ISTANBUL - Monster, the world’s largest online career firm operating in 52 countries with 5,000 employees, opened in Turkey.
The U.S.-based firm renewed its Turkey Web site, www.monster.com.tr, within the framework of its "Developing Markets Strategy."
"We are looking forward to developing the recruitment processes in Turkey as well as aiming a rapid growth in this market," John Hyland, managing director of Monster’s Developing Markets division, said in Istanbul.
"The significant increase in foreign investments in Turkey during the past years has created a wide range of career opportunities. This is one of the aspects that encouraged us to launch our Turkey operation," said Hyland, who is also vice president of Monster Worldwide.
"Turkey’s unique location that connects Europe and the Middle East, the increasing usage of the latest mobile and Internet technologies in the country and its growing economy have attracted us to enter the market," he added.
A new approach "Parallel to rising computer usage and the rapid growth in the number of Internet subscribers in Turkey, career Web sites create various opportunities. But we aim to bring a new approach to this market," Güray Mert, regional director of Monster Europe Developing Markets, said during the meeting. "We believe that job seekers are more than a resume. We are looking into creating an efficient and quality labor market," he added.
"We are aware that ’human’ is the most valuable capital. We will assist companies in finding the quality talents," Mert told journalists.
While there are currently 250 companies in the portfolio of Monster Turkey, the firm targets to reach 1,000 companies by the end of this year.
"Our target for 2009 is to have at least one million job seekers joined in the Monster Turkey network," said Mert. Monster’s 2007 turnover stood at $1.3 billion.
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