Mediabuddies and RealContacts launch jobs

By connecting journalists, broadcasters, advertising, marketing and public relations executives through their trusted extended network of past and current colleagues, Mediabuddies and RealContacts have made finding media staff and jobs faster, easier, and more reliable.

David Davis, founder of Mediabuddies said, "RealContacts is the answer for people looking for a new job who have industry contacts but are tired of interrupting them and trundling around recruitment firms and scouring through employment advertisements. It also perfectly suits employers who are being blitzed by CVs and still can't find the right person - and when they do, the headhunting fees are disproportionately high."

RealContacts is a free exclusive service for Mediabuddies' members who are jobseekers, and employee members pay just 4 percent of contract or annual compensation as a success fee only when they successfully hire someone.

A web and email service, RealContacts is based on the evolving science of "Small World Networks" and the proven premise that most jobs are found through personal contact. It helps people communicate with their extended personal and business network of contacts and accomplish things while preserving privacy.

The service is simple to use. Mediabuddies' members click on a RealContacts link once they have signed up at www.mediabuddies.com, and can immediately start building their own network of people with whom they will post and share job opportunities.

If someone they come across is already a member they instantly tap into their existing network as well as rapidly expanding their own network and those of their own contacts
Davis says, "In effect, it models conversations at a pub or coffee shop, or in gossip sessions on the phone. On the site you identify yourself as someone looking for a job, looking for staff, or just helping out. In real life you will consider seriously a job that is mentioned by a friend because they know you. We've taken that online and made it systematic – it's no longer necessary to be at the pub on Friday afternoon for job reasons alone."

"RealContacts is proud to be associated with Mediabuddies, the leading global media professionals' reunion site, said Gary Franklin, Chief Operating Officer of RealContacts Ltd.

"RealContacts is a natural extension of our everyday behaviour because we all rely on trusted word of mouth to filter and share information. Mediabuddies members don't want mountains of irrelevant CVs or jobs they can't trust - they want a jobs service that connects them to quality jobs or candidates through people or a network they know and value."

Mediabuddies has created a venue for the practical promotion and support of a global and networked media community, with shared vision and respect for free and professional media. Launched at year-end 2003, Mediabuddies already has thousands of members in 38 countries, primarily in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom, but with important and valued members from 34 other countries, ranging from Argentina and Australia to Tanzania, Turkey, and Zimbabwe.

RealContacts Ltd. is a pioneering social software services provider, with its RealContacts Jobs employment service launched in New Zealand in early 2002, and now in use in 66 countries. RealContacts allows useful information to flow within extended networks of contacts while minimizing time and effort and protecting privacy. The unique and patents-pending RealContacts online jobs service connects employers and job seekers through their mutual extended networks of trusted contacts.

For more information, visit www.mediabuddies.com