Thousands of members expected to benefit in phases
Initiating its first members’ rewards programme, JobStreet.com -- Asia’s leading online recruitment company -- has partnered the American International Group of Companies, namely American International Assurance (AIA) and American Home Assurance (AHA), to offer a special line of financial package to members in appreciation for their continued support of JobStreet.com and usage of its job-seeker services.

JobStreet.com, with 10 offices in four countries, currently serves 1.5 million job seeker members regionally and over 600,000 in Malaysia. AIG is a world leader in insurance and financial services, and has served this region for over 80 years.

JobStreet.com CEO Mark Chang says: “Since 1995, JobStreet.com has pioneered the concept of delivering job matches to serve more than 600,000 Malaysians, helping them to find their ideal job. We have sent a total of over 26 million job matching emails and generated more than 6 million job applications in Malaysia alone. We definitely owe our growth to all our loyal members who have stuck by us through thick and thin.”

He adds, “Therefore, as a token of our appreciation, in the first phase of the rewards programme, we will offer 30,000 members a gift of JobShield Personal Accident Cover with RM10,000 coverage each.”

Encik Baharudin Hamzah, the Deputy CEO and Senior Vice President of American Home Assurance (representing the American International Group of Companies, namely AIA and AHA) says: “AIA & AHA are pleased to be allied with JobStreet.com. We see this partnership as a natural extension of our long-standing focus on the needs of financial services of customers. As one of the leading insurers in Malaysia, we understand the issues that JobStreet.com face in providing a comfort level to their members, especially those that are in the midst of a career change. Hence, we expect JobStreet.com’s members to gain valuable benefit from the cover that we can provide them.”

He adds, “We believe in a long-lasting relationship with our partners. As such, our plans are for long term, which we will implement in phases. ”

In addition, Mark explains: "Our alliance with AIA & AHA also marks a turning point in our communication with members. Previously we have always interacted with each other via the Internet. This time we will be employing direct mail services to announce this rewards programme. However, we stress that we will continuously uphold our stringent privacy and confidentiality measures to protect members’ information.”

“We are also in talks with more partners to collate a portfolio of suitable, value-added products and services as further rewards to our members. Announcements will be made as we complete these negotiations.”

Currently JobStreet.com member benefits include free job alerts, easy one-click job application, online career resources, monthly newsletters, career talks and free access to its Industry Nite programmes. The latter being a series of interactive talks for professionals to keep them up-to-date with the latest news and upcoming trends in various industries, featuring renowned speakers who are trail-blazers and innovators, from the traditional fields as well as the hottest new industries to be in.

About JobStreet.com
JobStreet.com is Asia’s leading online recruitment company. Since 1995, JobStreet.com has been the online recruitment partner to leading corporations in simplifying and accelerating their recruitment using the powerful medium of the Internet. The company offers a comprehensive recruitment service to corporations seeking to recruit personnel and manage their recruitment process through the Internet. The company owns and operates the one of Asia’s most popular career sites at www.jobstreet.com, with over 1,500,000 members and facilitating more than one million online applications a month. JobStreet.com’s currently has 10 offices and a customer base of over 10,000 corporations based Malaysia, Singapore, India and the Philippines. Among JobStreet.com’s customers in Malaysia are leading multinational and Malaysian corporations such as Dell, Shell, Intel, DHL, Maxis, Sunway Group of Companies, Colgate Palmolive, MIMOS and Citibank. It won the Asia-Pacific Multimedia Super Corridor Information Technology & Telecommunications Awards for the Best Software Applications category for its ASP-based SiVA recruitment management application. At the @my2000 and @MY2001 Malaysia Internet Awards, JobStreet was twice named the Internet Company of the Year. JobStreet is also one of a few companies in the region to be awarded the prestigious TRUSTe certificate, the official seal for Internet website privacy and confidentiality as approved by the US Department of Commerce and Federal Trade Commission.

About AIG
AIG is the world’s leading U.S.-based international insurance and financial services organization, the largest underwriter of commercial and industrial insurance in the United States, and the second-largest U.S. life insurer. Its member companies write a wide range of general insurance and life insurance products for commercial, institutional and individual customers through a variety of distribution channels in approximately 130 countries and jurisdictions throughout the world. In Malaysia, through AIA and AHA, AIG has been contributing significantly to the economic and social evolution of Malaysia over the past 50 years. Today, AIA has branches in 23 locations nationwide, while AHA has branches in 14 locations nationwide. Both companies have been accorded “AAA” financial strength rating by global credit rating agency, Standard & Poor’s, and are the only insurers in Malaysia to be accorded so.