CareerJournal.com, The Wall Street Journal's Executive Career Site Forms Alliance with the Association of Executive Search Consultants

Business Wire, Jan 10, 2001

Business Editors

PRINCETON, NJ--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 10, 2001

CareerJournal.com, the executive career site from The Wall Street Journal, has announced an agreement to exchange career content with the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC), as well as provide AESC member firms with direct access to CareerJournal.com.

The alliance will integrate selected CareerJournal.com content into the AESC web site, www.aesc.org, and display AESC-branded content on the CareerJournal.com web site.

Under the agreement, www.aesc.org will offer executive search member firms the ability to reach CareerJournal.com's targeted audience of executives, managers and professionals. CareerJournal.com also will offer direct access to its "Who's News" database, allowing AESC recruiters to search executive changes globally by company name, executive name and/or date. The "Who's News" database is updated daily by Wall Street Journal and CareerJournal.com editorial staffers.

"We are pleased that CareerJournal.com has joined us in an exchange of quality content, giving our members a place to find quality candidates and career advice," says Peter Felix, AESC president. "This relationship exemplifies our commitment to provide the best career content on the web."

"We are delighted to be allied with AESC, and welcome the opportunity to expand access to our comprehensive career advice and executive candidates to executive search professionals around the world," commented Tony Lee, editor-in-chief and general manager of CareerJournal.com.

About Dow Jones & Company

In addition to CareerJournal.com and CollegeJournal.com, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE:DJ; dj.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and SmartMoney magazines and other periodicals, Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Indexes, and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group Plc. of Factiva, with Excite@Home of Work.com, and with NBC of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

About AESC

The Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) is the professional association that represents retained executive search consulting firms worldwide. Founded in 1959, the AESC currently has 160 member firms, which employ more than 3,000 professionals in over 700 offices worldwide. AESC currently has two regional Councils, North America and Europe. The AESC's mission is to promote the highest professional standards in executive search consulting, broaden public understanding of the executive search process and serve as an advocate for the interests of its member firms.