UT Dallas Teams with RiseSmart to Offer Job Search Help to Executive MBA Students

RICHARDSON, Texas & SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--The School of Management of The University of Texas at Dallas and RiseSmart, a provider of Web-enabled job search and outplacement services, today announced that UT Dallas will provide RiseSmart Job Concierge service to all students enrolled in the school’s Executive MBA (EMBA) program.

“We encourage our EMBA students to actively manage their careers”

RiseSmart Job Concierge uses Web technology supported by a global team of HR professionals to free $100K + jobseekers from the labor-intensive task of online job search. Each jobseeker is assigned a dedicated HR professional who searches job listings across the Web, returning only the listings that best match the jobseeker’s specific criteria. The RiseSmart Job Concierge team listens to individual feedback to continually enhance the results it delivers.

“A 2008 Kelton Research survey reported that the majority of online jobseekers spend an average of 50 hours per month searching the Web for jobs,” said Sanjay Sathe, RiseSmart founder and CEO. “This is not the best use of a senior professional’s time – particularly one who is working full-time while trying to earn an MBA. RiseSmart Job Concierge takes the pressure off by managing your online job search for you.”

“We encourage our EMBA students to actively manage their careers,” said Dr. David Springate, interim director of the university’s EMBA program. “Each student is paired with a personal executive coach who helps the student develop a career plan appropriate to the student’s skills, interests and personal goals. In addition, Executive MBA students take advantage of a full range of services offered by the School of Management Career Center. RiseSmart Job Concierge is an important addition to the Career Center’s offerings – particularly during difficult economic times, when students are concerned about the job market.”

Current UT Dallas EMBA students will receive three months of RiseSmart Job Concierge service, which they can use anytime during the next 18 months. Beginning with next year’s incoming class, students will receive six months of service.

About UT Dallas

The University of Texas at Dallas, located in the heart of a complex of major multinational high-tech corporations, enrolls more than 15,000 students. The largest of UT Dallas’ seven schools, the School of Management enrolls around 5,000 students. The school offers a broad assortment of undergraduate, MBA, master’s, Ph.D. and executive programs. For additional information about UT Dallas, please visit the university’s Web site at www.utdallas.edu.

About RiseSmart

RiseSmart offers job search and outplacement services for jobseekers and corporations via the Web. For corporations experiencing job reductions, RiseSmart Transition Concierge offers high-tech, high-touch transition management services for employees at all levels, utilizing a results-oriented “Outplacement 2.0” model. For individual jobseekers, RiseSmart Job Concierge is a human-powered job search service that prescreens online search results for time-starved managers and executives. For more information, visit www.RiseSmart.com or www.TransitionConcierge.com.

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