SNAG A JOB ACTUALLY LIVES UP TO ITS’ NAME!

At 36, Shawn Boyer was working hard as a transactional lawyer for a Washington D.C. law firm. A friend of his asked him for help in looking for a summer internship. After searching on-line, Shawn was surprised when he failed to find many job search sites that were geared toward internships or hourly wage jobs. That’s when he came up with the idea for SnagaJob.com. Shawn researched the concept of the business in a way that lawyers do and finally left his job as a lawyer and started the company from the ground up. The business started in 2000 with two full-time employees crammed into a 1,000-square-foot space in a medical office park. It took off in a way no one could have expected and in the first two years, it received a million job applicants looking for hourly wage positions. Today it boasts 110 full-time "snaggers" in a 35,000-square-foot SiliconValley-like facility overlooking a lake in Richmond. Revenues have grown each year, and the company became profitable after its fourth year. Yet Shawn's passion goes beyond the bottom line, leading him to a level of volunteerism and community involvement that has become a big part of the drive behind his company's success. The people who know him, trust him and he has become a champion for “blue collar” workers across America. SnagAJob.com is now America’s largest hourly job Web site and has helped connect hourly workers with quality full-time and part-time work in a wide range of industries. It also provides both job seekers and employers with valued insights and a cutting-edge interface that are unique to hourly employment. That, combined with more than 130 million annual searches, 9 million registered job seekers and 100,000 active job postings, makes SnagAJob.com exceptionally qualified to share the experiences of the hourly workforce with the rest of the country. Current clients include The Home Depot®, Target®, FedEx®, Boston Market®, Chick-fil-A®, Bed Bath & Beyond®, T-Mobile®, Michaels® and Jiffy Lube®. Mr. Boyer’s success culminated in The National Small Business Person of the Year Award for 2008. He was honored by President Bush this past year as part of National Small Business Week. The winners are selected on their record of stability, growth in employment and sales, financial condition, innovation, response to adversity and community service. At a time when the economy is struggling, business at SnagAJob.com remains solid. With the low price of advertizing for employers and more computer savvy job seekers, SnagAJob continues to grow. Features for employers include an integrated management candidate system called Smart Employer Center. With this feature, employers can organize resumes of promising candidates. Employers can post a job ad at $129 for 30 days and can reach potential employees nationwide, something local newspapers and job boards just can’t provide. For the job seeker, SnagAJob offers Job Basics, which is an entire section filled with advice and tips on everything from filling out an application to searching for the right career and how to get the most out of your job seeking experience. In addition, the job seeker can receive a detailed description about specific job requirements and the qualities the ideal employee might possess. One of the best features of the site is the search engine by zip code. I put in 76036, which is in Crowley. I got 48 job opening within a 5 mile radius and 110 more within a 10 mile radius. There are many more ways to creatively use this tool, the job seeker just needs to fill out their profile and get started. For step by step instructions on exactly how to fill out an application on SnagAJob.com, go to http://www.ehow.com/how_2004005_search-job-snagajob.html and follow the steps provided. To listen to an recent interview with Shawn Boyer on Fox Business News about job trends in the hourly wage market, click on http://www.snagablog.com/snag-a-part-time-job-online.php