Pittsburgh and West Chester, PA- July 15, 2001 - Pittsburgh and West Chester, PA- July 15, 2001 - Pittsburgh Tech News (www.pittechnews.com), a free, popular eNews service that emails subscribers links to local and national news articles about Pittsburgh area high-tech companies, today announced a partnership with JobCircle.com, a leading online recruitment tool that provides Careers, Content and Community for technology professionals and employers, that will allow its subscribers to read about new employment opportunities available through JobCircle in Pittsburgh Tech News' eNewsletter.  Read three times per week by over 1,500 predominantly mid-to-senior level high-tech executives, investors, attorneys, and recruiters - including over 150 CEOs - Pittsburgh Tech News gives professionals a quick, convenient way to keep abreast of the critical IT news developments and opportunities in the region. 

"We are pleased to partner with JobCircle.com to provide our readers with a fresh, continuous stream of new employment opportunities in the area," said Kent Streeb, founder and editor of Pittsburgh Tech News.  "Alerting our readers to new opportunities is a helpful value-add for our subscribers.  It will also attract more readers seeking jobs, and make Pittsburgh Tech News' jobs section an even more attractive venue for human resources managers and recruiters to advertise opportunities."

Currently, JobCircle.com has over 200 technology positions available in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas, and over 4,800 total technology, telecomm, and engineering job listings for the Northeastern United States on its web site Based in West Chester, Pennsylvania, JobCircle.com is one of the fastest growing technology recruitment services in the nation, assisting over 75,000 technology professionals in the Northeastern United States.  The company's services are used by nearly 300 companies as their local technology recruiting tool of choice.  As part of the agreement, JobCircle will also become the sponsor of the jobs section in Pittsburgh Tech News.

"Partnering with a popular, growing IT news service like Pittsburgh Tech News is a win-win situation for everyone," said Joseph Stubblebine, President and CEO of JobCircle.com "We will generate more awareness in Pittsburgh of our award-winning services and available local employment opportunities, and Pittsburgh Tech News gets to enhance the value of the free service its provides to its readers."

Firms in the Pittsburgh area are encouraged to send links and summaries of current or future national or trade high-tech media coverage about their companies, press releases, byline articles, case studies, white papers, and academic research for inclusion in the eNewsletter at no charge via http://www.pittechnews.com/sendnews.html.  Organizations may also submit IT-related events via http://www.pittechnews.com/events.html.

Pittsburgh Tech News offers advertisers a unique ‘push' email vehicle through which to reach the Inboxes of a highly focused IT audience three times per week at affordable rates averaging from $39 to $149 an issue (http://www.pittechnews.com/advertise.html).  Job opportunities can be advertised in Pittsburgh Tech News for as little as $50 for two weeks (http://www.pittechnews.com/postjob.html), and posting internships is free. 

There is no obligation to sign up for Pittsburgh Tech News.  Interested parties may subscribe at www.pittechnews.com, or request to review a sample issue before signing up at http://www.pittechnews.com.  Despite little marketing outreach, the eNewsletter continues to grow virally, adding a minimum of 120 new readers per month.

The broader objective of Pittsburgh Tech News is to lend cohesion to Pittsburgh's high-tech community, and to become a marketing outreach tool to stimulate awareness of, and interest in, Pittsburgh's high-tech industry.  With 11% of readers from out-of-state, the service is succeeding in helping to educate the rest of the country that a vibrant, diverse high-tech industry is thriving in Pittsburgh.

About JobCircle.com Jobcircle.com provides Careers, Content, Courseware and Community to over 75,000 technology professionals in the Northeastern United States.  JobCircle.com is used by hundreds of companies as their local technology recruiting tool of choice, and currently has over 4,500 IT listings on its web site.  JobCircle.com provides resume submission, career development information, monthly columns, tech news, and more to their regional IT community.  JobCircle.com has received numerous honors, including being voted one of the TOP 50 recruitment sites in the world by CareerXRoads.  Other honors include the Barbara Ling "Deemed Tops" award, recognition by top experts in the recruiting industry, and the 2000 Techie Award for its impact on technology recruiting in the greater Philadelphia region by the Delaware Valley Technical Recruiter's Network.

About Pittsburgh Tech News Pittsburgh Tech News, Pittsburgh's first exclusively local high-tech focused news aggregation service, helps professionals quickly find all of the local, national, trade and college news articles about Pittsburgh's high-tech sector.  To subscribe, or for more information about advertising, posting a job, event, press release, internship, research, or for editorial inquiries, visit www.pittechnews.com or email to editor@pittechnews.com.  Pittsburgh Tech News is a service of HT News, Inc.