EmploymentCrossing Launches PublicInterestCrossing, Which Seeks to Gather and List Every Public Interest Job Opening

June 12, 2008   |    PDF version

PublicInterestCrossing, an innovative job-consolidation website, has been launched by EmploymentCrossing, one of the world’s largest job-search sites. PublicInterestCrossing is specifically designed to find and list public interest jobs for interested volunteers. By consolidating every public interest job from every job website its team of professional researchers can find, PublicInterestCrossing seeks to provide job seekers with every public interest job in one place.

Pasadena, CA — Most public interest organizations have relatively small staffs, and their offices are located in areas close to the client groups that they serve. These organizations may be funded through grants or public funding. There are numerous active volunteer jobs related to public interest and social causes, and PublicInterestCrossing strives to collect all such jobs in its database of employment opportunities. In fact, PublicInterestCrossing was launched with a large number of active volunteer jobs already posted on its site.

PublicInterestCrossing has an exhaustive list of public interest organizations that need attorneys and volunteers but have no idea how to properly recruit. These organizations have been an untapped market — until now.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the employment growth rate for volunteers in public interest jobs over the period from 2006 to 2016 is projected to be 13%, faster than the average growth rate for other occupations. Staff volunteer opportunities in public interest organizations should be best for those who are formally trained and experienced, according to the bureau’s forecast. Also, since many people leave these types of jobs after short stints, the need for newly recruited volunteers will always exist.

“In this market, it is extremely hard to get a job with a recruiter, and recruiters typically work with very few companies,” says Harrison Barnes, founder and CEO of PublicInterestCrossing. “Job openings that are not widely known or publicized are the easiest jobs to get, and our researchers scour numerous sources for those kinds of jobs.”

In what is perhaps a reflection of the current job market, according to Barnes, the most popular searches on the website have been:

• public interest jobs
• public interest job search
• public interest job search guide
• jobs in public interest
• public interest employment
• public interest jobs Chicago
• careers in public interest
• public interest careers
• for public interest careers
• public interest legal jobs
• public interest attorney jobs

Unlike other job boards, PublicInterestCrossing focuses solely on public interest jobs and boasts that it has more job listings than any other volunteer job board in the world. Barnes emphasizes that PublicInterestCrossing is committed to finding new sources of jobs daily.

“There are an astonishing number of public interest job openings out there. We want to find them all,” he says.

PublicInterestCrossing charges job seekers $29.95 to look at its job-opening research. However, it is currently offering a free, seven-day trial to allow users to familiarize themselves with the service. The free trial is available to everyone on the site’s registration page for a limited time.

For more information about PublicInterestCrossing, please visit www.publicinterestcrossing.com.

Contact:
Mary Waldron
PublicInterestCrossing
626-243-1821
maryw@employmentcrossing.com