Monday, November 26, 2001

JobsDB.com Malaysia and iRepublics.com announced they have formed a marketing alliance to jointly promote web-enablement and online recruitment services. Between now and the 1st of March 2002, every company hosted by iRepublics.com will be given two FREE job postings with JobsDB.com (M).

This promotion is offered principally to companies, with Malaysian presence, which has not used JobsDB.com's services. The marketing alliance also includes exchanging of advertising banners aimed towards the strengthening of brand awareness and presence of both Internet properties.

"We feel that online recruitment through the Internet is be both efficient and cost-effective, and by utilizing this offer through iRepublics.com, SMEs with Malaysian presence can experience two job postings with JobsDB.com (M) at zero costs," said Leng Kean Meng, CEO of Value-i-Store, the holding company of iRepublics.com.

iRepublics.com is currently providing free web-hosting services to over 5,000 companies and web-mail services to about 70,000 employees in those companies. "As part of our initiatives to increase both the features and number of web-based applications, iRepublics.com has formed an alliance with JobsDB.com (M) to allow the companies we are hosting to try out online recruitment in a convenient manner and for free."

"While the global economy looks uncertain and the jury is still out on whether there will be a V-shaped recovery in the first half of 2002, the recruitment of quality candidates with the right values and qualifications proves to be most crucial," said Benny Moe, General Manager of JobsDB Malaysia. "With JobsDB.com's database of over 850,000 job seeker profiles that is attracting over 4.5 million visitors per month; Malaysian SMEs will definitely be able to recruit top-notch candidates to position themselves for rebound in the economy."

About JobsDB.com
JobsDB.com (http://www.jobsdb.com/) is Asia Pacific's leading online recruitment network with the widest coverage. By harnessing on speed and global reach of the Internet, JobsDB.com's powerful recruitment platform allows employers and jobseekers to interact directly for fast, efficient and cost effective recruitment. Established in mid 1998, with its headquarter in Hong Kong, JobsDB.com has expanded into 11 territories with offices in Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and the United States. Plans are underway to enter China in 2001.

JobsDB.com's database host over 850,000 job seeker profiles, attracts over 4.5 million visitors per month and is now being used by more than 40,000 organizations including multinational and Fortune 500 companies.

About iRepublics.com
iRepublics.com (http://www.iRepublics.com/) is an Internet property of Value-i-Store Sdn Bhd, an e-commerce and web-enablement company that was established in 1996. iRepublics.com is offering corporate web-hosting at no charge and is currently hosting over 5,000 web-sites and about 70,000 mailboxes for the employees in those companies. Its growth has been rapid and continues at about 30% per month. Value-i-Store's value proposition is to improve client long-term shareholders value through the effective usage of new channels for marketing and communications, a more efficient method of customer relationship management system and web-enablement using electronic commerce. By leveraging on iRepublics.com's database, Value-i-Store has been able to successfully implement consulting, web-designing, e-commerce and Internet marketing and branding projects for its clients.