Career Next Step Partners With CareerSearch To Deliver Career Assessments To More Than 170 Colleges

PRLog (Press Release) – May 25, 2007 – ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, MAY 25, 2007.  Career Next Step, Inc. and Needham, MA-based CareerSearch announced a strategic partnership that provides CareerSearch’s existing customers with access to Career Next Step’s leading online career assessments and career development modules. Under the partnership agreement, CareerSearch customers are provided with complimentary access to portions of the Career Next Step site, and discounted access on Career Next Step’s fee-based services.

“We are deeply honored that CareerSearch selected us to enhance a service that is already best-in-class,” said Mark Higgins, CEO of Career Next Step.  “For more than 20 years, CareerSearch has assisted millions of individuals in the job search process by providing access to the most extensive database of employer information.  For more than 30 years, Career Next Step’s assessment process has shaped the careers of thousands of students and individual career changers throughout the world.  Combining our 50 years of experience, we believe that CareerSearch and Career Next Step now provide the most comprehensive service to assist individuals in identifying, pursuing, and securing a more rewarding career.”

“We are looking forward to expanding our CareerSearch services with the addition of Career Next Step assessments,” said Jake Burke, VP of Business Development for CareerSearch.  “This partnership allows us to enhance our unique and value-added offerings to our clients.  End users can take advantage of a state of the art assessment tool to help them recognize where their strengths lie and leverage that knowledge while searching for the right career at the right company using CareerSearch.  This is an exciting time for the CareerSearch team and our clients.”

About Career Next Step

Career Next Step is a web-based self assessment and career development service.  Using a battery of proven self-assessment instruments, guided results interpretation, and career search best practices, Career Next Step enables individuals to identify career paths that match their unique personal profile. The service is derived from an award winning course developed at the Harvard Business School in the late 1970s and continuously administered at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia over the last 25 years to incoming MBA students.  The Career Next Step site was launched in the fall of 2005, and is now available for use by business schools, undergraduate universities, corporations, and individual career changers.  Additional information can be found at http://www.careernextstep.com.

About Career Search

CareerSearch is a web-based, aggregated company database comprised of the best niche suppliers in the information industry.  The data are phone verified for accuracy, updated constantly and delivered to the end user through an intuitive interface.  Over 170 schools use CareerSearch everyday to assist students in finding unique opportunities and enhance relationships with employers.  A leader in web content delivery, CareerSearch has been providing this service for over 20 years.  For additional information please go to http://www.careersearch.net.