eQuest Expands OFCCP Compliance Network Through Exclusive Agreement With Beyond.com

Agreement Gives eQuest Compliance Customers Exclusive Rights to Special Diversity Network


SAN RAMON, CA and NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - February 15, 2011) - eQuest today announced an exclusive agreement with Beyond.com that will give eQuest OFCCP Compliance users exclusive rights to post jobs to The Beyond Diversity Network. The Beyond Diversity Network includes 8 targeted diversity focused career communities including:

  • DiversityWorkers.com
  • DiversityJobsite.com
  • AfricanAmericanJobsite.com
  • AsianAmericanJobSite.com
  • MinorityJobSite.com
  • HispanicJobsite.com
  • Jobs4Women.net
  • RetiredStars.com

The agreement is another key component to eQuest's expansion plans to provide its users exclusive job posting venues in the arenas of Compliance and Out-Reach.

eQuest's Compliance Division serves hundreds of customers each day ensuring that companies comply with OFCCP's job posting and reporting requirements. These services include complete assistance with the auditing process if and when they occur.

Courtney Weaver, Director of eQuest's Compliance Division, said, "Our unique relationship with Beyond.com has been met with exceptional approval from existing and new customers. We look forward to working with their team now and into the future."

"We are proud to join eQuest as a part of their efforts to help their clients build a healthy level of diversity into their client organizations," said Rich Milgram, CEO of Beyond.com. "It is essential for corporations to reach the widest assortment of backgrounds, ethnicities, religions, genders, and lifestyles. Diversity is no longer just a compliance issue; it is a business issue and those who are not proactively developing a diverse workforce today will eventually find themselves at a competitive disadvantage in the marketplace."

About Beyond.com, Inc.
Beyond.com is the world's largest network of niche career communities, providing access to thousands of top-tier industry and local web sites. Our career search services and networking tools enable job seekers and employers to create targeted connections across thousands of online communities. We deliver a one-of-a-kind recruitment solution that provides the targeted exposure of a specialized job board, reinforced by the breadth and volume of a larger career network. Beyond.com was named to Inc. Magazine's prestigious Inc. 500 list and is a Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE: SFE) portfolio company. www.Beyond.com.

About eQuest

eQuest provides domestic and international job-posting delivery and job board management and consultation services. Hundreds of job boards are supported in the eQuest network reaching over 180 countries and territories worldwide. eQuest also provides complete candidate sourcing and tracking analysis for evaluating job board performance. eQuest is one of the most recognized and admired brands in the human resource industry. eQuest can be reached at www.equest.com.

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