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Military jobs site to expand nationally
August 2, 2005
North County Times
By: BRADLEY J. FIKES - Staff Writer
Oceanside, CA
HireMarines.com, the job-finding Web site of Oceansiders
Mark and Tori Baird, has opened its virtual doors to
all service members in the area, and soon the country.
The site, now also accessible as HirePatriots.com to
indicate its openness to Army, Navy and Air Force personnel,
will roll out a nationwide job service in the next few
weeks, Mark Baird said Tuesday. The couple started the
site earlier this year as a free service for Marines
in need of some extra cash.
People looking to hire service members or their spouses
for day or part-time jobs ---- or even permanent jobs
for the honorably discharged ---- post their job offerings
on the site. Those looking for work can search by type
of job and location. It also has a classified ad section.
Baird said he has put tens of thousands of dollars into
the site. Moreover, people from outside North County,
the original target audience, have become interested
in the concept. So the site has unexpectedly turned
into a full-time job for the couple, who had planned
to retire.
"We're getting 10,000 people a month going to the
site, half of them are Marines," Baird said. "Placing
a banner on our site is a legitimate business expense."
So in a few weeks, HirePatriots.com will launch nationally,
Baird said. The Web site will display a map listing
every base in the country. Companies and individuals
looking to hire will be able to click on the base nearest
them to get a list of who is available, or to post their
job openings.
To provide the software and technical support for the
expanded Web site, the Bairds have turned to two Escondido
businesses that are providing discounted services. They
are Workforce Media Group Inc., which provides the job
board software; and I Business Forum, which provides
technical consulting.
Mike Johnston, owner of I Business Forum and himself
a former Marine, said HirePatriots.com is the electronic
equivalent of "the paper bulletin board you'd see
in the mess hall."
Don Kerins, owner of Workforce Media Group, said he
provides Web-based job board services targeted to specific
business areas, and HireMarines is a good example of
reaching a targeted audience.
The job board software will be modified to make it easier
for individuals to hire for day jobs, Baird said. Currently,
the site asks employers for technical information standard
for corporate hiring, but that could be "intimidating"
to people just looking for help with yard work or similar
informal jobs.
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