Jobzle.com matches employers to students

PROVIDENCE – Jobzle.com is trying to make a name for itself in the crowded field of job-search websites, though this one has a focus its creators know well: college students.

“You shouldn't have to waste hours of your day going website to website to find a job,” advertises the new site.

Re-launched on Wednesday by the five Brown University creators, Jobzle is designed to facilitate the job search for students looking for part-time work and internships.

The idea was originally announced in October 2009, but after refining the group's business plan and adding clients, about 120, Jobzle.com is exploring new fields, including options for non profits.

FM Global and Atrion Networking Corporation, and Rhode Island State Government Intern Program, are among the the early adopters of the online tool.

"As a college student, I know that a degree is no longer enough to guarantee me a job when I graduate," said Walker Williams, founder and CEO of Jobzle. "Job opportunities for recent graduates are increasingly competitive as college degrees become more commonplace. Students need to distinguish themselves from the pack, and the best way to do that is to have work experience.”

The company boasts that employers can post job offers in less than five minutes to students at all 11 Rhode Island colleges, an approximate audience of 90,000 people. The job posting costs employers $29.99 for part-time work and internships while postings for casual work, such as baby-sitting, is free.

Job seekers do not pay and can search by location, job type, industry and pay.

"What intrigued us most about Jobzle is its ability to capture marketplace by way of employment opportunities and match them with college talent; quickly, efficiently and at an affordable cost," stated Allan Tear, managing partner of the startup-accelerator program Betaspring, where the project originated. "Until the launch of Jobzle, no one had been able to effectively target college and university students with such opportunities."

Jobzle.com points to a recent a Pew Center Research study which shows that the millennial generation boasts the highest college attendance rate but suffers the worst unemployment ever seen.