and Katie Donovan, business development manager for the SEMPO
Institute, will be featured on a panel focused on the career opportunities
within search marketing at the Search Engine Strategies (SES) conference in
San Jose, CA next week. The panel, "Searching For Jobs in Search: Starting
and Advancing Your Career in the Industry," will be held from 2:45pm to
3:45pm on August 21st at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center.
Additionally, members of Onward Search and SEMPO will be exhibiting at SES
on August 19 and 20 at Booth #433 and Booth #331, respectively.
About Onward Search:
Onward Search is the nation's leading provider of search marketing,
creative, and information technology professionals. Onward Search
specializes in recruiting internet marketing and information technology
professionals who are required to implement and execute a company's online
media strategy. Onward Search is a full-service staffing provider and
provides temporary contract, temp-to-hire and direct-hire placements at
Fortune 1000 companies, search marketing agencies, and advertising firms
nationwide. Onward Search's co-founders have over 20 years of experience in
the staffing and internet marketing industries and the company is backed by
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, one of the leading private equity firms in
the country. For more information, please visit http://www.onwardsearch.com
or call (800) 829-0072 x3076.
About SEMPO Institute:
SEMPO Institute is a non-profit, on-line career development
organization, whose purpose is to educate and train professionals in the
growing field of search engine marketing. Supported by SEMPO, SEMPO
Institute's courses are developed by experts in search marketing and then
peer-reviewed for accuracy and best practices. Since its first course in
January of 2007, SEMPO Institute has educated more than 1000 individuals in
search marketing. SEMPO Institute's courses are available to SEMPO members
and the general public. For more information, please visit
http://www.sempoinstitute.com or call (781) 876-6214.
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